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The pandemic had little impact on Canada's legal cannabis sales

The pandemic saw a boom in legal recreational cannabis sales across Canada. From March 2020 to February 2021, sales totaled $2.5 billion, double the $1.25 billion of the previous 12 months. Surveys likewise reported more cannabis users and more frequent usage in 2020 than the year before.

The Conversation

Fission Uranium Becomes Debt Free After Credit Facility Repayment

Fission Uranium Corp (TSX:FCU) (OTC:FCUUF) has repaid the remaining ~$7 million balance of its secured credit facility. The company is now completely debt and lien-free. As of April 7, 2022, Fission Uranium holds ~C$40 million of cash and cash equivalents and has no debt. Fission also continues to advance PLS -…

Benzinga

The colour of someone’s skin doesn't equate to definitive sameness

Despite the highly publicized 2020 murder of George Floyd and subsequent calls for change, many people of non-African descent around the world have yet to consider the lasting impacts of anti-Black racism.

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Adopted woman meets birth family after 43 years following £68 DNA test

Louisa Hale, now 60, only found out she was adopted when a friend of her mum 'spilt the beans'

Manchester Evening News

Air Canada suspends direct Vancouver - Delhi flights till September 8

Air Canada will not be operating flights between Delhi and Vancouver, starting from June 3 till September 8, 2022. The Canadian flag carrier recently announced the same and stated that the reason for the said suspension is the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and the flights going to Canada's…

The Times of India

‘Walking to justice’: Canada’s residential school survivors

Brandi Morin accompanied Indigenous survivors of Canada’s church-run residential schools as they went to the Vatican.

Al Jazeera

EXCLUSIVE: Marley Natural Cannabis Dispensaries To Open Across Canada

Docklight Brands, a consumer products company with celebrated brands including Marley Natural and Marley CBD, will bring Marley Natural dispensaries to adult-use cannabis consumers throughout Canada, Benzinga has learned exclusively.

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From Montreal to Quebec — how to spend the perfect week in Canada

I’m eating the butteriest croissant, standing on a chic, tree-lined boulevard and listening to a French-talking foodie I met at the bakery. He’s pointing me towards his favourite restaurants, culminating in Caffe Un Po Di Piu: “You really have to go! And order the burrata - you must!”

Evening Standard

Canada targets housing, banks in modest-spending budget

Canada's Liberals put red-hot real estate markets squarely in their sights on Thursday, laying out a budget geared at boosting housing affordability amid soaring inflation, while promising modest new spending to encourage medium-term growth.

Reuters

Haunting Canada boarding school shot wins World Press Photo

A haunting image of red dresses hung on crosses along a roadside, with a rainbow in the background, commemorating children who died at a residential school created to assimilate Indigenous children in Canada has won the prestigious World Press Photo award

The Independent UK

MLB 2022 predictions: Is the championship heading to Canada this year?

The Dodgers are as dangerous ever but will the Blue Jays emerge from the stacked AL East. Our team of writers have their say

The Guardian - US

Britain, Canada and Australia decline so far to expel Russian diplomats

UK foreign secretary Liz Truss said cooperation with Moscow is over but has not yet acted in line with EU nations

The Guardian - UK

The Revised American Dream

This article was originally published on Grit Capital and appears here with permission. Ah, the American dream.

Benzinga

The pope apologised for residential school abuses. What next?

Indigenous leaders in Canada say Catholic Church must take concrete action to support survivors and prevent more harm.

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Medical experts divided over new Canadian law offering assisted suicide to the mentally ill

‘In psychiatry, really all you have is the patient’s story’

The Independent UK

First pope, now US churches face boarding-school reckoning

U.S. churches are bracing for an unprecedented reckoning with their histories operating boarding schools for Native Americans

The Conversation

It's time for the Canada Infrastructure Bank to reclaim its public purpose

The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB), a federal government financial institution, opened its doors five years ago with great promise, vowing to deploy $35 billion of investments towards “the next generation of infrastructure Canadians need.”

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How the Russia-Ukraine conflict has put cryptocurrencies in the spotlight

Just days before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, thousands of people in Canada joined a truckers’ protest movement called the “freedom convoy” to oppose government health measures.

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Why lowering the voting age in Canada is such a good idea

Three initiatives aimed at lowering the voting age in Canadian federal elections are reigniting conversations about youth enfranchisement.

Benzinga

Canopy Growth Gives Glimpse Into 7ACRES' Cannabis Cultivation, Experts Share Recipe For Premium Flower Production

Canopy Growth Corporation (TSX:WEED) (NASDAQ:CGC) is unveiling its 7ACRES Know the Grow content series, providing Canadians with an inside look at the talent, genetics and grow techniques behind the brand and flower portfolio. The ten-video series is broken into three chapters, including the 7ACRES Kincardine Facility, Growing Techniques, and 7ACRES…

Benzinga

Google Backed VerSe Commands $5B Valuation After Latest Funding Round: Reuters

India's VerSe Innovation has raised $805 million in a funding round led by Canada's top pension fund. The funding has put a $5 billion valuation on the Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google-backed parent of short-video app Josh and news aggregator Dailyhunt, Reuters reports. Josh, which has more than 150 million monthly active users, competes in…

Reuters

Canada's Trudeau invites Mexican president to event supporting Ukraine

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday invited Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to take part in an event supporting Ukrainian victims of the conflict with Russia, amid criticism that Mexico has been too accommodating to Moscow.

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Scott Morrison says Australia's emissions record is better than the US, NZ, Canada, Japan and many European countries. Is that correct?

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australia has reduced emissions by around 20 per cent, and that this is a better record than the US, NZ, Canada, Japan and many European countries. Is that correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

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Failure to include Black communities in health policy public engagement perpetuates health disparities

It is time for us to accept that policy failure and lack of community engagement in policy decision-making go hand-in-hand. The fact that the communities with the worst health outcomes are also the communities least likely to be meaningfully engaged in health policy decision-making should not be a surprise.

Benzinga

Empower Clinics Launches COVID-19 Testing Solutions For Cruise Line Travel In Vancouver

Empower Clinics Inc. (OTCQB: EPWCF) (CSE:CBDT)(Frankfurt:8EC) launched its COVID-19 testing solutions for cruise travel passengers in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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