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A B.C. cannabis company is suing a transport firm for $834,901 after a shipment was seized at the U.S. border. In an April B.C. Supreme Court notice of civil claim, We Grow BC Ltd. and Albert-based Westleaf Labs claimed Kelowna-based Seven Elk Shipping had been told not to take the [...]

A B.C. cannabis company is suing a transport firm for $834,901 after a shipment was seized at the U.S. border. In an April B.C. Supreme Court notice of civil claim, We Grow BC Ltd. and Albert-based Westleaf Labs claimed Kelowna-based Seven Elk Shipping had been told not to take the [...]

The experience of a woman seriously injured in a scooter crash in Thailand is a reminder to travellers to do their research before purchasing travel medical insurance, say travel experts. Danielle Kliaman broke all the bones in her foot when she was hit by a truck while riding a scooter [...]

A large seine fishing vessel capable of casting a net strong enough to hold a nearly 700-kilogram killer whale calf has arrived in Zeballos, B.C., to participate in the latest attempt to rescue the young orca stranded in a remote tidal lagoon. The flat-bottom aluminum vessel has a built-in crane-lik... [...]

The United States told the Group of Seven foreign ministers on Friday that it received “last minute” information from Israel about a drone action in Iran, but didn't participate in the apparent attack, officials said. Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, who chaired the meeting o... [...]

The Biden administration said Friday it will restrict new oil and gas leasing on 13 million acres (5.3 million hectares) of a federal petroleum reserve in Alaska to help protect wildlife such as caribou and polar bears as the Arctic continues to warm. The decision — part of an ongoing, [...]

Millions of Indians began voting Friday in a six-week election that's a referendum on Narendra Modi, the populist prime minister who has championed an assertive brand of Hindu nationalist politics and is seeking a rare third term as the country's leader. The voters began queuing up at pollin... [...]

Two people have been detained in Poland on suspicion of attacking Russian opposition activist Leonid Volkov, an ally of the late activist Alexei Navalny, the Lithuanian president announced on Friday. Volkov was attacked in March outside his home in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, where he lives in ... [...]

The 19-year-old Sri Lankan national charged in the mass killing of a newcomer family in Ottawa has no plan to seek bail, his lawyer says. Febrio De-Zoysa was arrested and charged in early March with six counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder, after police found the [...]

Canadian banks that refuse to identify the carbon rebate by name when doing direct deposits are forcing the government to change the law to make them do it, says Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault. Guilbeault is taking the stand after Tuesday's federal budget promised to amend the Financial ... [...]