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Employees tend to marijuana plants at the Aurora Cannabis Inc. facility in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on Tuesday, March 6, 2018. Aurora CEO Terry Booth and his business partner Steve Dobler are the largest individual holders of Canada’s second-largest marijuana firm, with a combined stake approaching C$200 million. Photographer: Jason Franson/Bloomberg

September 17, 2018 at 4:40 pm

Coca-Cola eyeing drinks infused with pot’s CBD

Coca-Cola says it is interested in drinks infused with CBD — the non-psychoactive ingredient in marijuana that treats pain but doesn’t get you high. The...

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September 9, 2018 at 4:18 am

Plant-killing disease taking root in Canada puts canola windfall at risk

Clubroot is taking hold in parts of Canada's vast prairies. The invasive disease grows like a cancer on canola roots, cutting yields and potentially killing...

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December 28, 2017 at 4:00 pm

Import duties on paper from Canada could further hurt U.S. newspaper industry

If the Trump administration slaps duties on imported paper from Canada next month, the higher costs will squeeze U.S. newspapers already coping with 28 years...

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October 30, 2017 at 7:52 pm

Constellation breaks pot taboo, opens door for major alcohol brands

The decision by Corona beer seller Constellation Brands to buy a stake in a Canadian pot company marked the first major foray of an alcohol...

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Cedar planks are piled at a lumber yard, Tuesday, April 25, 2017, in Montreal. The upper Midwest timber industry is welcoming the Trump administration’s announcement that it’s imposing tariffs averaging 20 percent on softwood lumber entering the United States from Canada. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press via AP)

June 26, 2017 at 4:25 pm

U.S. imposes additional tariffs on Canadian lumber as dispute escalates

Trade tensions rise between the world’s largest softwood lumber exporter and its biggest market, as U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross says he will “stand...

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October 22, 2014 at 12:21 pm

6 dead babies found in locker; woman arrested

Police have charged a 40-year-old woman for concealing human remains after the bodies of six infants were found in a storage locker in Winnipeg, Manitoba....

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