Canada

Canadian investors have lost $131 billion, around $4.000 per capita, as a result of losses sustained by 183 publicly traded cannabis companies, according to a new report from a Toronto-based law firm

Amid a national shortage, emergency supplies of pain and fever medication for kids are expected to arrive soon at hospitals, overwhelmed by respiratory illnesses; observers say more should be done to guard against future drug shortages

The province of Britush Columbia has made permanent a temporary ban on rat poison over concerns the poison is inadvertently killing owls, among other wildlife who feed on poisoned rats

Hockey Canada announces the CEO and entire board of directors have been dismissed following political and corporate pressure about the handling of an alleged group sexual assault involving members of the 2018 men's national junior team

Researchers suspect Chinese hackers to have tampered with a widely used chat software distributed by a small Canadian customer service company

Hundreds of thousands of people in Atlantic Canada remained without power Sunday after Hurricane Fiona hit the area; Defense Minister said troops would help ‘for as long as it takes’

A stabbing rampage on and near a Saskatchewan First Nation on Sunday left 10 people dead and at least 15 injured, while a province-wide manhunt continued into the night for two suspects

Canadians are tipping their servers and bartenders more compared to pre-pandemic levels, according to a survey conducted by Restaurants Canada; the average tip amounts to 17,6% of the bill - from 15% before 2020, though numbers vary across the country

Lumber price has fallen 50% since March with real estate, wheat, oil and other commodities also loosing value: analysts read this as a sign that inflation may have peaked or could be coming to an end

The rate of police-reported sexual assault has reached its highest since 1996, according to Statistics Canada newly released data, and the number of cases reported to police is likely a significant underestimate; overall violent crime is also increasing

Today Pope Francis begins his pilgrimage to beg forgiveness on Canadian soil for the sufference endured by Indigenous people as missionaries enforced the church policy to eliminate their culture and assimilate them into Christian society