The Canadian PressGiuseppe Valiante MONTREAL — As provinces begin drafting laws for the control and sale of cannabis on their territories, an upcoming Supreme Court of Canada case is threatening to derail their plans. Ontario and Quebec, for instance, want to create provincial cannabis monopolies. As a consequence, Quebecers and […]
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The Canadian Press GRAND BEND, Ont.–The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry says talks continue in an effort to resolve an issue that led to the closure of a provincial park nearly two weeks ago. Pinery Provincial Park in southwestern Ontario was closed to the public Nov. 9 after demonstrators […]
The Canadian PressPaola Loriggio NORTH BAY, Ont.–The birthplace of the Dionne quintuplets weathered a treacherous trek down the dark, snow-blanketed streets of a northeastern Ontario city on Sunday as it once again was uprooted and hauled to a new location. A handful of supporters gathered before dawn to see the […]
The Canadian PressJoanna Smith OTTAWA–Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should not be the only one to say sorry for state-sanctioned discrimination against LGBTQ people, say advocates who long have demanded the federal government apologize for years of persecution. Lynne Gouliquer, a military veteran who has researched the history of how LGBTQ […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–Half-a-million Ontario college students have the option of walking away from a now-condensed fall semester with a full tuition refund in the aftermath of a five-week-long faculty strike. Students will have two weeks from the resumption of classes today to decide whether or not they want […]
The Canadian Press CFB SHILO, Man.–The family of a reservist killed during a military training exercise in Manitoba said he’d just graduated from university last month. Cpl. Nolan Caribou’s family has released a statement through the military after the infantryman died while training at Canadian Forces Base Shilo. The statement […]
The Canadian Press CALGARY–A bid by a group of First Nations to have well-known places across southern Alberta, including Calgary, renamed in their language is being challenged by the chief of another indigenous community. The Stoney Nakoda have applied to the Alberta government to change the names of Calgary and […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–The Ontario government is offering a full tuition refund to students who withdraw from this semester because of the province’s five-week-long college strike. The Ministry of Advanced Education said students will have two weeks from the resumption of classes tomorrow to decide whether or not they want […]
The Canadian PressMia Rabson OTTAWA–Martine Roy was just 20 years old and less than a year into her chosen career as a medical assistant with the Canadian Armed Forces at CFB Borden when military police suddenly showed up at her workplace to arrest her. They brought her to an interrogation […]
The Canadian PressGemma Karstens-Smith ABBOTSFORD, B.C.–An Abbotsford, B.C. police constable killed in the line of duty was remembered yesterday as dedicated and caring, a man who had a gut-busting sense of humour and a dislike for guns. Thousands of officers and first responders jammed into Abbotsford Centre while members of […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–The Canadian military has launched an investigation after a reservist died during a training accident in Manitoba on Saturday. Cpl. Nolan Caribou, who was an infantryman with the Royal Winnipeg Rifles of the 38 Canadian Brigade Group, was found dead at Canadian Forces Base Shilo. The military […]
The Canadian PressJoan Bryden OTTAWA–Only a tiny percentage of Canadians who have received medical assistance to end their lives has chosen to self-administer a lethal drug cocktail. But that could change now that secobarbital–the drug most commonly used for assisted suicide in other countries–is available in Canada. Secobarbital is considered […]
