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HAMILTON — The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have signed international defensive end John Chick to a contract extension through the 2018 CFL season.

TORONTO — An Ontario-born filmmaker who identifies as neither male nor female says the province "is in a prime position" to make non-binary birth certificates happen. Joshua M.

HALIFAX — (NSElxn) Nova Scotia's New Democrats say they would run a series of deficits totalling $966 million over the next four years if elected May 30.

Almost 80 per cent of street drugs tested for fentanyl at a Vancouver safe injection site were laced with the potentially deadly opioid, a nine-month pilot study has found.

TORONTO — A 37-year-old man has died after being pulled from Lake Ontario on the Toronto waterfront. Police say they got a call shortly after 11 a.m. Monday morning from passersby, who noticed a commotion in the lake. Det.

HAMILTON — Police say a 59-year-old Toronto man has died of injuries he suffered last month in a collision in Hamilton.

KENORA, Ont. — Ontario Provincial Police say three people are facing charges following an investigation into drug trafficking in northwestern Ontario. They say officers stopped and searched two vehicles in a Kenora, Ont.

WHITBY, Ont. — Police say Durham Region has recorded its first confirmed overdose due to the deadly opioid carfentanil. Const. George Tudos of Durhan regional police says a man overdosed in February and survived.

TORONTO — Eleanor McCain pulled out all the stops while making plans to celebrate Canada's 150th birthday. She envisioned recording a covers album that would be something spectacular.

ANTIGONISH, N.S. — He was 74 years old, had three children in the car, and was allegedly going 165 kilometres per hour in a 100 km/h zone. Nova Scotia police said Monday they have charged a man with stunting on Highway 104 in Pine Tree, N.S.