Category Archives: Canada
QuickFacts on British Columbia's recreational pot legislation
VICTORIA - Some highlights of the B.C. government’s proposed recreational cannabis laws: - The possession limit for an individual is 30 grams of dried cannabis or its equivalent and buyers must ...
Apr 26, 2018
National Gallery of Canada will pull Marc Chagall work off the auction block
OTTAWA - The National Gallery of Canada says it no longer plans to sell a Marc Chagall painting. The gallery announced earlier this month that it was going to auction off Chagall’s work “T...
Apr 26, 2018
Former Tory leader Patrick Brown breached integrity rules: Watchdog
TORONTO - The public had a right to know Patrick Brown accepted a loan from a man who would become a candidate for his party, Ontario’s integrity watchdog said after finding the former Progressi...
Apr 26, 2018
NAFTA talks keeping Freeland in Washington, sends substitute to NATO summit
WASHINGTON - With the NAFTA talks at a critical juncture, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland announced Thursday that she was skipping a summit in Europe to remain at the bargaining table. Free...
Apr 26, 2018
Timeline of recent events in the 2017 mosque shooting in Quebec City
QUEBEC - The sentencing arguments for Quebec City mosque shooter Alexandre Bissonnette ended Thursday. Bissonnette, 28, pleaded guilty in March to six charges of first-degree murder and six of attempt...
Apr 26, 2018
How the government hopes to strengthen intellectual property in Canada
OTTAWA - The federal government has unveiled new measures on intellectual property as it seeks to improve Canada’s performance in a critical area of the increasingly important ideas-based econom...
Apr 26, 2018
Federal government finalizes regulations to reduce methane emissions
CALGARY - The federal government said Thursday it has finalized regulations that should reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas sector by close to half. The regulations include flexibilities to ...
Apr 26, 2018
No trial date yet for Nova Scotia police chief facing sexual assault charges
BRIDGEWATER, N.S. - The case of a Nova Scotia police chief accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl has been set over until a pre-trial consultation Aug. 9. At that time, it’s expected ...
Apr 26, 2018
Toronto van attack accused searching for job, about to graduate college
TORONTO - Alek Minassian was a month away from completing his degree at Toronto’s Seneca College when he reached out to an information technology recruitment firm looking for a job. “The s...
Apr 26, 2018
Quebec mosque shooting wasn't terrorism, Crown psychiatrist testifies
QUEBEC - Sentencing arguments for the Quebec City mosque shooter ended Thursday with a forensic psychiatrist testifying that Alexandre Bissonnette’s murderous rampage was a racist act but not te...
Apr 26, 2018