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Rain or not, Toronto Wolfpack ready for rugby league home opener this Saturday

Rain or not, Toronto Wolfpack ready for rugby league home opener this Saturday

TORONTO — There were smiles in the rain Thursday as the Toronto Wolfpack trained in advance of their weekend home opener.

A look at the last two years in Alberta with Premier Rachel Notley and the NDP

EDMONTON — It's been two years since Rachel Notley and the NDP were elected in Alberta and ended more than four decades of government under the Progressive Conservatives. Here is a look at what's happened since: May 5, 2015 — Election night.

Nova Scotia privacy commissioner investigates after school webcams streamed

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's privacy commissioner is investigating after images of students on security cameras at a Cape Breton school were streamed on the Internet, raising fresh questions about reasonable surveillance.

Manitoba Metis Federation wants investigation into night hunting charges

WINNIPEG — Two indigenous groups say tensions over hunting continue to rise in Manitoba where they are driven in part by racially charged comments from Premier Brian Pallister.

RCMP eyes expanded media protections amid police surveillance concerns

OTTAWA — The RCMP is eyeing a policy change for organized crime investigations to better protect the rights of journalists, newly disclosed documents say.

Ottawa names four Quebec Superior Court justices

OTTAWA — Federal Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould named four new Quebec judges on Thursday in order to fill critical gaps in the province's justice system after a landmark Supreme Court decision last summer.

Two arrested in Hamilton homicide; one suspect still sought

Hamilton police say two female suspects have turned themselves in to authorities in connection with the death of a 33-year-old man.

Loblaw CEO Galen G. Weston says company is watching marijuana legislation

TORONTO — The CEO and chairman of Loblaw Companies says he hasn't ruled out the possibility of selling recreational marijuana, a slight shift in position for Canada's largest grocery and drugstore chain. Galen G.
Obamacare is now one-third replaced: Here's why Democrats greeted it with a song

Obamacare is now one-third replaced: Here's why Democrats greeted it with a song

WASHINGTON — More than 50 years after Canada moved toward universal health coverage, and 70 years after it happened in England and France, the U.S.

Ontario's corrections adviser urges an end to indefinite segregation

TORONTO — Ontario's adviser on corrections reform called Thursday for an end to indefinite segregation of inmates in the province's jails, but stopped short of urging an outright ban on the practice.
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