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- ‘Obstacle to drug-free society’: Russia says Canada’s weed legalization undermines intl. law
Moscow says Ottawa is trampling on international law by legalizing recreational use of cannabis. Canada is set to become world’s second nation to fully decriminalize production and consumption of pot.World News - First in the West: Canada votes to legalize recreational cannabis, lifting 95yo ban
Both chambers of the Canadian parliament have voted to approve the bill, paving the way for recreational use of marijuana and its cultivation, including home growth. To become law, it needs a largely formal royal approval.World News - Three people in a polyamorous relationship recognized as legal parents of a child in Canada
A Canadian court has declared two men in a polyamorous relationship with a woman as legal parents of a child in the first such case in the country’s history.World News - Japan suspends sale of Canadian wheat over discovery of Monsanto-made GMO
The Japanese Agriculture Ministry suspended its tender and sale of wheat from Canada on Friday. This comes as grain containing a genetically-modified trait was discovered last summer in Canada’s Alberta province.Business News - Illegal Monsanto GMO wheat discovered at ‘isolated site’ in Canada
Canadian authorities have admitted that a patch of an unapproved, genetically modified strain of wheat has been found in the wild, well outside of old Monsanto test areas, but hope the unfortunate discovery won’t hamper exports.World News - Trump warns Trudeau: Trade row 'will cost Canada a lot of money’
US President Donald Trump has said that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s criticism of his trade negotiation tactics following the G7 summit is “probably going to cost the people of Canada a lot of money.”US News
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