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BEYOND LOCAL: Booming parcel deliveries not enough to keep Canada Post self-sustaining

BEYOND LOCAL: Booming parcel deliveries not enough to keep Canada Post self-sustaining

This is due largely to rising employee costs and drop in letter mail
CANADA: Researchers hopeful that new drugs may be possible for brain cancer that killed Gord Downie

CANADA: Researchers hopeful that new drugs may be possible for brain cancer that killed Gord Downie

Canadian researchers are hopeful that the findings of the study will help come up with drugs beyond the mostly ineffective standard of radiation and chemotherapy treatment
BEYOND LOCAL: Blue heroin, crystal meth valued at $1700 found on 18-year-old from Penetanguishene

BEYOND LOCAL: Blue heroin, crystal meth valued at $1700 found on 18-year-old from Penetanguishene

Police also found $300
ONTARIO: Ottawa's Byward market fire 'worst in decades'

ONTARIO: Ottawa's Byward market fire 'worst in decades'

Ottawa Fire Chief Kim Ayotte says he hasn't seen a blaze as bad as the one at Vittoria Trattoria in his 16 years in the city
BEYOND LOCAL: ‘Trivago Guy’ Tim Williams arrested for driving while intoxicated

BEYOND LOCAL: ‘Trivago Guy’ Tim Williams arrested for driving while intoxicated

He was found behind the wheel of a car Wednesday afternoon in a live lane of traffic with his foot on the brake
ONTARIO: Tories don't plan to balance books until 2023-24

ONTARIO: Tories don't plan to balance books until 2023-24

The Tories peg the current deficit at $11.7 billion
CANADA: American man wants to exhume unidentified Titanic victims

CANADA: American man wants to exhume unidentified Titanic victims

Two local Titanic experts are against a proposed plan to dig up victims buried in Halifax
BEYOND LOCAL: Sudbury pot store owners fined $12,500 for not opening April 1

BEYOND LOCAL: Sudbury pot store owners fined $12,500 for not opening April 1

Anton Lucic, Saturnius partners penalized $12,500, will lose $50K if they don't open by end of the month
BEYOND LOCAL: School threats often linked to attention seeking, says criminologist

BEYOND LOCAL: School threats often linked to attention seeking, says criminologist

Criminologist Frank Cormier offers insights into repeated anonymous threats against Hammarskjold High School
CANADA: New food guide diet is not affordable for half of low-income households, study says

CANADA: New food guide diet is not affordable for half of low-income households, study says

Respondents with household incomes under $50,000 are considerably more likely to have chosen less healthy, cheaper options, or to have cut back on meat and vegetables to deal with the affordability issue