Safety Concerns Over Natural Medicine Shared by Interim NDP Leader
CancerCare Manitoba's chief medical officer says there are safety concerns about a leaf that the province's interim NDP leader says she has been distributing from her office as a natural medicine.
Dr. Piotr Czaykowski says there's insufficient evidence to show that leaves from the guyabano fruit plant should be considered a treatment for cancer, and he says its consumption could cause movement disorders.
Flor Marcelino had previously contacted a Winnipeg Free Press reporter by email to suggest a possible story on guyabano leaves and her role in promoting and sharing them.
Marcelino said she shares the dried leaves free of charge, bringing them back from the Philippines and asking others to bring them back when they visit the country.
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Woman Charged for Allegedly Bringing Gun to Winnipeg Party
A woman in Winnipeg faces charges after police say she got in a dispute at a party, left, and then returned with a concealed gun.
Police say they were called to the home about an assault early yesterday.
They say the rifle that the 24-year-old woman was allegedly carrying was seized without incident, and she was arrested.
Police say she faces numerous firearms-related offences.
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Three Shipwrecks as More Migrants Attempt to Reach Europe by Sea
This has been a deadly week on the Mediterranean, where more than 700 migrants are feared dead following three shipwrecks.
Warmer waters and calmer weather have increased migrants' attempts to reach Europe.
Last week, more than 4,000 migrants were rescued at sea in just one day by an Italian-led rescue operation.
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Conservative Convention Wraps Up
Eleven years after same-sex marriage became law in Canada, the federal Conservatives have wiped a policy opposing it off the party's books.
Tories meeting for a party conference in Vancouver also adopted a proposal supporting a more permissive approach to marijuana after intense debate.
Policy resolutions are not binding on the party's leaders but are often used to help shape platforms.
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Liberals Vote to Open Party at Convention
Liberals have voted to open their party up to anyone wanting to join, after an appeal by the prime minister to overhaul their constitution.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made his case yesterday at the Liberal convention in Winnipeg, where some delegates suspected him of attempting a blatant power grab.
The new constitution does away with paid membership and allows anyone willing to register as a Liberal to vote on important party decisions.
Trudeau assured delegates that if he thought the new document was about taking power away from the grassroots, he would not have supported it.
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100 Years Since the Battle of Verdun
French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel stood side-by-side today to mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Verdun.
The longest battle of the First World War killed 163,000 French and 143,000 German soldiers and wounded hundreds of thousands of others.
The area where the battle raged on for 10 months still holds millions of unexploded shells, making the area so dangerous that housing and farming are still forbidden.
