Shares in Canadian-based cannabis companies are surging this week partly because of a flurry of short sellers covering their bets against the stocks, right as U.S. lawmakers seem to be getting more serious about potentially legalizing the drug. Three of the four biggest companies in the… Read More »Canadian cannabis stocks pop on U.S. legalization push and GameStop-style short squeeze
It was 11:35 at night when the drone with the package marked “HITMAN” was seen hovering over the limestone walls of Collins Bay Institution in Kingston. Such sightings aren’t uncommon. An Access to Information search by the Star found there were 27 reported incidents in… Read More »Smugglers’ drones buzzed this Kingston prison dozens of times in 2019, Star finds
A marijuana grow-op in Watson, Sask., has been busted, says the RCMP. Police said they initially went to a building on Railway Avenue in the community 90 km east of Saskatoon on Jan. 18 after an alarm went off. Read more: Man charged in major… Read More »424 marijuana plants seized at grow-op in Watson Sask.: RCMP
Ottawa police said they seized a loaded rifle and a score of drugs during a downtown traffic stop over the weekend. Front-line officers stopped a vehicle in the area of King Edward and Mann avenues early Saturday, police said in a statement. Officers said they… Read More »Ottawa police seize loaded rifle in weekend traffic stop – Ottawa
Jess Carignan is a flight dispatcher from Quebec City. Justin Niklaus runs a family bakery in Owen Sound. David Halpert publishes a cannabis magazine in North Toronto. This week, they were among the millions of amateur investors who took part in a trading frenzy that… Read More »How a massive ‘dumb money’ movement sent GameStop’s stock price soaring and cost Wall Street millions
MONTREAL – A new research centre created at Montreal’s Polytechnique university will aim to protect ships from pirates – and they’re not talking about Blackbeard or Captain Kidd. Canada’s Maritime Cyber Security Centre of Excellence will combine the expertise of two Polytechnique researchers, Quebec cybersecurity… Read More »New maritime cybersecurity centre to fight pirates on the high seas and the digital world
After a Kelowna woman took her one-year-old Golden Retriever out for a walk Monday evening, she started to get concerned when he started acting strangely. Stephanie Lisk said about an hour after the family got home from Powerline Park, Chester started throwing up. The vomit… Read More »‘He was pretty paranoid’: Dog owner issues warning after pet gets high on walk
Regina city council has withdrawn the motion that would have restricted energy companies who produce or sell fossil fuel products from sponsoring or advertising with the City of Regina. The decision was made at Wednesday’s council meeting. Ward 6 Coun. Daniel Leblanc brought forward the initial… Read More »Regina city council withdraws controversial fossil fuel motion
Ontario Provincial Police say a vehicle using emergency red and blue lighting roared by a patrolling cruiser on Highway 410 Saturday night. The officer pulled the vehicle over and, after investigating, seized two emergency light bars. A 20-year-old from Mississauga is now charged with use… Read More »Mississauga man charged with illegal use of emergency red and blue lights in Caledon, OPP say – Toronto
Waterloo Regional Police said a 36-year-old Niagara Falls man was arrested after allegedly being found asleep at the wheel in Kitchener during Tuesday morning’s rush hour. Police were called to Duke Street East and Cameron Street North in Kitchener at around 8 a.m. for a… Read More »Niagara Falls man arrested after being found asleep at the wheel in Kitchener: police