Toronto police say they have arrested six people in connection with a cannabis grow operation where officers seized 510 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated $2.3 million. Police said they responded to complaints from residents in the Markham Road and McNicoll Avenue area at around… Read More »6 charged in connection with alleged cannabis grow op in Toronto, $2.3M in pot seized – Toronto
SILVER SPRING, Md. – A former state lawmaker who helped create Maryland’s medical marijuana industry was sentenced on Wednesday to two years in prison for taking bribes for legislative favours, including votes to benefit a medical marijuana company. Cheryl Glenn, a Democrat who represented parts… Read More »Ex-Maryland lawmaker gets 2 years in prison in bribery case
Three West Vancouver restaurants are accusing the provincial government of drowning them in red tape. The District of West Vancouver and the local police department gave the businesses permission to operate temporary pop-up locations in Millennium Park for the summer. 1:50 Vancouver approves temporary patios… Read More »West Vancouver restaurants looking to open pop-up locations face battle over liquor licences – BC
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden promised Tuesday that his economic agenda would combat long-standing racial inequalities as he sought to draw another sharp contrast with President Donald Trump. Biden said the Republican president is exacerbating social discord across the country, including by sending federal authorities… Read More »Biden promises economic agenda will fight racial inequality – National
WASHINGTON – Joe Biden unveiled a plan Tuesday to ensure that the nation’s post-pandemic economic recovery is built around promoting racial equality, promising to dramatically spur investment in Black-owned small businesses and encourage home ownership while closing wealth gaps among minority communities. Much of the… Read More »Biden says post-pandemic economy can fight racial inequality
WASHINGTON – Reflecting presidential candidate Joe Biden’s careful positioning, a key Democratic Party committee on Monday approved a 2020 platform that presents a liberal outline for the country but rejects many policies pursued by the left’s most outspoken progressives. The document, approved by Democrats’ platform… Read More »Democratic committee OKs platform with progressives’ input
A lawyer for British tabloid The Sun claimed Monday that Johnny Depp abused Amber Heard during their relationship, committing acts of violence fuelled by misogyny and unleashed by addiction to alcohol and drugs. Attorney Sasha Wass was summing up at Depp’s libel case against the… Read More »Tabloid lawyer claims Johnny Depp was misogynistic abuser in closing arguments
LONDON – A lawyer for British tabloid The Sun claimed Monday that Johnny Depp abused Amber Heard during their relationship, committing acts of violence fueled by misogyny and unleashed by addiction to alcohol and drugs. Attorney Sasha Wass was summing up at Depp’s libel case… Read More »Lawyer claims Depp was misogynistic abuser of ex-wife Heard
Five years ago, 20-year-old Mark Waweru, then a student at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ont., and a budding hip hop artist, had his first psychotic episode. It’s a night that changed the course of his life and left him locked in the forensic mental health… Read More »Man remains stuck in a forensic mental health system some say is biased against Black people
Rifles, cash, and about a million dollars worth of cocaine were some of the items seized in a Hamilton police operation on the West Mountain and Ancaster on Thursday, say detectives. Five people have been arrested in connection to the raids and all face at… Read More »$1M in cocaine seized during busts in Ancaster and the Mountain: police – Hamilton