The Canadian Press OTTAWA—Call it Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s secret stash. A new report from CIBC World Markets says Canada’s federal and provincial governments could reap as much as $5 billion annually in tax revenues from the sale of legal marijuana. CIBC economist Avery Shenfeld crunched the numbers using current […]

The Canadian PressGeordon Omand VANCOUVER—Reserve schools are failing Canada’s aboriginal students and there is no quick-and-easy fix, says a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. A study released today by the research group found that only four-of-10 young adults living on reserves across the country have finished high school. […]

The Canadian PressJim Bronskill OTTAWA—Canada’s electronic spy agency broke privacy laws by sharing information about Canadians with foreign partners, a federal watchdog says. The Communications Security Establishment passed along the information—known as metadata—to counterparts in the U.S., Britain, Australia, and New Zealand, said Jean-Pierre Plouffe, who keeps an eye on […]

Murray Brewster THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA—The notion that Canadian volunteers fighting with Kurdish forces in northern Iraq and Syria could face prosecution under the former Conservative government’s tough anti-terror laws has one human rights group calling for stricter supervision of the country’s military training mission in the war-torn region. A […]

The Canadian Press CALGARY—Calgary’s Mount Royal University is giving students a new way to learn about the world around them. Along with checking out books, students can sign out a speaker at the university’s “Living Library” for a 15-minute one-on-one discussion. The speakers, who also are being called “human books,” […]

The Canadian Press LA LOCHE, Sask.—The northern Saskatchewan school where a mass shooting occurred won’t open for at least another week. And when it does, it may have security. The Northern Lights School Division has told parents that classes at the La Loche Community School won’t resume for seven-10 days, […]

The Canadian PressMurray Brewster OTTAWA—The Trudeau cabinet is expected to “very soon” debate the size and scope of the country’s re-organized mission against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. But precisely how much latitude those military trainers will get is going to be one of the most divisive […]

The Canadian PressKristy Kirkup OTTAWA—The federal government discriminated against children on reserves in its funding of child welfare services, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruled today. The quasi-judicial body published its findings nine years after a complaint from the Assembly of First Nations and The First Nations Child and Family […]

The Canadian Press OTTAWA—Parliament needs to craft a stand-alone law on doctor-assisted death, a prominent Canadian constitutional scholar warned a Commons-Senate committee yesterday. In a testimony to senators and MPs, Peter Hogg stressed the need to develop safeguards at the federal level that can be applied even where provinces have […]

The Canadian PressDiana Mehta TORONTO—A Toronto police officer yesterday was found guilty of attempted murder in the shooting death of a troubled teen on an empty streetcar, a verdict the teen’s mother called a first step in changing the way police deal with people in crisis. After six days of […]

The Canadian PressColin Perkel TORONTO—The Guelph Mercury, one of the country’s oldest dailies, will cease publishing its print editions this week—the latest casualty of the deep malaise in Canada’s newspaper industry, its publisher announced yesterday. The closure will throw 23 full-time and three part-time employees out of work, including eight […]

The Canadian Press LA LOCHE, Sask.—A 17-year-old boy accused of shooting four people to death in a remote Saskatchewan community described himself as an “outcast” at home and victim of bullying at school, say his friends. The teen, who made his first court appearance yesterday, was known to hold his […]