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Low levels of THC in marijuana don't increase crashes: study
VANCOUVER - Smoking marijuana containing low levels of the drug's main psychoactive ingredient does not increase most drivers' risk of a crash even though Canada's impair...
Jun 14, 2019

CT scan results of boy's brain 'devastating: pediatric specialist
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - A pediatric critical care specialist says the results of a CT scan on the brain of a boy whose parents are on trial in his death was one of the "most devastating" she had ever seen...
Jun 14, 2019

Baloney Meter: Is Elections Canada biased in favour of Liberals, as Tory claims?
OTTAWA - "Hard to trust the Liberal lapdogs at Elections Canada, who let Liberals-SNC off the $100K donation scam and has paid influencers to intervene in the campaign." - Conservative MP Pierre...
Jun 14, 2019

Liberal bleeding after SNC-Lavalin affair seems to have stopped: Leger Poll
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests the federal Liberals have stopped the bleeding from the beating they took in the SNC-Lavalin furor. The Leger poll suggests the Liberals have closed the gap slig...
Jun 14, 2019

Liberals reject most Tory amendments to environmental assessment bill
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals will accept nearly 100 changes the Senate has made to a bill overhauling the federal environmental-assessment process for major construction projects but are rejecti...
Jun 14, 2019

Hussen names 11 communities for rural immigration experiment
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen says 11 communities the federal government is choosing for a new rural immigration program will gain new workers and citizens that are ba...
Jun 14, 2019

In the news today, June 12
Six stories in the news for Wednesday, June 12 --- ONTARIO SUPERIOR COURT UPHOLDS RULING IN BOYLE CASE A lawyer for Joshua Boyle can introduce evidence of his client's estranged wi...
Jun 14, 2019

In the news today, June 14
Five stories in the news for Friday, June 14 --- RAPTORS WIN FIRST NBA TITLE IN FRANCHISE HISTORY The Toronto Raptors, a team whose magical playoff run sparked civic pride and raucous enthusiasm ...
Jun 14, 2019

Ottawa to launch 'pay experiments' as next step to replace Phoenix pay system
OTTAWA - The federal government could soon revert to using multiple pay systems to replace the Phoenix system it adopted more than three years ago in a costly, failed attempt to streamline how it...
Jun 14, 2019

Liberals prepare to spend $50M on social-finance plan, but no strategy for now
OTTAWA - The Liberals made their first $50-million move Wednesday in a plan to finance experimental ways to deliver social services, intending to help small social-service organizations...
Jun 14, 2019