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Vermont county considers safe injection site for drug users
BURLINGTON, Vt. - Vermont’s most populous county is joining a handful of communities around the country considering setting up supervised injection sites for heroin and other opioid users to red...
Mar 22, 2017
Pandemic drives down rent, boosts incentives in Toronto and Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Rental prices have dipped and landlords are facing stiffer competition for tenants in Canada's two hottest housing markets in the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. It seems like a renter...
Aug 29, 2020
'Welcome home,' B.C. mayor says to thousands of returning wildfire evacuees
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Thousands of people who rushed out of their homes as a wildfire neared Williams Lake are being allowed to return to the Interior British Columbia city, but with a warning that th...
Jul 27, 2017
Tokyo Olympics to allow local fans - but with strict limits
TOKYO (AP) - A sharply limited number of fans will be allowed to attend the Tokyo Olympics, organizers announced Monday as they tried to save some of the spirit of the Games where even cheering has be...
Jun 21, 2021
'No way to replace a life': Travis Jean sentenced to life for murder of Gregory Cope
Editor's note: The following story contains graphic descriptions of violence.Recalling the time he unknowingly met his cousin's killer, Dan Dillabough paused in the middle of his victim impact stateme...
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House Dems delay huge social bill, plan infrastructure vote
WASHINGTON (AP) - Top Democrats abruptly postponed an expected House vote Friday on a 10-year, $1.85 trillion social and environment measure, as leaders' long struggle to balance demands from progress...
Nov 05, 2021
Maine to allow ranked votes in general presidential election
AUGUSTA, Maine - Maine is set to become the first state to allow voters to rank candidates in a general presidential election. Democratic Gov. Janet Mills said Friday she'll allow such a bill to becom...
Sep 06, 2019
Bernie Sanders plans trip to Canada with group seeking cheaper insulin
TORONTO - American presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders said on Thursday that he would soon be coming to Canada with a group of diabetics to buy cheaper insulin. The Vermont senator said in a tweet tha...
Jul 11, 2019
Most stores shut in Poland as Sunday trade ban takes effect
WARSAW, Poland - A new Polish law banning almost all trade on Sundays has taken effect, with large supermarkets and most other retailers closed for the first time since liberal shopping laws were intr...
Mar 11, 2018
Museum Heritage Farm and Village open again for new season
The Saskatchewan Western Development Museum in North Battleford, located at the intersection of Highways 16 and 40, is back on its summer schedule and open for visitors. While the indoor exhibit and g...
May 14, 2017