OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says that the average price of a legal gram of recreational pot last year was $9.70, nearly 50 per cent higher than the illicit market price of $6.51. The agency says…
Tropical Cyclone Idai brought devastation to east Africa, with strong winds and severe flooding affecting Madagascar, Mozambique, Malawi, and Zimbabwe. The storm has killed hundreds of people and affected more than 2.6 million others with catastrophic damage occurring in and…
Epic Games’ battle royale shooter is getting more flak for allegedly contributing to video game addiction in kids. Fortnite has come under fire once again for having a detrimental effect on younger players. A child…
TORONTO — The Ontario government passed legislation Thursday to prevent a strike or lockout at a utility that generates roughly half of the province’s power, saying it could not risk letting labour action disrupt the…
“For a two-spirit, queer, Indigenous writer who grew up in poverty, I would have never dreamed of being acknowledged by the Canadian literary scene,” says author Joshua Whitehead. Whitehead is one of 12 authors long-listed…
LOUISVILLE, Ky.- In the midst of postseason play, Mission Viejo (Calif.) and Alexander Central (Taylorsville, N.C.) maintained hold of the No. 1 and No. 2 spots in this week’s poll while Pioneer (San Jose, Calif.)…
A collection of 16,889 bottles of high-end wines from an anonymous seller known only as the Transcendent Collector has set a sales record of £23 million at auction in Hong Kong. Sotheby’s had predicted the…
TORONTO — Three Victoria’s Secret stores in Canada are expected to close this year as parent company L Brands looks to improve on its financial performance. A spokesperson for the U.S.-based lingerie brand’s parent company…
Spyro Reignited Trilogy is about to launch on PS4 and Xbox One, and ahead of its launch, IGN has the opening minutes of each game in the trilogy. Check out the first 14 minutes of…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Oregon teammates, freshman Jenna Lilley and junior Cheridan Hawkins, who helped their team to an 8-1 Texas road trip, were named the 2015 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I National Player and Pitcher of…