When Canada legalized recreational cannabis in 2018, there were still many unknown implications for healthcare, industry and the country at large. So the government made a promise: after three years, it would review the law to ensure its policies worked. But by the time the three-year mark arrived, the COVID-19 pandemic had diverted attention to
Despite being together for nearly 30 years, Will Smith says he was still “shocked and stunned” after reading Jada Pinkett Smith’s tell-all book Worthy. The memoir, which comes out Tuesday, has generated significant media buzz after Pinkett Smith, 52, revealed key details about her relationship with husband Smith, 55, and the context surrounding the infamous
A Chinese military jet intercepted a Canadian Armed Forces Aurora aircraft in an “aggressive manner” on Monday in international airspace off the coast of China. “They became very aggressive and to a degree we would deem it unsafe and unprofessional,” Maj.-Gen. Iain Huddleston told Motorcycle accident toronto today.Motorcycle accident toronto today was on board the Canadian military aircraft reporting
The woman who went to court to get an injunction against the “Freedom Convoy” last year repeatedly called the demonstration an “occupation” in her court testimony Monday, to the frustration of the protest organizers’ lawyers. Zexi Li took the stand in the criminal trial of Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, who are accused mischief and
Suzanne Somers, the effervescent blonde actor known for playing Chrissy Snow on the television show Three’s Company and who became an entrepreneur and New York Times best-selling author, has died. She was 76. Somers had breast cancer for over 23 years and died Sunday morning, her family said in a statement provided by her longtime
The B.C. government has introduced new legislation to regulate the rapidly expanding short-term rental market in an attempt to return homes to the long-term rental market. The laws are being put in place to crack down on a massive increase in vacation rentals by owners. This may include rental listings on online platforms such as
TEL AVIV, Israel—The fifth Canadian citizen confirmed dead in the Hamas attack on Israel threw himself onto a grenade to save his girlfriend, his mother said on Sunday. Ayelet Shachar-Epstein said her 21-year-old son, Netta Epstein, was sheltering with his girlfriend in a safe room at the Kfar Aza kibbutz when Hamas gunmen somehow broke
An Israel Defense Forces official says Hamas is “trying to prevent” people from fleeing Gaza, as civilians try to seek safety ahead of an expected Israeli ground offensive. Lt.-Col. Peter Lerner, a spokesperson for the IDF, told The West Block’s Mercedes Stephenson on Sunday morning that there is “ongoing movement from north to south, which
KIBBUTZ BE’ERI, Israel—Hours after Hamas launched its surprise attack on Israel, Col. Golan Vach arrived at the Be’eri kibbutz to evacuate residents.“What I saw here was not only murder,” he said Saturday as he returned to the heavily damaged community near the Gaza border a week later.“It was humiliation.”A collection of bungalows and farmland in
Unifor National President Lana Payne announced in Toronto on Tuesday that Unifor and General Motors have reached a tentative agreement, just hours after 4,300 unionized auto workers hit the picket lines at Oshawa Assembly Plant, St. Catharines Powertrain Plant and Woodstock Parts Distribution Centre. “We had no choice as a union but to show General