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Canada handgun sales soar after Trudeau proposes freeze

Ottawa (AFP) - Aman Sandhu checked store after store for a handgun in Canada's British Columbia, hoping to make a purchase before a freeze on sales takes effect, but struggled to find one in stock.

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Blackhawk Growth Files Quarter Ended March 31, 2022 Financials and Reports Increase in Value of its Portfolio by 8.8% Quarter Over Quarter

Vancouver, British Columbia – TheNewswire - May 30, 2022 – Blackhawk Growth Corp. (CSE:BLR); (CSE:BLR); (OTC:BLRZF); (Frankfurt:0JJ) (the "Company"), is pleased to announce that the financial statements and MDA for its first quarter ended March 31, 2022 have been filed on Sedar.

Benzinga

‘Disgusting’ behaviour at Canadian police undercover training course sparks inquiry

The British Columbia program was abruptly shut down and nine officers are reportedly under investigation after the incident

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Canada is decriminalizing small amounts of opioids, cocaine, MDMA, and meth

British Columbia will conduct a three-year test that could be major step for drug safety.

Mic

To fight the opioid crisis, Canada tests decriminalizing possession

Overdose deaths have risen sharply across Canada in the past five years, with deaths linked to fentanyl doubling. Officials hope decriminalization will make more users willing to seek medical care.

WEKU

British Columbia Decriminalizes Small Amounts Of Illicit Drugs As Part Of Three-Year Harm Reduction Experiment

British Columbia is undertaking an experiment. The Canadian province will decriminalize the possession of small amounts of all drugs.

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Canada province to decriminalize hard drugs in small amounts

Ottawa (AFP) - Canada announced Tuesday the decriminalization of hard drugs in small quantities in a British Columbia pilot project aiming to tame an opioid crisis that has killed thousands -- by treating addictions rather than jailing users for possession.

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Canada’s BC moves to decriminalise small amounts of illicit drugs

Westernmost province of British Columbia says move, the first of its kind in Canada, aims to help tackle opioid crisis.

Al Jazeera

Canada's British Columbia to temporarily decriminalize some drug possession to tackle abuse problem

Canada will temporarily decriminalize the possession of some illegal drugs like cocaine, MDMA and opioids for personal use by adults in British Columbia (B.C.) to help tackle a burgeoning drug abuse problem in the province, the government said on Tuesday.

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Summer In Canada Could Be Rainier, Cooler Than Recent Years

La Niña is likely to cause parts of the country to experience rainier weather, while Western Canada will endure droughts.

Zenger

Update on Rogers Creek Transaction

Calgary, Alberta – TheNewswire - May 19, 2022 – Tocvan Ventures Corp. (the "Company") (CSE:TOC); (OTC:TCVNF); (WKN:TV3/A2PE64), is pleased to announce that it has executed an assignment agreement (the "Agreement") for the sale of the Rogers Creek project to Cascade Copper Corp. ("Cascade Copper"). The transaction consisted of the sale…

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Indigenous-led conservation aims to rekindle caribou abundance and traditions

It’s been many years since community members from West Moberly First Nations last ate caribou meat from their traditional territory. Southern Mountain Caribou haven’t been hunted by this community in central British Columbia since it voluntarily decided to stop hunting them in the 1970s.

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A cruise ship 'green corridor' in the Pacific NW? Ports sign on to carbon emission goals

SEATTLE — The Port of Seattle is teaming up with other ports and cruise lines to try to form a "green corridor" where the massive ships that carry passengers through the coastal waters of British Columbia and Alaska would eventually operate without fossil fuels.

Tribune News Service

Gold Lion Announces Appointment of Steven Hong to Board of Directors

Vancouver, British Columbia – TheNewswire - May 20, 2022 – Gold Lion Resources Inc. ("Gold Lion" or the "Company") (((CSE:GL) (OTC:GLIOF) (FWB: 2BC) is pleased to announce that it has appointed Mr. Steven Hong to its board of directors.

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Dad blinded after falling eye-first into tree branch in freak hiking accident

The father and son were on a pleasure trip to British Columbia when one fell and impaled his eye on a tree branch, with a money-raising bid for his care now reaching £13,700

Benzinga

Gold Lion Announces Appointment of Guy Bourgeois as Chief Executive Officer, Interim Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary

Vancouver, British Columbia / TheNewswire / May 13, 2022 – Gold Lion Resources Inc. ("Gold Lion" or the "Company") (( is pleased to announce that it has appointed Mr. Guy Bourgeois as Chief Executive Officer, interim Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary, effective immediately. In connection with Mr. Bourgeois' officer appointments, the Company…

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Highlander Silver Announces Exploration Update and Management Change

May 13, 2022 – TheNewswire - Vancouver, British Columbia – Highlander Silver Corp. (CSE:HSLV) (the "Company" or "Highlander") is pleased to provide an update on its exploration activities and plans for the 2022 drilling season on its Alta Victoria and Politunche projects in central Peru and announces the appointment of…

Benzinga

Gold Basin Reports Multiple Thick Intersections Including 51.8m @ 1.4 G/T Gold from Maiden Drill Program at Stealth Deposit

Vancouver, British Columbia – TheNewswire - May 11, 2022: Gold Basin Resources Corp. (the "Company" or "GXX", (TSXV:GXX) (OTC:GXXFF) is pleased to provide an update on the Company's Maiden Drill program on its 100%-owned Stealth Deposit at the Gold Basin oxide gold project in North-West Arizona.

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A new earthquake warning system will prepare Canada for dangerous shaking

Large earthquakes can wreak enormous violence upon lives, livelihoods, infrastructure and the environment. High-density urban populations in the relatively small, seismically active areas of British Columbia and the Québec City-Montréal-Ottawa corridor leaves residents extremely vulnerable to earthquakes.

Benzinga

Molecule Holdings Inc. Announces PHRESH Launch in British Columbia

Ottawa, ON – TheNewswire - May 5, 2022 – Molecule Holdings Inc. (CSE:MLCL) (OTC:EVRRF) ("Molecule" or the "Company"), a Canadian craft-focused cannabis beverage production company, is pleased to announce that British Columbia has added two additional Molecule SKUs to their product offering. This launch includes the Company's two most successful…

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Canada plane crash mystery deepens with two murder suspects among dead

Investigation into the crash at Sioux Lookout revealed two of four passengers were fleeing murder and conspiracy charges

Benzinga

Blackhawk Growth Closes Investment in Blum Distributors

Vancouver, British Columbia - TheNewswire - April 28, 2022 - Blackhawk Growth Corp. (CNSX:BLR.CN) (OTC:BLRZF) (Frankfurt:0JJ) (the "Company" or "Blackhawk") has completed its previously announced investment in Blum Distributors Ltd. ("Blum"). In consideration for the acquisition of all of the outstanding share capital of Blum, Blackhawk has issued 9,650,000 common…

Benzinga

Civeo Q1 Earnings Beat Estimates Steered By Jump In Lodging Demand

Civeo Corp (NYSE:CVEO) reported first-quarter FY22 sales growth of 32%, to $165.68 million, beating the consensus of $142.24 million. The revenue increase was primarily due to a significant rise in Canadian lodge billed rooms, increased Canadian mobile camp activity, and improved Australian village billed rooms. Canada segment sales rose 55% Y/Y to…

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Gold Lion Closes Private Placement

Vancouver, British Columbia / TheNewswire / April 22, 2021 – Gold Lion Resources Inc. ("Gold Lion" or the "Company") (() is pleased to announce it has closed a non-brokered private placement of 20,710,000 warrants ("Warrants") at a price of CAD $0.025 per Warrant for gross aggregate proceeds of $517,750 (the "Private Placement").

Benzinga

Cantourage Introduces Miracle Valley's Canadian Medical High-THC Cannabis Flowers To German Pharmacies

Cantourage GmbH and Miracle Valley have entered a partnership that will see medical cannabis from British Columbia, Canada, brought to Germany. Pharmacies and patients throughout Germany now have access to Miracle Valley's high-THC Mac 1 cultivar.

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