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‘Craft cannabis’ growers fight for legal role, say B.C. jobs, tourism at stake
VANCOUVER – Travis Lane has been growing marijuana since high school, when his first pot…
Drugs for physician-assisted death: What will they cost and who will pay?
TORONTO – With medically assisted death now legal in Canada, doctors need access to specific…
Andrew Lloyd Webber offers $1.3 million grant for children
NEW YORK – Andrew Lloyd Webber came to cheer on his kid rock band at…
As mass shootings plague US, survivors mourn lack of change
DENVER – The deadliest shooting in U.S. history has people around the world wondering why…
A personal quest to document IS massacre of Iraqi Yazidis
DOHUK, Iraq – The walls and even the windows of Bahzad Farhan Murad’s office are…
Court clears Bollywood drug film for release with just 1 cut
NEW DELHI – A Bollywood movie about drug abuse in India’s northern state of Punjab…
B.C.’s youth representative wants inquest into police-involved shooting death
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s representative for children and youth is calling for an inquest into…
Semi-automatic rifle used in Florida mass shooting is restricted in Canada
The semi-automatic rifle used in Sunday’s deadly mass shooting in Florida is classified as a…
G4S defends employee screening practices following Orlando, Edmonton shootings
CALGARY – The security company that employed both the Florida nightclub gunman and an armoured…
A quick sketch of the next president of the University of British Columbia
VANCOUVER – Here’s a look at Santa Ono, the new president of the University of…
As young man, gunman worked ordinary jobs and got married
FORT PIERCE, Fla. – Like many other young American men, Omar Mateen worked a series…
Amnesty International opposes anti-abortion effort in Poland
WARSAW, Poland – A human rights watchdog called on Poland’s conservative government Tuesday to give…
Singer Dee Dee Bridgewater among 2017 NEA Jazz Masters
NEW YORK – Singer Dee Dee Bridgewater says she’s proud to be among the few…
Bedbug infestation causes library closures in southwestern Ontario
LEAMINGTON, Ont. – A southwestern Ontario library has closed its 14 branches after finding bedbugs…
Federal government announces new money for indigenous mental health
OTTAWA – Attawapiskat Chief Bruce Shisheesh met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa on…
Thousands attend vigils around US for Orlando victims
Thousands have turned out for vigils, rallies and marches around the country for the victims…
Gregory Rabassa, translator of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, dies
NEW YORK – Gregory Rabassa, a translator of worldwide influence and esteem who helped introduce…
Canadian canoeist Oldershaw bringing young family to Olympics despite Zika fears
Canada’s Mark Oldershaw won’t let fears about the Zika virus keep his family apart during…
Congregation to file appeal in fight for oldest US synagogue
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The nation’s oldest Jewish congregation on Tuesday filed notice that it plans…
Iraq detains men fleeing IS-held Fallujah, raising tensions
FALLUJAH, Iraq – At a checkpoint outside militant-held Fallujah, hundreds of civilians who fled the…
26 people wounded as Paris protesters clash with police
PARIS – Some 20 police officers and six protesters were injured in Paris Tuesday as…
Health Canada acknowledges lack of data about potency, classification of W-18
VANCOUVER – Health Canada has taken a step back from claims that W-18 is a…
Craft-clay dentures prompt court action against allegedly unlicensed B.C. man
VANCOUVER – Dental regulators in British Columbia have asked the province’s Supreme Court to shut…
TSX, New York indexes continue pull back amid uncertainty over ‘Brexit’ vote
TORONTO – Jitters over the possibility that Britain may exit the European Union continued to…