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Consider climate impact on infrastructure suffering repeated flooding: experts
With key infrastructure in the Maritimes and Quebec again threatened by surging waterways, flooding experts say it's past time for fixes that consider worst-cas...
Apr 25, 2019

City of Ottawa declares state of emergency due to threat of flooding
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson has declared a state of emergency over flooding along the Ottawa River and other waterways. In the declaration, the mayor's office says the water levels pos...
Apr 25, 2019

About one per cent of deaths in Canada medically assisted, Health Canada says
OTTAWA - Almost 7,000 Canadians have received medical help to end their lives since Canada legalized assisted dying three years ago. According to the latest interim report compiled by Health Cana...
Apr 25, 2019

Judges: Michigan must redraw congressional, legislative maps
LANSING, Mich. - A three-judge federal panel ruled Thursday that Michigan's congressional and legislative maps were unconstitutionally gerrymandered for partisan gain, ordering the state Legislature t...
Apr 25, 2019

Tye Felhaber amongst early favourites for CHL playoff MVP awards
Ottawa 67's forward Tye Felhaber is scoring the type of playoff goals that can earn a player the title of most valuable player. The 21-year-old from Pembroke, Ont., pushed his team into the Ontario Ho...
Apr 25, 2019

For Raptors, guard Kyle Lowry might be as valuable as ever
The biggest play Kyle Lowry made in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs might have been overlooked. Game 3 in Orlando, time winding down, Toronto clinging to a three-point lead. Kawhi L...
Apr 25, 2019

Disappearance of woman, child treated as potential homicides: Calgary police
CALGARY - Police in Calgary say they're treating the disappearance last week of a woman and toddler as potential homicides. They say they have found no evidence that 25-year-old Jasmine Love...
Apr 25, 2019

Woman's angry health-care plea to Nova Scotia premier goes viral
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia mother who says she waited two years for her cancer diagnosis has released a viral, highly emotional video calling out Premier Stephen McNeil for not declaring a heal...
Apr 25, 2019

La Ronge seeking legal advice for possible groundwater contamination lawsuit
La Ronge Council will be seeking a thorough legal opinion about whether the town should take the federal government to court over groundwater contamination at the local airport. The decision was made ...
Apr 25, 2019 Staff and travellers at the La Ronge Airport have been told not to drink water at the facility for almost two years. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

How court battle over 'Grabher' licence plate mirrors wider societal debate
HALIFAX - When Lorne Grabher bought a personalized licence plate for his father 30 years ago, he thought it would make for a fine tribute to his family's Austrian-German heritage. But the Nova Sc...
Apr 25, 2019