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Northern B.C. drug users criticize lack of access to safe supply
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - At one point, Juls Budau says her boyfriend was going through $4,000 worth of cocaine in a week. He would express a desire to get sober and then in the middle of the night a...
May 23, 2020
Feds probing ways to address COVID-19 impact on women
OTTAWA - With women bearing the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic, federal officials are trying to figure out how recovery efforts can help get women back to work, earning more money and securing&nb...
May 23, 2020
Plastics bans, environmental monitoring get short shrift during pandemic
OTTAWA - In mid January the British Columbia government announced it was looking at a wide ban on single-use plastic grocery bags to put an end to a piecemeal, city-by-city approach to the problem of ...
May 23, 2020
Bad lie: cross-border golf course unplayable for Canadian members
FREDERICTON - Border restrictions related to COVID-19 are proving a hazard for Canadian members of a golf course along the Canada-U.S. boundary. The Aroostook Valley Country Club, built during the Pro...
May 23, 2020
Bad lie: cross-border golf course unplayable for Canadian members
FREDERICTON - Border restrictions related to COVID-19 are proving a hazard for Canadian members of a golf course along the Canada-U.S. boundary. The Aroostook Valley Country Club is uniquely positione...
May 23, 2020
NHLPA executive board authorizes more talks with NHL on a return to play
The NHL and its players are going to keep talking. The NHL Players' Association announced late Friday its executive board has authorized "further negotiations" on a 24-team playoff format as the ...
May 22, 2020
Pair arrested in Stanley Mission for allegedly forcibly administering methamphetamine
Two people were arrested after administering what police believe to be methamphetamine to a 19-year-old victim in Stanley Mission.That's according to an RCMP media release, which stated on May 19 the ...
May 22, 2020
Reverse job-killing oilpatch monitoring suspensions: Alberta Opposition leader
EDMONTON - Alberta's Opposition leader says Premier Jason Kenney should step in to reverse a decision by the province's energy regulator to suspend environmental monitoring. Rachel Notley says th...
May 22, 2020
Toronto FC rookie forward Achara thinking of family back home in Nigeria
TORONTO - You could forgive Toronto FC rookie Ifunanyachi Achara if he thought "Why me?" When the 16-year-old Achara came to the U.S. from Nigeria in 2014 to attend Berkshire High School in Massachuse...
May 22, 2020
Federal parties tap wage subsidy program to avoid layoffs as donations dry up
OTTAWA - Federal political parties are tapping into the emergency wage subsidy program to avoid laying off their staff as donations dry up during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Liberal...
May 22, 2020