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Feds To Address Medicinal-marijuana Regulations By August: Health Minister Jane Philpott

The Canadian Press, 25 Mar, 2016 01:18 PM
    Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott says her government won't appeal a federal court decision striking down a ban on medicinal-marijuana patients growing their own pot.
     
    A Supreme Court decision in February called the ban unconstitutional and gave the government six months to rewrite the law.
     
     
    Philpott says the government will address medicinal-marijuana regulations by August, though wouldn't speculate what that might look like.
     
    Health Canada first introduced medicinal-marijuana laws in 2013 requiring patients to buy cannabis from government-licensed producers instead of growing their own.

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    Loonie's Plight, Low Interest Rates Could Make Canadian Firms Ripe For Pickings

    Loonie's Plight, Low Interest Rates Could Make Canadian Firms Ripe For Pickings
    The plight of the loonie and low interest rates can make Canadian companies ripe for the pickings, observers said Wednesday as U.S. home improvement chain Lowe's announced its acquisition of Quebec retailer Rona.

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    Lockdown At Vancouver Island University After Man Spotted With Possible Gun

    Lockdown At Vancouver Island University After Man Spotted With Possible Gun
    Report came in around 10:30 a.m. of a man spotted with photography equipment and something in his back pocket that looked like a firearm

    Lockdown At Vancouver Island University After Man Spotted With Possible Gun

    Students From La Loche High School Out At Least A Month After Shooting

    Students From La Loche High School Out At Least A Month After Shooting
    Ken Ladouceur, director of education with the Northern Lights School Division, says Feb. 22 is the earliest the La Loche school could reopen.

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    Crown Says Girls Were Wasting Away, But Regina Couple Says No Proof Of Abuse

    Crown Says Girls Were Wasting Away, But Regina Couple Says No Proof Of Abuse
    Both the defence and the Crown are giving their closing arguments in the trial of a Regina couple accused in the death of a four-year-old girl and of neglecting her younger sister.

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    Quebec Government To Hold Hearings On Taxi Industry

    Quebec Government To Hold Hearings On Taxi Industry
    MONTREAL — The Quebec government is setting up a legislature committee to look into the taxi industry as well as related services such as Uber.

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    TSX, Loonie Soar As Oil Prices Rebound; U.S. Indexes Mixed

    TSX, Loonie Soar As Oil Prices Rebound; U.S. Indexes Mixed
    TORONTO — The Canadian dollar soared to its biggest one-day gain in nearly four years  Wednesday as volatile oil prices turned sharply higher and the Toronto stock market posted a triple-digit gain.

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