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Quebec facing strong opposition to new bill restricting cannabis consumption
MONTREAL - The Quebec government faced strong opposition as public consultations began Tuesday on its bill seeking to increase the legal age of cannabis consumption and b...
Feb 12, 2019
Muskoday prepares for election
For the first time in almost three decades, Muskoday First Nation will have a new chief.The Muskoday band election is scheduled to take place March 21, and one of the most obvious omissions from the o...
Feb 12, 2019 The Muskoday First Nation band office. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Teen facing charges
A 16-year-old boy has been charged following an incident in the Candle Lake area last week. The youth, who cannot be identified, is facing charges of assault with a weapon and robbery in relation to t...
Feb 12, 2019
'Empire' actor gives police some but not all phone records
Chicago Police investigating the attack on Jussie Smollett last month say the "Empire" actor has turned over some but not all of the phone records that detectives asked him for. Smollett had declined ...
Feb 12, 2019
More suspensions handed down in ugly Atlantic university men's hockey brawl
HALIFAX - More penalties have been handed out in an ugly brawl that cast a pall over university men's hockey in Atlantic Canada. Hardest hit were the head coaches - Acadia University's Darren Bur...
Feb 12, 2019
Under the M: Mounties want kids to help name latest batch of canine recruits
INNISFAIL, Alta. - The RCMP is looking for kids who have great ideas for names starting with an M. The latest 13 German shepherd puppies born at the Police Dog Service Training Centre in Innisfai...
Feb 12, 2019
Question of solicitor-client privilege comes to fore in SNC-Lavalin controversy
OTTAWA - The time-honoured tenet of solicitor-client privilege - usually discussed in courtrooms and law-school textbooks - has become a central point of debate in a political cont...
Feb 12, 2019
Quebec Education Minister acts on promise to give kids more recess
QUEBEC - The Coalition Avenir Quebec government is following through on an election promise guaranteed to win the hearts of the province's schoolchildren: more recess. Education Minister Jean-Fra...
Feb 12, 2019
Independence at core of federal prosecution service's creation
OTTAWA - The Public Prosecution Service of Canada is involved in allegations of improper government influence IN two major cases: the prosecutions of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman over allegations he leake...
Feb 12, 2019
More than $400,000 in QuadrigaCX cryptocurrency disappears into 'cold wallet'
HALIFAX - The court-appointed monitor overseeing the search for the $260 million owed to clients of the QuadrigaCX cryptocurrency exchange says it recently found more than $900,000 in&n...
Feb 12, 2019