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Edibles, other pot products, will hit shelves after mid-December: Ottawa
A "limited selection" of next-generation cannabis products such as edibles will "gradually" hit retail shelves no earlier than mid-December 2019, Health Canada says. The Ottawa-based ag...
Jun 14, 2019
Business leaders urge Trudeau to meet Pelosi, as well as Trump to push new NAFTA
OTTAWA - Canadian business leaders say Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's trip to Washington next week could be more productive if he can add a meeting with Democratic party leader Nancy Pelosi to h...
Jun 14, 2019
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney seeks alliance with Quebec's Francois Legault
MONTREAL - Quebec and Alberta are natural allies in the fight to defend provincial autonomy in the face of federal interventions, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said Wednesday during a&nb...
Jun 14, 2019
Father says murder of daughter, 8, has shattered her brothers' innocence
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The father of an eight-year-old girl who was killed by her mother says he's felt the worst pain of his life watching her young brothers suffer profound grief, confusion and sha...
Jun 14, 2019
Canada Post proposes raising stamp prices by two cents next year
OTTAWA - Canada Post is proposing to raise the prices of stamps ever-so-slightly next year. The federal corporation says it is looking to increase the price of stamps two cents, to 92 cents, for a sta...
Jun 14, 2019
AFN chief urges leaders to ensure passage of key bills for Indigenous Peoples
OTTAWA - Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde is calling on all party leaders to make sure three pieces of legislation he says are of "fundamental importance" to Indigenous P...
Jun 14, 2019
Everest explains rationale for voting against raising pride flag
Deputy-Mayor Dallas Everest wants residents to know he supports the LBGTQ community, what they stand for and the cause they are fighting for. Everest was the only member of La Ronge council to vote ag...
Jun 14, 2019 Deputy-Mayor Dallas Everest was the only councillor to vote against raising the pride flag. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
Feds cut heavy-icebreaker order from Vancouver shipyard
OTTAWA - The federal government has quietly taken construction of the coast guard's next heavy icebreaker away from Vancouver shipyard Seaspan, the latest in a string of upheavals in Canada's multibil...
Jun 14, 2019
Photography club helps troubled youth find focus
A program that helps troubled youth heal through photography has received a $9,000 provincial grant.Pinehouse Photography, founded by Dre Erwin in early 2016, was one of 400 programs in the province t...
Jun 14, 2019 (Facebook/ Pinehouse Club)
Premiers' demands on environment bills an 'unhelpful' threat to unity: Morneau
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals say it's conservative premiers who are putting Canada at risk in a fight over oil and the environment. Finance Minister Bill Morneau says in a letter...
Jun 14, 2019