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CALGARY — Business leaders are welcoming Alberta's decision to not decide yet whether recreational cannabis will be sold through private or government owned retail shops when it becomes legal next year. Richard Truscott, B.C.

The fledgling field of gene therapy has scored another win: An experimental treatment seemed to help boys with the inherited nerve disease featured in the movie "Lorenzo's Oil.

VANCOUVER — A leading drug-policy expert is urging Canada's political leaders to take bold action by joining forces to decriminalize illicit drugs and save lives in the midst of an unprecedented overdose crisis.

CALGARY — Alberta is proposing to make 18 the minimum age to use cannabis when new laws liberalizing marijuana kick in next summer.

CALGARY — Alberta is proposing to make 18 the minimum age to use cannabis when new laws liberalizing marijuana kick in next summer.

RED DEER, Alta. — All four candidates vying to become the leader of Alberta's United Conservative Party say they would get rid farm safety legislation brought in by the NDP government.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is proposing to levy a federal excise tax on recreational marijuana once it becomes legal next July, with the provinces and territories receiving half the revenue.

TORONTO — The Ontario Association of Children's Aid Societies has apologized for harm done to Indigenous children and families in the province. The association says it made the apology Tuesday during a gathering at Rama First Nation.

TRENTON, N.J. — In a story Oct. 2 on the U.S.

CHICAGO — For the survivors of the Las Vegas shootings, overcoming emotional wounds may be just as tough as recovering from their physical injuries.