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780 overdose deaths have B.C. officials urging people to not use drugs alone
VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s health officials are considering plans to offer an overdose reversing drug online and urging drug users not to use alone after an 88 per cent increase in deaths. C...
Aug 04, 2017
Police: Bandit skates off after Dunkin' Donuts stickup
HICKSVILLE, N.Y. - A robber wearing in-line skates skated off into the night after sticking up a Dunkin' Donuts on Long Island, police said. Nassau County police said the suspect glided into the Hicks...
Apr 25, 2020
Mixed feelings for parents ahead of return to school
The first day of school is a day that often brings some anxiety for both students and their parents. This Tuesday will test that more than perhaps any other Day One in recent history.Ahead of the retu...
Sep 07, 2020
Parents look to save costs as youth sports programs get more expensive
When Monisha Sharma looked into swim lessons for her daughter, she decided to take an unconventional route to save costs. Rather than enrolling in a formal program, the Toronto woman joined together w...
Sep 12, 2024
Canada kicks Boeing from jet competition, narrows search to F-35 and Swedish Gripen
OTTAWA - Canada has officially narrowed its decade-long hunt for a new fighter jet to two choices as the federal government confirmed U.S. aerospace giant Boeing's Super Hornet is out of the running t...
Dec 01, 2021
'Opioid epidemic:' Pharmacists call for stricter access to low-dose codeine
REGINA - Pharmacists say it's time for Canada to restrict access to over-the-counter codeine as the country grapples with an opioid crisis. There have been renewed calls to limit access of low-dose co...
Jun 02, 2019
Jordan's Principle order may cost feds $15 billion in compensation, PBO says
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget office says it could cost the federal government up to $15 billion to compensate First Nations' families and children impacted by the child welfare system, as well as...
Feb 23, 2021
'A vile and evil crime:' Alberta woman sentenced for drugging, killing daughter
CALGARY - The father of a nine-year-old girl drugged and killed by her mother says no prison sentence will do his daughter justice. “I will never get to watch my daughter grow up, but I know she...
Mar 10, 2017
Danish volunteer finds $8,284 in charity shop coat pocket
COPENHAGEN - A Danish volunteer in a secondhand charity shop has found $8,284 in the pocket of a coat he was preparing to put on sale. Jens Erik Christensen told a regional daily that the woman’...
Feb 08, 2018
Virus pushes twin cities El Paso and Juarez to the brink
A record surge in coronavirus cases is pushing hospitals to the brink in the border cities of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez, confronting health officials in Texas and Mexico with twin disasters in the tig...
Oct 28, 2020