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TORONTO — Registered nurses in Ontario will soon be able to prescribe certain medications such as birth control and drugs for smoking cessation.

HALIFAX — Police in Halifax say a man is facing a murder charge in the death of Chauntel Lizette MacIntyre, who was stabbed in the Halifax area last year.

TORONTO — Barrick Gold Corp. has signed a deal to increase its stake in Hercules Silver Corp. to more than 10 per cent with an investment of $23.4 million.

Calgary singer-songwriter Tate McRae has been announced as the musical guest of an upcoming episode of "Saturday Night Live." McRae is set to perform on the Nov. 18 edition of the show, which will be hosted by actor Jason Momoa.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed the appointment of Mary Moreau to the Supreme Court of Canada after nominating her for the post last month.

MONTREAL — The Quebec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers say home sales in the Montreal area in October fell two per cent compared with the same month last year to their second-lowest level since it began compiling market data in 2000.

SANTIAGO — The athletes who have their literal golden ticket to next summer's Olympic Games in Paris from the Pan American Games plan to make the most of it.

KEREMEOS, B.C. — A rock slide has closed a major southern British Columbia highway in both directions outside Keremeos, about 300 kilometres east of Vancouver.

TORONTO — Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. says it earned US$122 million in its latest quarter from its stake in the asset management business it owns with Brookfield Corp.

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