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New Brunswick says it's the first province to 'fully secure' marijuana supply

New Brunswick says it's the first province to 'fully secure' marijuana supply

ATHOLVILLE, N.B. — New Brunswick says it has become the first province to fully secure its supply of recreational marijuana.

Report sets exercise guidelines for young kids, including 'tummy time' for babies

TORONTO — New guidelines set the minimum amount of activity that toddlers, preschoolers and even babies should get each day.
'It never really leaves you.' Opioids haunt users' recovery

'It never really leaves you.' Opioids haunt users' recovery

NASHVILLE — It's hard to say whether businessman Kyle Graves hit rock bottom when he shot himself in the ankle so emergency room doctors would feed his opioid habit or when he broke into a safe to steal his father's cancer pain medicine.

White House: True cost of opioid epidemic tops $500 billion

WASHINGTON — The White House says the true cost of the opioid drug epidemic in 2015 was $504 billion, or roughly half a trillion dollars.

Disabled groups fight immigration law they say is 'demeaning'

TORONTO — A national advocacy group is pushing for the government to repeal immigration criteria that it calls discriminatory toward people with disabilities.
Grassy Narrows seeks treatment centre so residents don't die away from reserve

Grassy Narrows seeks treatment centre so residents don't die away from reserve

OTTAWA — Chief Simon Fobister doesn't have to imagine the grief and anguish and pain that decades of slow-motion mercury poisoning have wrought on the people of Grassy Narrows First Nation. After all, he's one of them.

Mental health and addictions centre to open on Riverview site in Coquitlam, B.C.

COQUITLAM, B.C. — The grounds of a hospital that once housed thousands of mentally ill patients in Coquitlam, B.C.
Unnecessary death: Calgary woman given 3 years for not getting help for sick son

Unnecessary death: Calgary woman given 3 years for not getting help for sick son

CALGARY — A woman who failed to take her son to the doctor for a strep infection has been sentenced to three years in prison — a punishment a Calgary judge says fits the grave crime that resulted in the seven-year-old boy's painful death.
US health agency to crack down on risky stem cell offerings

US health agency to crack down on risky stem cell offerings

WASHINGTON — U.S.
Up in smoke: Calgary judge dismisses charges against Vancouver pot activist

Up in smoke: Calgary judge dismisses charges against Vancouver pot activist

CALGARY — A Calgary judge has dismissed all charges against a well-known Vancouver marijuana activist who had been accused of trafficking and drug possession. Dana Larsen was arrested following a public appearance in Calgary in April 2016.
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