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Supreme Court says Quebec’s ban on homegrown cannabis plants is constitutional
By The Canadian Press on April 14th, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada’s high court says Quebec’s ban on possessing and cultivating cannabis plants for personal purposes is constitutional. The Supreme Court of Canada says the province has jurisdiction to pursue public health and security objectives by prohibiting homegrown marijuana plants. It says Quebec’s rules don’t frustrate the purpose of the 2018 federal Cannabis Act, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Supreme Court says Quebec ban on homegrown pot plants is constitutional
By The Canadian Press on April 14th, 2023
OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada says Quebec’s ban on possessing and cultivating cannabis plants for personal purposes is constitutional. In a unanimous decision, the high court says Quebec’s legislature has jurisdiction to prohibit the possession and cultivation of cannabis plants at home for public health and security reasons. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In The News for April 14: Will the PM’s chief of staff have any surprises today?
By The Canadian Press on April 14th, 2023
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of Friday, April 14, 2023 … What we are watching in Canada … A committee tasked with studying alleged foreign interference in Canada’s last two elections ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supreme Court to rule on Quebec law banning homegrown cannabis
By The Canadian Press on April 14th, 2023
OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada is set to rule today on whether Quebec’s ban on growing cannabis plants at home is constitutional. The ruling is in a case first brought before the courts in 2019 by Janick Murray-Hall. Murray-Hall’s lawyer argued that Quebec’s ban on owning and cultivating plants for personal use is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau’s chief of staff, Katie Telford, set to testify in foreign interference probe
By The Canadian Press on April 14th, 2023
OTTAWA – A committee tasked with studying alleged foreign interference in Canada’s last two elections is set to hear from the prime minister’s chief of staff today. Katie Telford is scheduled to be a witness at the procedure and House affairs committee this afternoon, to talk about what she knows about Chinese meddling in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Political hit men’: Emails detail anger over RCMP handling of border protests
By Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press on April 14th, 2023
There were complaints that Mounties were not doing enough at the Canada-U. S. border-crossing in Coutts, Alta., when protests erupted over COVID-19 pandemic policies. There were others saying the same police force was doing too much and betraying the country. Almost 260 pages of emails detailing complaints made to the watchdog agency that investigates Mounties ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau Foundation donor heads group under Chinese Communist Party ‘total leadership’
By Chuck Chiang and David Fraser, The Canadian Press on April 13th, 2023
A businessman whose reported donations to the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation led to the resignation of its CEO is the president of a Chinese cultural organization that says it operates under the authority of the communist government. The website of the China Cultural Industry Association says it adheres to the “total leadership” of the Chinese ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Violence on transit has increased post-pandemic, police and union officials say
By The Canadian Press on April 13th, 2023
Violence on public transit and in city spaces across Canada has increased since the COVID-19 pandemic, Calgary police Chief Mark Neufeld said in relation to a spate of assaults in his city as well as Edmonton, Metro Vancouver and Toronto. Neufeld said he’s talked to his counterparts in other cities and it’s hard to know ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NDP challenges Alberta Premier Smith to explain whether she shares ‘extremist views’
By Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press on April 13th, 2023
EDMONTON – Alberta Opposition NDP Leader Rachel Notley says Premier Danielle Smith must explain whether she shares the “extremist views” of Calgary street preacher Artur Pawlowski and those of “her key support group” Take Back Alberta. “Albertans deserve to know whether they are on the verge of selecting a premier whose views are deeply extreme ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Health minister says stiffer rules could prevent over-prescribing to U.S. patients
By Camille Bains, The Canadian Press on April 13th, 2023
RICHMOND, B.C. – The federal health minister says regulations governing medical practice may have to be strengthened in each province to prevent “incompetence” by doctors who could write thousands of prescriptions for drugs that go to patients outside of Canada. Jean-Yves Duclos said that at the very least, regulatory colleges may have to better enforce ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Akwesasne Mohawk Police seize two vehicles in relation to dead migrants investigation
By The Canadian Press on April 13th, 2023
MONTREAL – Akwesasne Mohawk Police say they have seized vehicles believed to be connected to the eight migrants whose bodies were recovered from the St. Lawrence River late last month. Police confirmed in a news release today that two vehicles were seized Wednesday from two different locations in Akwesasne and warrants were obtained to examine ... Read More »
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