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SASKATOON — Thirty children from across Canada are being recruited to take part in a new pilot study at the University of Saskatchewan looking at the safety and tolerability of cannabis treatment for childhood epilepsy.

TORONTO — Hydro One says it is making "tremendous progress" in restoring power after high winds left more than 68,000 customers without power across southern Ontario, particularly in the southwest.

TORONTO — During an early-season video session, the Ryerson Rams sat down to study the final few minutes of Michael Jordan's last game as a Bull. It was Game 6 of the 1998 NBA finals against Utah. A sweat-soaked Jordan was running on fumes.

BRANDON, Man. — A Winnipeg truck driver is thanking a woman who jumped on her horse and brought him coffee and a hot meal while he was stranded on Highway 10 south of Brandon during this week's nasty storm in Manitoba.

HAMILTON — Provincial police closed the Burlington Skyway and the Garden City Skyway on Wednesday due to high winds. Sgt. Kerry Schmidt says the closures of the bridges in Hamilton and St. Catharines, Ont.

OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau's self-proclaimed feminist bona fides were on full display Wednesday as the prime minister known for his gender-balanced cabinet and support for equal rights showed his government's support for International Women's Day.

CALGARY — Relatives of a Calgary imam who has spent more than seven months in a Turkish prison are dismayed his case will remain in limbo for at least another two months.

HALIFAX — In its heyday, it was one of Canada's largest fighting ships — built for operations in the North Atlantic as a helicopter-carrying submarine hunter with a crew of more than 250.

TORONTO — Sebastian Giovinco played in it. So did Gianluigi Buffon and Andrea Pirlo. Now Toronto FC's senior academy team — known as Toronto FC 3 — gets to follow in their footsteps by taking part in the 69th Viareggio Cup.

OTTAWA — Police in Ottawa say a traffic stop early Wednesday may have prevented a deadly overdose. An officer pulled over a vehicle and found a male passenger exhibiting signs of an overdose, including vomiting and difficulty breathing.