Category Archives: Canada
Professor of cannabis science is launched at the University of B.C.
VANCOUVER - The University of British Columbia is creating a new professorship to study the potential role of marijuana to treat opioid addiction, a move that faculty members say will begin to fill a ...
Nov 23, 2018
Professor of cannabis science is launched at the University of B.C.
VANCOUVER - The University of British Columbia is creating a new professorship to study the potential role of marijuana to treat opioid addiction, a move that faculty members say will begin to fill a ...
Nov 23, 2018
Three more cases of E. coli confirmed, none found in tested Canadian lettuce
OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has tested more than 2,000 samples of fresh lettuce and packaged salads but it hasn’t found produce containing the bacteria in its search for the sou...
Nov 23, 2018
Jury dismissals in Atlantic Canada raise wider issues about vetting:experts
HALIFAX - Jury dismissals in two high-profile Atlantic Canada court cases this week raise issues around jury vetting in the digital age, according to some legal experts. A judge declared a mistrial Tu...
Nov 23, 2018
Three more cases of E. coli confirmed, none found in tested Canadian lettuce
OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has tested more than 2,000 samples of fresh lettuce and packaged salads but it hasn’t found produce containing the bacteria in its search for the sou...
Nov 23, 2018
Jury dismissals in Atlantic Canada raise wider issues about vetting:experts
HALIFAX - Jury dismissals in two high-profile Atlantic Canada court cases this week raise issues around jury vetting in the digital age, according to some legal experts. A judge declared a mistrial Tu...
Nov 23, 2018
Environment ministers agree to cut garbage produced by half by 2040
OTTAWA - Canada’s environment ministers want to cut in half the amount of garbage this country produces, in a little over two decades. By 2030, they want to reduce the total amount of waste Cana...
Nov 23, 2018
Environment ministers agree to cut garbage produced by half by 2040
OTTAWA - Canada’s environment ministers want to cut in half the amount of garbage this country produces, in a little over two decades. By 2030, they want to reduce the total amount of waste Cana...
Nov 23, 2018
Sens owner Melnyk sues partner in stalled development deal that includes arena
OTTAWA - Senators owner Eugene Melnyk is suing his business partner for $700 million in a development deal that was meant to bring a new NHL arena to Ottawa’s downtown. Capital Sports Management...
Nov 23, 2018
Singh to run in Burnaby South byelection, despite friendlier Brampton opening
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he still intends to run in a federal byelection in British Columbia, even though a friendlier riding in his hometown of Brampton, Ont. has suddenly opened up. Si...
Nov 23, 2018
