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No winning ticket for Friday night's $22 million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for Friday night’s $22 million Lotto Max jackpot. The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on Oct. 6 will be approximately $31 million. The Canadian Press
Sep 30, 2017
B.C. funding rapid-access treatment, public safety to address overdose crisis
VANCOUVER - People on the front lines of British Columbia’s opioid overdose crisis are applauding the government’s announcement of more funding in an attempt to stem the death toll. Premie...
Sep 30, 2017
Regina teen who aided in friend's ex-girlfriend's murder to be sentenced Nov. 7
REGINA - A teen who admitted lying about his role in the killing of a 16-year-old Regina girl will learn in November if he will be sentenced as an adult. The Crown argued the teen, who was 16 when Han...
Sep 30, 2017
Five things the B.C. government has promised to address overdose crisis
VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier John Horgan says his government is taking action to combat the overdose death crisis, with funding from a $322-million investment announced in a recent budget upda...
Sep 30, 2017
Former U.S. president Obama speaks in Toronto; fans say they left 'inspired'
TORONTO - Former U.S. President Barack Obama said Friday that closing borders won’t create future jobs because what’s changing industries like manufacturing are automation and artificial i...
Sep 30, 2017
Rare chicks rescued in Manitoba catch flight to Ontario before flying south
WINNIPEG - Four rescued chicks that tumbled from a chimney in Manitoba have been flown to Ontario to join a flock that will hopefully lead them south for the winter. The Manitoba government says the c...
Sep 30, 2017
Canada urged to do more to protect data from U.S. during NAFTA talks
OTTAWA - Concern is growing that federal negotiators aren’t doing enough to protect the personal information of Canadians from prying U.S. interests at the North American Free Trade Agreement ne...
Sep 30, 2017
Culture, planes and poverty talks: how federal politics touched us this week
OTTAWA - Parliament Hill was itchy and irritated this week as the high-stakes NAFTA talks stagnated and latent battles over abortion bubbled up from committee rooms. Large delegations of Mexican and U...
Sep 30, 2017
Police searching for sailor who went missing from cargo ship in Quebec
TROIS RIVIERES, Que. - Quebec provincial police searched the waters and shoreline near the port of Trois-Rivieres on Saturday looking for any sign of a sailor who disappeared from a docked cargo ship ...
Sep 30, 2017
Racial slur by faculty member at University of Toronto college prompts apology
TORONTO - The head of a prestigious graduate college associated with the University of Toronto is apologizing for racist statements made by a faculty member toward a black student. Hugh Segal is also ...
Sep 30, 2017