Shoppers Drug Mart received Health Canada’s approval to be a licensed medical marijuana producer, opening the door for the pharmacy giant to dispense medical cannabis to patients.
Pot dispensaries face conundrum — shut down now, or be blacklisted when it’s legal
Marijuana entrepreneurs who’ve been selling the drug for years see a conundrum as legalization draws near — close up shop now and leave their customers in a lurch or stay open and face blacklisting once governments open the floodgates.
Passenger rights advocate launches complaint, calls Swoop’s baggage fees ‘deceptive’
An air passenger rights advocate has filed a regulatory complaint against Swoop Inc. claiming the new low-cost airline is unlawfully charging baggage fees.
MPs unanimously declare Myanmar crackdown on Rohingya a ‘genocide’
MPs from all parties have unanimously adopted a motion condemning the acts of the Myanmar military against Rohingya Muslims as an act of genocide.
Canada seeks tariff shield, assurances from U.S. as NAFTA talks continue and Freeland flies home
The window for Canada and the U.S. to land a NAFTA breakthrough this week is getting smaller, as officials sit down in Washington, D.C., today for what are expected to be the final high-level meetings this week.
Ottawa aims to eliminate single-use plastics from federal operations
The effort means the federal government will aim to ban plastic straws, cups, cutlery, packaging and bottles from its operations, and is encouraging its suppliers to also commit to a zero plastic waste vision.
Military to reopen 23 ‘unfounded’ sexual assault cases
Canada’s military is reopening investigations into nearly two dozen cases of sexual assault after reviewing 179 old cases that previously had been deemed unfounded.
Ottawa spent $2.3M on court battles with St. Anne’s residential school survivors
The federal government spent $2.3 million over the past five years in court battles with survivors from a notorious residential school in northern Ontario, according to information released by Justice Canada.
Uncertainty builds over fate of promised Indigenous chapter in NAFTA
The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is raising concerns that a promised Indigenous chapter in a renewed North American Free Trade Agreement “may not come to fruition.”
Infrastructure Bank tapped Ottawa for millions in funding – with only one project on its plate
The Canada Infrastructure Bank has asked the federal government for millions of dollars in operational expenses over the past year — even though it has only announced one project so far.