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Carfentanil suspected in 13 deaths in B.C. in one month after 35 total for 2018
VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s coroners service says fewer people fatally overdosed on illicit drugs in January but the number of deaths believed to have been caused by carfentanil more than qua...
Mar 19, 2019
Trainer Mark Casse comfortable with War of Will being a Derby favourite
Mark Casse is comfortable heading to the US$1-million Louisiana Derby with a bull’s eye firmly on his back. The Casse-trained War of Will is the early 6-5 favourite for the 1 1/8-mile race, whic...
Mar 19, 2019
Leaders set sights on each other as Alberta election called for April 16
Alberta’s NDP leader and her main conservative rival wasted no time pointing fingers at each other on the first day of the campaign for an April 16 election. Premier Rachel Notley called the vot...
Mar 19, 2019
Canadian identified as alleged informant in U.S. college admissions scandal
MONTREAL - Morrie Tobin, the Montreal native named in reports as the central figure who exposed an alleged college admissions scam in the United States, was described Tuesday by those who knew him as ...
Mar 19, 2019
Les Canadiennes star Marie-Philip Poulin injured ahead of Clarkson Cup
MONTREAL - The CWHL’s leading scorer is questionable to play in Sunday’s Clarkson Cup. Les Canadiennes de Montreal forward Marie-Philip Poulin is said to be day-to-day with a lower-body in...
Mar 19, 2019
Jury: Roundup weed killer major factor in man's cancer
SAN FRANCISCO - A jury in federal court in San Francisco has concluded that Roundup weed killer was a substantial factor in a California man’s cancer. The unanimous verdict on Tuesday came in a ...
Mar 19, 2019
Pregnant asylum seeker rescued from snow trying to cross Manitoba border
WINNIPEG - A pregnant woman who walked across the United States border into Manitoba was rescued after she became trapped in a snowbank and appeared to go into labour. Emerson-Franklin Reeve Dave Carl...
Mar 19, 2019
Calgary UCP candidate resigns after report on her comments about race
CALGARY - A United Conservative Party candidate in the Alberta election who resigned over online comments she reportedly made about white nationalists is begging people to lower the temperature of pol...
Mar 19, 2019
Fire north of Wembley treated as not suspicious
A structure fire north of the Town of Wembley is being treated as not suspicious. This morning crews from the Wembley and County of Grande Prairie Regional Fire Service responded to the structure fire...
Mar 19, 2019
Curling's longstanding 10-versus-eight debate continues to simmer
At the 1999 World Curling Federation’s annual general meeting in Saint John, N.B., then-president Gunther Hummelt begged member federations to vote in eight-end games. Curling had just returned ...
Mar 19, 2019