Canada
Can Prince Charles save the Commonwealth once the Queen is gone?
Never mind the family feuds - the House of Windsor must also navigate a colonial reckoning over the British Empire’s dark past and doubtful future.
- by Rob Harris
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‘Friendliest of wars’ ends: Canada and Denmark sign deal over island
It’s been a war of whisky, schnapps, flags and land boundaries - now everyone is happy.
- by Ian Austen
‘Poison in every puff’: The message Canada plans to print on every cigarette
Trudeau’s addictions minister said the new messages were aimed at young people who missed graphic warnings on packages when offered cigarettes at parties.
Handgun sales surge in Canada ahead of plan for tighter control
In parts of the country, customers were lining up in the street, desperate to get a firearm before the ban.
- by David Millward
Canadian province to decriminalise cocaine, opioids and ecstasy
The coroner in British Columbia reports that between five and seven people die a day in the province from overdoses and that half of those happen in a private home, often when people are alone.
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Canadian cop drama based on real cases is confronting – and compelling
Canadian police procedural Tribal examines First Nation crime stories based on real-world cases.
- by Kylie Northover
Ex-Vice editor tells how journalism led him to run drugs to Sydney
On the eve of his release from prison, Slava Pastuk has released a memoir of the events that led to five drug couriers from Toronto’s hipster subculture being arrested at Sydney Airport.
- by Harriet Alexander
Pope apologises to indigenous Canadians for abuse at schools
The Roman Catholic Church had sought to erase indigenous cultures at its residential schools. Many children suffered abuse and were buried in unmarked graves.
- by Philip Pullella
Man behind ‘great Canadian maple syrup heist’ fined $9.5 million
The heist, the subject of an episode of Netflix’s “Dirty Money”, involved replacing the sweet liquid with water and trafficking the original.
- by Ismail Shakil
Amid fury for Ukraine invasion, Russian TV gets booted from Canada’s airwaves
The moves came one day after Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez said the government would look at “all options” for eliminating the Kremlin-controlled channel from the Canadian broadcasting system.
- by Derek Decloet
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Canada PM Justin Trudeau invokes emergency powers to tackle trucker protests
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said they had arrested 11 people and seized 13 long guns as well as handguns and a large quantity of ammunition.
- by Steve Scherer and David Ljunggren