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The Deloitte report — titled Recreational Marijuana: Insights and Opportunities — being released soon concludes that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s legalization of cannabis next year could jolt the economy. “There hasn’t been anything like this — and granted it wasn’t legislated — but you...

The U.S. Food and Drug administration has authorized the clinical trial of the lung cancer drug CIMAvax, according to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. He made the announcement at a news conference in the state capital Albany on Wednesday. The trial will be conducted by Roswell Park Cancer Institute...

Authorities have been hunting for more than 24 hours for an Oklahoma man they say posted live videos to social media while running from police during a violent rampage that included shooting two police officers, armed car thefts and killing his aunt and uncle, apparently attempting to cut off...

Bravo... The complaint focuses on controversial provisions in the Canada-EU deal, similar to those contained in the NAFTA, that would let companies sue the government under certain circumstances. The statement of claim also takes issue with the federal government's tradition of signing and...

according to a wave of television ads that started rolling out across the state last month. Replete with ominous music, the advertisements feature lawmakers and teachers who paint a bleak future for Arizona’s children if voters approve Proposition 205, a measure that would allow people aged 21...

Alaska Natives received an official apology from the Presbyterian Church of America during the final session of the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention on Saturday at the Carlson Center. Members of an Alaska Presbyterian church delivered the apology. “We apologize for the pain and...

President and CEO Kevin Neveu said during an earnings call Friday the company was in “the early stages of this rebound” and had reactivated 53 rigs in North America and re-hired 1,000 employees. He said the majority of those oilfield workers had previously been employed by Precision. “We’re...

Looks that way. Thanks a lot for handing the next election to Wynne......... Big surprise? Depends on your point-of-view. In his short time at the helm of Ontario's Tories, the rookie leader has gained a reputation as a serial flip-flopper. During his party's leadership race, Brown won the...

state has a clearer image of you. Look at the picture below, a Gigapixel rendering of a 420 pot protest on Vancouver's waterfront. Click on the link below and use your mouse pointer, click and scroll in. See every face in the crowd up close and personal. This is our world today. Vancouver...

Indigenous activists, including Chase Iron Eyes, the Lakota lawyer of the Standing Rock Sioux who is running as a Democrat for North Dakota’s single congressional seat, have for the past two years organized Native Lives Matter to bring attention to this situation and hold police and prosecutors...

Quebec Health Minister Gaétan Barrette says he has proof a 26-year-old Jehovah's Witness woman who died during childbirth at a hospital near Quebec City understood the risks of refusing a blood transfusion, but insisted one not be performed. Éloïse Dupuis died of a hemorrhage on Oct. 12 at...

The Federal Standing Committee on Finance will hear from a variety of speakers about economic disparities, including gender inequality, today in Charlottetown. The only problem? The committee doesn’t have any female members present. Jenny Wright, executive director of the St. John’s Status of...

The Quebec government was strongly criticized Tuesday for excluding the word "secular" from its proposed legislation on state religious neutrality. Opposition parties and a women's rights group chided the Liberals on the first day of hearings into Bill 62, which is the government's attempt to...

An online video showing a Petro-Canada pumping station in Laval charging clients even when they weren't fuelling their car has gone viral, with more than one million views since it was posted Oct. 6. Saint-Eustache resident Dylan Fisher took two videos of the same pump driving up his tab when...

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Yes, the radio stations did very well as I heard this commercial a lot..... $12M to help low-income hydro customers — then spent $11.7M of it on publicity Ontario's energy minister admits the bulk of nearly $12 million spent on the government's plan to offer financial help to low-income...

Scientists at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee have discovered a chemical reaction to turn CO2 into ethanol, potentially creating a new technology to help avert climate change. Their findings were published in the journal ChemistrySelect. The researchers were attempting to find a...

While the CTF is likely Canadian, although there's really no way for us to know for sure, it is emphatically not a federation, and, given the causes it espouses, it most certainly does not represent the interests or the wishes of most ordinary Canadian taxpayers. Early yesterday, CBC Manitoba...

Church officials said they expressed concern around Denis Hall's nomination and encouraged him to withdraw his name from the ballot, but they stopped short of taking further action. "I must say Mr. Hall listened and received those comments and I did express and encourage him to withdraw … I'll...

The results for the Wildrose Party represent a significant drop in fundraising for the official opposition party. This is the first time since the third quarter of 2015 that the Wildrose Party has raised less than $400,000 in a quarter. Alberta Liberals: $39,187.98 Alberta NDP: $425,437.9...