SAN FRANCISCO – Firefighters and officials at California’s largest utility company braced for hot, dry and windy weather in northern and central areas of the state this weekend that may fan the flames of several major wildfires or ignite new ones. Pacific Gas & Electric… Read More »California braces for power shutoffs and warm, windy weekend
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has issued a warning about possible COVID-19 exposure at nine Prince Albert businesses. Read more: Outbreaks and potential COVID-19 exposures in Saskatchewan for the past two weeks The health authority says a person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus… Read More »Possible COVID-19 exposure at 11 Prince Albert, Rosetown businesses: SHA
More than a quarter of a million dollars worth of drugs and cash was seized and eight people are facing 33 charges after a drug bust in Grande Prairie, police said Thursday. The investigation was dubbed Project Incumbent by the organized crime and gang unit… Read More »8 charged, more than $260,000 in drugs and cash seized in northern Alberta bust
Miguel Martin has his work cut out for him just weeks into his new job as Aurora Cannabis Inc.’s chief executive. The Edmonton-based cannabis company reported Tuesday that it incurred $3.3 billion in losses in its 2020 fiscal year, including $1.86 billion in its latest… Read More »Aurora Cannabis reports $3.3 billion loss for full year, $1.86 billion for Q4
RICHMOND, Va. – A Massachusetts man charged with killing an Appalachian Trail hiker and attacking another with a hunting knife in Virginia plans to use an insanity defence at his trial. James Jordan of West Yarmouth, Massachusetts, is scheduled to go on trial in January… Read More »Insanity defence planned in Appalachian Trail killing
Two people face charges after an investigation led to the seizure of nearly 3,800 cannabis plants in Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Township on Tuesday. According to Peterborough County OPP, a Cannabis Act search warrant was executed at a rural property in the township east of Peterborough. Read more:… Read More »2 arrested after nearly 3,800 marijuana plants seized in Havelock area: OPP – Peterborough
A man and woman from Calgary have been arrested after $112,000 worth of drugs and cash were seized from a home in the city’s northwest. On Aug. 27, the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) initiated a search of a home in the Panorama Hills… Read More »2 ‘suspected drug dealers’ arrested in northwest Calgary drug bust: ALERT – Calgary
DUNCAN, S.C. – A group of parents tackled and restrained a registered sex offender accused of spying on a 15-year-old girl in the women’s bathroom of a South Carolina Cracker Barrel restaurant over the weekend, authorities said. Douglas Lane, 53, has been charged with voyeurism,… Read More »Parents tackle man accused of spying on girl in bathroom
LISBON, Portugal – Illicit drugs are increasingly available in the European Union, where there is now “an abundant supply,” the bloc’s drug monitoring agency said in a report published Tuesday. The agency highlighted cocaine as a growing problem. Its purity in Europe is increasing and… Read More »Report finds ‘abundant’ supply of illicit drugs in EU
Craft cannabis growers in B.C. will soon be able to deliver directly to stores and sell from their production sites. While the Williams Lake First Nation is ahead of the game, retailers say Ottawa is blocking growth. Aaron McArthur reports. Source link