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Repeat vandalism has Battleford man frustrated
A local man is taking his frustrations public after vandals damaged his company’s property nine times in the last month. "It's getting to the point where the insurance companies are questio...
Jun 10, 2016
Contraband tobacco inhales 30 to 50 per cent of B.C. market, retailers, industry fear
VICTORIA - At first, Cory Holland thought government anti-smoking measures were working when he noticed tobacco sales at his British Columbia convenience store started to drop. Holland said he recalle...
Dec 16, 2022
Fake pills containing fentanyl seized as 12 charged in Ottawa drug bust
OTTAWA - A dozen Ottawa residents are facing a total of more than 130 charges after a drug investigation related to the trafficking of counterfeit pills containing the deadly opioid fentanyl. Ottawa p...
Feb 17, 2017
Government Launches Campaign To Save Lives From Opioid Overdoses
The Government of Saskatchewan has launched an awareness campaign to encourage people to learn the signs of an opioid overdose, know how to respond to one, and be assured that The Good Samaritan Act p...
Feb 15, 2019
Children's fever and pain relief medication still in short supply
Shortages of children's fever and pain relief medications are causing concerns across the province.Stephanie Yeboah, a pharmacist at Nanogram Pharmacy in Saskatoon, is well aware as she sees concerned...
Nov 13, 2022
Synagogue shooter struggled with gun, fled with 50 bullets
SAN DIEGO - After a 19-year-old gunman fired at least eight rounds into a California synagogue, he stopped to fumble with his semiautomatic rifle and then fled with 50 unused bullets, prosecutors said...
May 02, 2019
UK public debt breaches 2 trillion-pound mark for first time
LONDON - Britain's government debt has breached the 2 trillion-pound ($2.6 trillion) mark for the first time after heavy borrowing to support the economy during the coronavirus pandemic. The Office fo...
Aug 21, 2020
Trans Mountain granted injunction against pipeline protesters at two B.C. sites
VANCOUVER - Protesters must be restrained from obstructing the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline, says a British Columbia Supreme Court judge who has granted the company an injunction aimed at ...
Mar 15, 2018
From chicken to condoms, marketers cash in on royal wedding
If British marketers are to be believed, nothing is a better royal wedding tribute than a limited-edition bucket of fried chicken chased with a bottle or two of Royal Wedding pale ale. Estimates are t...
May 18, 2018
Trail-blazing B.C. politician Grace McCarthy dies at age 89
VANCOUVER - Grace McCarthy, a former Social Credit cabinet minister in British Columbia who blazed a trail for women in politics and business, has died. She was 89. A statement issued by her family sa...
May 25, 2017