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President Donald Trump speaks at a rally at the Rimrock Auto Arena in Billings, Mont., Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018.

Welcome to Chaos Politics

September 21, 2018 00:17:26
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President Donald Trump speaks at a rally at the Rimrock Auto Arena in Billings, Mont., Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018.

Welcome to Chaos Politics

September 21, 2018 00:17:26

When Donald Trump got elected, Canada thought it would never happen here. Then it kinda did. And it might happen again next year....

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photo, Canna Care employee John Hough waters young marijuana plants at the medical marijuana dispensary in Sacramento, Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown signed a trio of bills, Friday, Oct. 9, 2015, that created the first statewide licensing and operating rules for pot growers, manufacturers of cannabis-infused products and retail weed outlets.

One month out, legal pot is a total bong show

September 20, 2018 00:17:55

The retail plans change province to province. So do the number of stores. The bylaws on where you can smoke pot change by...

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In this May 26, 2000, file photo, Philadelphia Flyers Eric Lindros, third from right, is assisted after getting hit in the first period of Game 7 of their NHL hockey Eastern Conference finals against the New Jersey Devils in Philadelphia. Lindros was skating up the ice with the puck when Devils' Scott Stevens blind-sided him with an elbow. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman declined comment on the impact of the NFL concussions lawsuit, but he said the league has been proactive for decades in addressing head injuries.

Does the future of the NHL still include hitting?

September 19, 2018 00:16:52

A radical proposal from a concussion symposium this summer left us wondering as training camps open: What would the NHL look like if...

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View of symbols of Venus, A part of a UN women’s art installation to denounce violence and femicide in Mexico, in Mexico City, Mexico, 06 March 2018. Sixty Venus symbols of white color, arranged on the grass in rows as tombstones, are part of a UN women’s art installation to denounce femicide in Mexico, where seven women are murdered each day.

Femicide is the crisis we’re all ignoring

September 18, 2018 00:16:20

Every month, new statistics show the staggering number of women killed by men as a result of misogyny. It’s common enough that there’s...

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses a town hall meeting in Saskatoon, Sask., Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018.

How do you get real answers from Justin Trudeau?

September 17, 2018 00:16:57

The past few months have not exactly been kind to Canada’s Prime Minister, so maybe he’s anxious to change the narrative heading into...

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