Temple president says vandals struck overnight; board chair says management did it for safety reasons The “take a blessing, leave a blessing” food bank was donated to the temple by local group Love With Humanity Association, which has constructed and donated other food banks and libraries in and around Calgary. The association’s Syed Najam Hassan says the food bank was a gift to…
Ontario Provincial Police now reviewing situation, according to police A detective has resigned after stealing opioids from Toronto police evidence lockers because of drug addiction, the force confirmed Thursday. The revelation about former homicide Det. Paul Worden was first reported by The Toronto Star Thursday morning. When asked about Worden’s actions by CBC News, Toronto police spokesperson Meaghan Gray said “a former officer” had “seized opioids…
VICTORIA — Victoria’s police chief is speaking out after his officers saved a man suffering from a suspected overdose. In early February, VicPD officers came across a man lying on the street in downtown Victoria. When officers checked on the man, they found he was unresponsive. Suspecting the man lying on View Street was suffering from an overdose, police immediately…
The victim was taken to hospital and later released Two men have been arrested following an assault in the city’s core yesterday. A man and a woman were walking together at the intersection of Granville Street and Nelson Street around 11 p.m. when they were approached by a pair of men, according to a release from the Vancouver Police Department…
Bernice Reeves’ home in St. Vital, was broken into on Saturday, safe stolen A Winnipeg mother is pleading for help to find a stolen safe containing her last tangible connections to the baby daughter she lost 28 years ago. Bernice Reeves says the break-in and theft at her St. Vital home over the weekend has caused her to relive the pain…
“We made a conscious choice to stay in Edmonton,” said Bitcoin Well founder Adam O’Brien An Edmonton-based Bitcoin broker is spending $4 million to move its headquarters from Whyte Avenue to the Downtown core. Bitcoin Well, a company that buys and sells digital currency, announced on Tuesday it had secured 35,000 square feet of office space spanning across two floors…
‘I was engaged in a lot more conversations. Some even said that they had new friendships’ Students at a secondary school in Sicamous, B.C., have been more willing to talk to each other, after a nine-day experiment that saw them agree not to use their cellphones during school, according to the Grade 9 student who spearheaded the program. Cody Hutchinson, a student at Eagle River Secondary…
Legal pot has made Canadian justice a little fairer, with “heavily racialized” arrests for possession mostly ending. But vows on amnesty, illicit sales and Indigenous inclusion are works in progress. OTTAWA — When Robert was 18, he was arrested by Montreal’s police for possession of a small amount of hashish, an event that would upend his young life. The charge…
Safety concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic and a wave of new legalization have many people interested in growing their own cannabis from the comfort and security of their homes. There are very few activities quite like cultivating cannabis indoors, which can make the process look daunting to the beginner grower. But never fear, PotGuide is here. The majority of the items needed…