Category Archives: Canadian Press

As the use of medicinal cannabis grows, a new Ontario research centre says it plans to look into whether pot is actually an effective treatment for various ailments. The Michael G. DeGroote Centre for...

IBM Corp. is urging the B.C. government to use blockchain to track marijuana sales throughout the entire supply chain once recreational cannabis is legal next year. The U.S. technology giant said bloc...

TORONTO - Can four new hosts take the place of an anchor who led CBC’s “The National” for nearly 30 years? It will take more than one newscast to properly judge, but CBC demonstrated...

OTTAWA - A promise to resettle 1,200 people who escaped torture and persecution at the hands of Islamic militants is within reach by the end of the year, immigration officials said Tuesday. A total of...

RENFREW, Ont. - A man charged following an Amber Alert in Quebec is now facing charges in Ontario. Ontario Provincial Police say the 41-year-old Quebec man is to appear in court in Ottawa on Tuesday c...

FREDERICTON - Governor General Julie Payette, who faced criticism for a speech last week that some said mocked people of faith, praised Canada’s tolerance and freedom of religion Tuesday. She to...

Seven stories in the news for Tuesday, Nov. 7 --- LIBERAL BRAND BATTERED BY ‘PARADISE PAPERS’ The Trudeau government’s politically bruised promise to ensure “tax fairness”...

OTTAWA - Lesley Barron Kerr doesn’t remember the last time she saw the Victoria Cross that her great-grandfather, Colin Barron, received for heroism at the Battle of Passchendaele. But she’...

MONTREAL - In Montreal’s Gay Village, a red-orange glow radiates from a Vietnamese tapas restaurant onto a side street lined with red, brown and grey-bricked apartment buildings. Neon-infused gl...

EDMONTON - The brother of a murdered Indigenous woman says Alberta RCMP destroyed his sister’s belongings even though nobody had been charged in her death. “It was sitting there and got th...