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Events are planned across British Columbia today to mark 10 years since the province declared a public health emergency related to the overdose crisis that has since killed more than 18,000 people. A “moment of silence and minute of rage”…

VANCOUVER — Brandon Jansen’s mother says he was a warm and inviting “health nut” who enjoyed time at the gym. He was also known for taking people under his wing at some of the 13 drug treatment facilities he attended…

Next week marks the 10th anniversary of the declaration of a public health emergency in response to British Columbia’s drug overdose crisis, which has since claimed more than 18,000 lives. Grieving friends and families, former policy makers, medical workers and…

The motel had a strict no cannabis policy.

Tensions between the Nova Scotia government and First Nations leaders flared up over the weekend amid a continuing debate over who has jurisdiction in Indigenous communities. Premier Tim Houston says blocking highways “is never acceptable” after protestors set up multiple…

“This is about papers, lighters, and glassware, items found in gas stations or convenience stores all over Tofino and British Columbia, yet cannabis stores are the only industry being penalized for it.”

“I wouldn’t have done it if I had known what I know now.”

LOS ANGELES — An Ontario man has pleaded guilty to running a drug-trafficking operation that U.S. officials say brought hundreds of kilograms of meth and cocaine worth up to US$17 million from the United States into Canada. The U.S. Attorney’s…

The device detects recent cannabis use.

NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE — An Ontario border officer has been arrested in a drug trafficking investigation. The officer and a driver who allegedly brought a truck load of drugs and tobacco across the border are facing the same charges, including for drug…

HALIFAX — An Indigenous government in Nova Scotia has passed a new resolution saying the province and RCMP have no right to carry out enforcement on its lands, as police and provincial officials step up raids on what they claim…

VANCOUVER — Border agents in Metro Vancouver have intercepted an attempt to smuggle more than 100 bricks of opium into the country. The Canada Border Services Agency said on Friday that the seizure happened on Jan. 9 at the Pacific…

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Two teenagers mistakenly left a knapsack containing marijuana and cash at a donation area outside a New Zealand charity shop then returned in a panic to retrieve the bag, police said Monday. A volunteer at…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Gun rights and cannabis legalization are usually on opposite ends of the political spectrum, but both movements have brought about seismic shifts in the United States in recent decades. Now those forces are lining up for a…

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A Romanian court on Thursday rejected an appeal by American rapper Wiz Khalifa to annul his nine-month jail sentence handed down for drug possession in the Eastern European country. The Constanta Court of Appeal’s decision came…