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Push on for Alberta bottle depots to accept cannabis containers for refunds

EDMONTON — The group that oversees bottle depots in Alberta says people should be allowed to drop off cannabis containers and get a small refund just as they do for bottles and cans. The Alberta Bottle Depot Association says paying a deposit on the containers and having it returned at dropoff

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Indictment accuses 12 of illegally trading shark fins, drugs

SAVANNAH, Ga. — Federal authorities said Thursday that they have charged 12 people and seized nearly $8 million in cash, jewels and precious metals after disrupting a criminal enterprise that dealt drugs and sold illegally harvested shark fins to buyers overseas. U.S. Attorney Bobby Christine of Georgia’s Southern District

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Health Canada says several kids hospitalized after eating edible pot products

OTTAWA — Health Canada is warning people to do more to keep edible pot products out of the hands of kids. The department says several children wound up in hospital after accidentally eating illegal edibles that looked like regular candy or other foods and were stored in places kids could easily

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LA Gives Initial Ok for Reboot of Marijuana Marketplace

Los Angeles moved Wednesday to reboot its once-promising legal marijuana market, giving initial approval to changes large and small to expand licensing and get more assistance to operators who endured the consequences of the nation’s war on drugs. Broad legal sales kicked off in California in 2018, and at

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Aurora Cannabis to Lay off Staff, Close Five Sites, Take Impairment Charges

EDMONTON — Aurora Cannabis Inc. is continuing to restructure with more layoffs, facility closures, and impairment charges. The Edmonton-based cannabis company says it will reduce its selling, general, and administrative workforce by 25 percent immediately. Another 30 percent of production staff will be laid off from the company over the next

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Man Who Set up Fake Humboldt Broncos Fundraiser Gets 14-Month Jail Sentence

SASKATOON — A man who set up a fake online fundraiser for the Humboldt Broncos following the Saskatchewan hockey team’s deadly bus crash has been sentenced to 14 months in jail. Andrij Olesiuk was found guilty in January by a provincial court judge in Saskatoon of fraud under $5,000

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South Dakota Couple Plead Not Guilty to Using Prod on Kids

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A South Dakota couple has pleaded not guilty to charges that they gave four children illegal drugs and zapped them with a cattle prod to get them to comply with orders. Lance Long, 36, and Crystal Lynn Long, 40, of Sioux Falls, made their initial court

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Los Angeles Looks to Boost Ailing Legal Marijuana Market

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles City Council committee Tuesday approved a series of changes to reset the city’s troubled legal marijuana market, including bolstering programs intended to help operators who suffered during the nation’s long-running war on drugs. Los Angeles was once seen as a potential showcase for

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Recreational Pot Laws May Boost Traffic Deaths, Studies Say

Laws legalizing recreational marijuana may lead to more traffic deaths, two new studies suggest, although questions remain about how they might influence driving habits. Previous research has had mixed results and the new studies, published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine, can’t prove that the traffic death increases they found

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NYPD Officer in ‘Chokehold’ Video Had Prior Brutality Case

NEW YORK — A New York City police officer removed from duty after he was recorded putting a man in what the police commissioner said was a banned chokehold once faced criminal charges alleging he pistol-whipped a teenage suspect and broke two of his teeth. The police department moved quickly to

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Ohio GOP Censures Former Head Who’s Parted Ways with Trump

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Republicans on Friday censured a former party head who has drawn scorn for campaigning against Donald Trump’s reelection and asking GOP voters to pick Democrat Joe Biden. “I get that there are folks who are mad at me now, but when they look back at all

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N.L. Liquor Corp. Reviewing Old Sam Rum in Light of Racist Branding Concerns

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — The Newfoundland and Labrador Liquor Corp. says it is reviewing a locally bottled brand of rum that appears to depict a laughing Black man as its logo. A carefully worded statement from the Crown corporation Friday said the Old Sam Rum brand was flagged by

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Tennessee Advances 6-Week Abortion Ban, Lawsuit Filed

NASHVILLE — Amid nationwide unrest and a global pandemic that wrecked the state budget, Tennessee lawmakers advanced one of the strictest abortion bans in the country as most Tennesseans were asleep Friday and largely unaware the GOP-dominant General Assembly had taken up the controversial proposal. The bill’s passage shocked Democratic

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Former NFL-CFL Player Vaughn Martin Looking to Help during COVID-19 Pandemic

TORONTO — Life after football has been anything but dull for Vaughn Martin. After finishing his pro career in 2016 with the CFL’s Montreal Alouettes, Martin entered the business world, co-founding Fire & Flower Cannabis Co. In January, the six-foot-four, 297-pound former defensive lineman joined the board of BeMotion Inc.

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Tennessee Coach Says Rb Tim Jordan No Longer with Vols

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt says running back Tim Jordan is no longer on the team after he was arrested May 30 in Florida on gun and marijuana charges. Jordan would have been a senior for the Volunteers, and the native of Bartow, Florida, played in 12 games last

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Hexo Corp. Sells Niagara Falls Cannabis Facility for $10.25 Million

OTTAWA — Hexo Corp. says it has sold its facility in Niagara Falls, Ont., for $10.25 million to an undisclosed buyer. The cannabis company announced in March plans to list the facility after reviewing its cultivation assets. Hexo determined that it no longer expected to restart operations, which it halted

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Bent, De Rosario Recall Racism in Germany Early in Their Pro Careers

TORONTO — Jason Bent and Dwayne De Rosario were fresh off representing Canada at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Malaysia when they went to Germany to play for FSV Zwickau in 1997. It proved to be an eye-opening, sometimes ugly experience. De Rosario, whose parents are from Guyana, recalls the

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Greece: Bogus Doctor Caused 3 Deaths, Police Say

ATHENS, Greece — A Greek man has been arrested in the capital, accused of deceiving dozens of people who had serious or incurable medical conditions by administering bogus cures that allegedly resulted in three deaths, police said Wednesday. The 47-year-old man, who wasn’t identified, was allegedly involved in at least

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Washington City Helps Residents, Merchants with Wooden Money

TENINO, Wash. — The blue-cheese salad dressing, butter, ground turkey, cans of grain-free dog food, and new toothbrush came to $24.97. Laurie Mahlenbrei handed the cashier a slice of wood, marked $25, and walked out. The wooden currency is functional only in the small city of Tenino, Washington, part of

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The Latest: Special Disinfection Tunnels Installed for Putin

MOSCOW — A unique disinfection tunnel has been installed in the residence of Russian President Vladimir Putin outside Moscow, and two more in the Kremlin, Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed to The Associated Press on Wednesday. Reports about the tunnel spraying anyone passing through it with disinfectants appeared in Russian

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‘The Pandemic Was Not in the Plan’: Pot Shop Launches Struggle Amid Pandemic

TORONTO — When the hospitality business Donnelly Group rang in the new year, opening two Hobo Cannabis Company stores in March and April were top priorities. But shortly after it hired and trained 80 employees for the Ottawa stores and readied pot products to fill their shelves, trouble arrived: COVID-19. “Just

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Louisiana Widening Access to Medical Marijuana Under New Law

BATON ROUGE, La. — More Louisiana residents will have access to medical marijuana under a significant expansion of the state’s therapeutic cannabis program that was signed into law by Gov. John Bel Edwards. The changes in the law, which take effect in August, allow doctors to recommend medical marijuana for

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Aurora Cannabis President Steve Dobler Stepping Down at the End of the Month

EDMONTON — Aurora Cannabis Inc. says co-founder Steve Dobler will retire as president and as a director of the company at the end of the month. Dobler has held the roles at the cannabis company since December 2014. With the retirement of Dobler, the board will have nine directors. The move

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B.C. to Cut Retail Liquor Mark-Up to Help Hospitality Sector’s COVID-19 Recovery

VICTORIA — British Columbia is planning to expand measures to support restaurants, bars, and tourism operations hard hit by COVID-19 restrictions. The Ministry of Attorney General says a temporary wholesale pricing program will mean liquor license holders can purchase beer, wine, and spirits at a reduced cost. The program is set

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Bombardier to Be Dropped From S&Amp;P/TSX Composite Index, Shares Down

TORONTO — Bombardier Inc. shares fell nearly 10 percent in midday trading Monday after news that it will be dropped from the S&P/TSX composite index, adding to the plane-and-train maker’s list of woes. S&P Dow Jones Indices said Friday after markets closed that Bombardier and