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Quebec to seek consensus on offering medical aid in dying to mentally ill
MONTREAL - Quebec on Monday walked back a plan to offer medical aid in dying to those suffering severe, incurable mental illness and will now consult widely before making a final decision on the ...
Jan 29, 2020
Vincent Lapointe cleared to return to competition by anti-doping panel
MONTREAL - An "incredibly happy and very relieved" Laurence Vincent Lapointe said Monday she's ready to resume training for her sport's Olympic debut after an anti-doping panel conclude...
Jan 29, 2020
AP FACT CHECK: Trump defence wrong about FBI investigation
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's defence team falsely claimed the Justice Department was already investigating him even before the 2016 election and distorted the facts about a dossier of opposit...
Jan 29, 2020
Trial highlights: Trump defence urges end to impeachment
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's legal team on Tuesday concluded its three-day presentation as they started it - arguing that the Democrats' case amounted to partisan politics that would undo the...
Jan 29, 2020
Coronavirus risk in Canada remains low despite second case, feds say
TORONTO - The Canadian government is now advising citizens against all travel to a Chinese province that's at the centre of a global outbreak of a new form of coronavirus, stepping up an ear...
Jan 29, 2020
As 132 reported dead from virus outbreak, international sporting events postponed
A new form of coronavirus that began in China has infected more than 6,000 people and caused 132 deaths. Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says Ottawa 250 Canadians ha...
Jan 29, 2020
Too early to know effect of cold snap on area mountain pine beetles: Expert
One local expert says it is too early to say if the -30-something weather earlier this month will help bring down the mountain pine beetle population.Forest Health Officer for the Grande Prairie Fores...
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Anti-vaccination film screenings cause controversy
A screening of an anti-vaccination documentary took place at the Grande Prairie Public Library on Monday.The film, called Vaxxed II: The Peoples Truth, is a sequel to a 2016 documentary called Vaxxed,...
Jan 29, 2020
GOP lacks votes to block Bolton as Trump impeachment witness
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's impeachment trial is shifting to questions from senators, a pivotal juncture as Republicans lack the votes to block witnesses and face a potential setback in thei...
Jan 29, 2020
Willson one of just 15 Canadian-born players to have played in Super Bowl
Luke Willson has experienced the best, and worst, of playing in the Super Bowl. The Canadian experienced the thrill of winning the Lombardi Trophy in 2014 as a rookie tight end when the Seattle S...
Jan 29, 2020