Suicidal junkies choking Canada
VANCOUVER"•Sirens scream non-stop through the urban heart of Vancouver as responders race toward drug addicts overdosing"•and dying in such numbers ...
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Canada regulator declares high-speed internet an essential service
Canada's telecommunications regulator declared access to high-speed internet an essential service that must be available to all, including rural and ...
Read more9 dead of fentanyl opioid abuse in one day in Vancouver
Nine people died from fentanyl opioid overdoses in the Canadian city of Vancouver in just the past 24 hours, Mayor ...
Read morePot stores open in Canada ahead of legalization
Eight storefronts selling recreational marijuana opened in Montreal, flouting the law in a push to grab market share ahead of ...
Read moreMoving to Canada now a crapshoot for parents, grandparents
Canada will hold a lottery in 2017 for parents and grandparents seeking to immigrate and reunite with their offspring, the ...
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Canada gets green light on legalizing marijuana with retail sales
By Greg Quinn and Jen Skerritt Canada got a green light to sell recreational marijuana through a range of retail ...
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How Vancouver and 3 other cities wrestle with climate challenge
PARIS, France"•Fighting climate change means different things in different cities, as this snapshot illustrates: Vancouver, Canada Environmentalism and tourism are ...
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Moonlighting Pinoy wins C$32.7m lotto
A 41-YEAR-OLD Filipino who works two jobs and lives in a boarding house in Montreal, Canada became an instant billionaire ...
Read moreCanada sets 300,000 immigration target
OTTAWA"•Canada will start welcoming a minimum of 300,000 immigrants annually in 2017 in order to ease economic pressures linked to ...
Read moreCanada to lift Romania, Bulgaria visa requirement
Canada will lift a visa requirement for Romanian and Bulgarian travelers at the end of next year and ease some ...
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Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.