Category Archives: Canada
Saskatoon's cannabis licensing bylaw includes $20K fee for retailers
Saskatoon city council has passed a cannabis bylaw that includes a $20,000 licensing fee for marijuana retailers. There is also a provision for a $10,000 annual renewal fee, but that part of the bylaw...
Jun 26, 2018
Quebec crane operators back at work Tuesday after 'illegal' one-week strike
MONTREAL - Thousands of crane operators returned to work Tuesday after taking part in what authorities described as an illegal strike that lasted one week and disrupted construction sites across Quebe...
Jun 26, 2018
'We must respond:' Alberta child advocate urges help for youth opioid addicts
EDMONTON - Alberta’s child advocate wants the province to create a youth-specific response to the opioid crisis with a school curriculum that starts teaching students in elementary school about ...
Jun 26, 2018
Nova Scotia LGBT groups turn up heat on church over anti-gay speakers
A church group is being pressured to cancel two speakers at a conference in Pugwash, N.S., next month, amid concerns they promote a homophobic message to young people. The event at Camp Pugwash, a ven...
Jun 26, 2018
Messy, screeching peafowl to be removed from Surrey, B.C., neighbourhood
SURREY, B.C. - The mournful cries of peacocks could soon be silenced in a Surrey, B.C., neighbourhood after city council voted to roust the birds. Council has approved a plan to trap about 100 peacock...
Jun 26, 2018
'It's essential that Canadians act now' on climate change: federal report
Climate change is already having a big impact - and Canadian governments urgently need to collect and publish data showing how safe their citizens are from floods, fires and other hazards, a federal a...
Jun 26, 2018
Jury begins deliberation in trial of homeowner charged with second-degree murder
HAMILTON - A jury is deliberating the fate of a Hamilton-area homeowner charged with second-degree murder in the shooting of a man who broke into his truck. Peter Khill, 28, admits he killed Jon Styre...
Jun 26, 2018
Toronto mayor asks for help with refugees and asylum seekers in shelter system
Toronto can no longer accommodate new waves of refugees and asylum seekers in its shelter system and needs federal and provincial help dealing with the situation, the city’s mayor said Tuesday a...
Jun 26, 2018
Cost of substance use in Canada tops $38 billion, with booze and tobacco on top
VICTORIA - The economic cost of substance use in Canada in 2014 was $38.4 billion, or about $1,100 for every Canadian, and came with a staggering toll of 67,515 deaths, says a report released Tuesday....
Jun 26, 2018
Summer snow falls in parts of Newfoundland: 'Never seen it this late in June'
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - It may be summer, but snow was falling in parts of Newfoundland Tuesday. John Jack Lushman said there were roughly five centimetres of snow Tuesday morning on the deck of his ...
Jun 26, 2018