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A doctor with an expertise in public health says he will soon be dispensing opioids through a vending machine in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside in order to prevent overdoses from fentanyl-laced street drugs. Source: Vancouver doctor says he will dispense opioids through Downtown Eastside vending machine – BC | Globalnews.ca

Twice as large as our own planet and eight times as massive, K2-18b orbits close to a red dwarf star and has an atmosphere of mostly hydrogen gas Source: Scientists say they found first potentially habitable planet with water in its skies | National Post

Some of the best laptops on the market are now shipping with Deepin Linux pre-installed. Source: Huawei Just Started Selling Laptops With A Beautiful Linux OS Pre-Installed

Maryam Monsef faces Conservative challenger Mike Skinner in a riding to watch. Source: In Peterborough–Kawartha, A Bellwether Riding Grapples With A Growing Opioid Crisis | HuffPost Canada

The enormous black hole at the center of our galaxy is having an unusually large meal of interstellar gas and dust, and researchers don’t yet understand why. Source: Black hole at the center of our galaxy appears to be getting hungrier

The embattled British leader insisted the bleak scenario was “not where we intend to end up.” Source: Boris Johnson says he didn’t lie to the Queen about Parliament suspension – National | Globalnews.ca

Police have charged a 38-year-old man in connection with an alleged machete attack in Scarborough that left a woman dead. Source: Toronto man charged with first-degree murder in connection with alleged machete attack | CTV News Toronto

The resignation comes after a Canadian Muslim group called for the Greens to dump Schomann as a candidate. Source: Green Party candidate resigns over post about mailing pig carcass to Muslims – National | Globalnews.ca

The Liberal re-election caravan will be taking wing later today after the party’s chartered plane was damaged Wednesday night in a minor collision with a bus on the airport tarmac in Victoria, B.C. Source: Liberals replace election plane damaged after media bus drives under wing | CBC News

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