The Canadian Press TORONTO–Hydro repair crews continue restoring electricity to thousands of homes and businesses affected by a powerful wind storm that raked Ontario yesterday. The Hydro One outage map showed about 38,000 outages by early today, down from a peak of about 88,000. Some areas were not expected to […]
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The Canadian PressColette Derworiz EDMONTON–A ban on private rehabilitation of orphaned black bear cubs in Alberta is to be lifted by the province in the coming weeks. The ban, which has been in place since 2010, has meant that bears orphaned in the province have been killed or sent to […]
By Marilynn Marchione The Associated Press There may be a critical window for overweight kids to get to a healthy level. Those who shed their extra pounds by age 13 had the same risk of developing diabetes in adulthood as others who had never weighed too much, a large study […]
The Canadian PressJim Bronskill OTTAWA–He’s the Liberal MP for a large, rural Ontario riding with lots of gun owners but Bob Nault says he’s not worried about a voter backlash over the government’s new firearms bill. The Conservatives say the legislation unfairly would target law-abiding hunters and target shooters with […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–The Royal Canadian Mint is releasing a limited edition $20 coin to commemorate the unusual story of a Manitoba man’s close encounter with a flying saucer. The one-ounce silver coin being released today immortalizes Stefan Michalak’s experience in Whiteshell Provincial Park, east of Winnipeg, more than 50 […]
The Canadian Press MONTREAL–The father of a 10-year-old boy who went missing three weeks ago said yesterday he’s relieved police called off further searches in the frigid waters along Montreal’s north shore. Frederic Kouakou told reporters he never believed the police’s theory his son fell into the water. The father […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Former Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership candidate Christine Elliott said she will be seeking the nomination to run as the Tory candidate in the provincial riding of Newmarket-Aurora. Elliott narrowly lost the PC leadership race on March 10 to Doug Ford and initially questioned the results of the […]
The Canadian Press CALGARY–City administrators in Calgary are recommending councillors adopt a ban on public consumption of cannabis when pot becomes legal later this year. A report that is to be debated this week says a new bylaw should restrict all forms of cannabis consumption in public places, or in […]
By Malcolm Ritter The Associated Press :NEW YORK — Can legalizing marijuana fight the problem of opioid addiction and fatal overdoses? Two new studies in the debate suggest it may. Pot can relieve chronic pain in adults, so advocates for liberalizing marijuana laws have proposed it as a lower-risk alternative […]
The Canadian PressMorgan Lowrie MONTREAL–An American warship stuck in Montreal since Christmas Eve finally has resumed its trip to its home port in Florida, the U.S. Navy confirmed Saturday. The USS Little Rock was commissioned in Buffalo, N.Y. on Dec. 16 but was trapped by ice at the Port of […]
The Canadian PressLee Berthiaume OTTAWA–The six military helicopters that Canada plans to send to Mali could be used to move more than peacekeepers: they could be called upon to support a multinational counter-terrorism force also operating in the country. The UN Security Council in December authorized the peacekeeping mission in […]
The Canadian PressJordan Press OTTAWA–Georgette LeBlanc looks around the parliamentary library in the Centre Block and admits she was last in the building in high school. The Quebec poet will be spending a lot more time in this library over the next two years during her term as parliamentary poet […]
