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Police claim Cannabis Culture dispensaries possibly tied to organized crime

Police claim Cannabis Culture dispensaries possibly tied to organized crime

TORONTO — Police in Toronto are accusing Cannabis Culture marijuana dispensaries of being part of a "large franchise operation of alleged high-level drug traffickers.
'I'm warm. I'm alive:' Manitoba man recounts three nights stuck in snowstorm

'I'm warm. I'm alive:' Manitoba man recounts three nights stuck in snowstorm

LYNN LAKE, Man. — Ernest Castel had a dilemma: venture out into waist-high snowdrifts to seek help or stay hunkered down in his SUV? The northern Manitoba man and five others had just spent two nights northwest of Thompson, Man.

University of Calgary researchers say peewee body checking ban has had results

CALGARY — Researchers at the University of Calgary say ban on body checking in peewee hockey has led to a dramatic decline in concussions. Hockey Canada voted in 2013 to do away with the practice for 11- and 12-year-old players.

9th complainant testifies against national ski coach during sex assault trial

SAINT-JEROME, Que. — A ninth woman who has accused former national ski coach Bertrand Charest of sexual assault told his trial on Friday that she thought she was in love with him. She was 14 when she first joined his ski team.
'A vile and evil crime:' Alberta woman sentenced for drugging, killing daughter

'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.

Edmonton man charged in road rage attack was hurt in random 2014 stabbing

EDMONTON — A man accused of breaking a woman's arms with a crowbar in what police have called a road rage attack was himself the victim of a violent crime in 2014.
U.S., Canada 'perplexed' about migrant surge into Canada, Kelly says

U.S., Canada 'perplexed' about migrant surge into Canada, Kelly says

OTTAWA — Most of the migrants who recently made the difficult journey across the border into Canada were in the United States legally, making the trend hard to explain, says U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly.
Cetacean ban at Vancouver Aquarium was public's will: park board commissioner

Cetacean ban at Vancouver Aquarium was public's will: park board commissioner

VANCOUVER — The unexplained deaths of two belugas at the Vancouver Aquarium last fall were a "tipping point" in the city's debate over cetacean captivity and helped lead to a historic vote to ban the practice, says a park board commissioner.

TD Bank shares down amid allegations that employees broke law to meet sales targets

TORONTO — TD Bank shares sank on Friday as the company defended itself against reports quoting unnamed employees who alleged they broke the law in order to meet sales targets and keep their jobs.

Electronic voting, no Friday sittings among proposed changes to Commons rules

OTTAWA — The Trudeau government is suggesting a number of reforms to parliamentary rules which it says would make the operation of the House of Commons more accountable, predictable, efficient and transparent.
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