Canada

Advocacy group calls on Vancouver to 'embrace' cannabis tourism after 4-20 'debacle'

VANCOUVER - The head of a B.C. cannabis growers group says the City of Vancouver's choice to discourage instead of sanction a marijuana celebration over the weekend was a costly "missed opportunity." ...

Apr 22, 2024

Ex-RCMP officer charged with foreign interference seeks to quash charges

LONGUEUIL, Que. - A former RCMP officer charged with helping China conduct foreign interference is asking the court to quash the indictment over a jurisdictional issue. Lawyers for William Majcher con...

Apr 22, 2024

Some Jewish Canadians say this Passover comes with solemnity and complex emotions

Some Jewish Canadians say they have complex emotions and feel more solemn than usual this Passover because of the war in Gaza and a rise in antisemitism in Canada. The major Jewish holiday lasts seven...

Apr 22, 2024

Consciousness a 'realistic possibility' in birds, fish, squid and bees, scholars say

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Biologists, cognitive scientists and philosophers across the globe say there is a reasonable possibility the vast majority of creatures on Earth are sentient in some way. The New Yo...

Apr 22, 2024

Wrong body returned from Cuba to Quebec family after father dies on vacation

MONTREAL - A Montreal-area woman is asking Canadian authorities to help locate her father's body in Cuba after a devastating mix-up that saw her family receive a stranger's remains instead. Miriam Jar...

Apr 22, 2024

Quebec Health Department reports 28 cases of eye damage linked to solar eclipse

MONTREAL - Quebec's Health Department says it has received 28 reports of eye damage related to the April 8 total solar eclipse that passed over southern parts of the province. The 28 cases reported as...

Apr 22, 2024

Ottawa should engage more with the four million Canadians living abroad: senator

OTTAWA - A senator is calling on Ottawa to see Canadian citizens living abroad as more than just people to evacuate in times of crisis. B.C. Sen. Yuen Pau Woo argues Canadians who live abroad have tie...

Apr 22, 2024

Trudeau, Poilievre condemn chant on Parliament Hill glorifying Hamas attack on Israel

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is condemning a weekend protest on Parliament Hill where a participant openly supported the Hamas attack on Israel last fall. Trudeau and Conservative Leader Pie...

Apr 22, 2024

Canada to force plastic makers to report how much they make, reuse and recycle

OTTAWA - Canada is seeking to get a better handle on how much plastic is being produced in the country by forcing companies that make it to report annually on what they produce. Environment Minister S...

Sheldon Spackman Apr 22, 2024

In the news today: First Nations people more likely to leave ER: data

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... First Nations patients more likely to leave ER without care, study says Researc...

Apr 22, 2024