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Ottawa-area pot firm Canopy Growth to trial medical marijuana treatments for animals

Ottawa

Canadian pets are a few steps closer to getting their paws on pot-based medical treatments in Canada as more cannabis companies research marijuana’s efficacy for

Habitat for Humanity welcomes first four families into Orléans homes

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When Annie first learned she had been chosen to become a Habitat for Humanity homeowner, she was in the car taking her son, Hunter, to

Planning an adrenaline-filled summer? Read this first

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For a minority of people who suffer serious, life-altering injuries while participating in high-risk activities, the wording of waivers can have huge, lifelong implications.

Ottawa-area pot producer Canopy Growth fully acquires medical subsidiaries

Ottawa

Even with the Oct. 17 legalization of pot for recreational use drawing closer by the day, Canopy Growth Corp. is signalling it has no intention

Ottawa Tourism eyes Chinese tourists with first-ever delegation visit

Tourism

Representatives from Ottawa Tourism have returned from a week-long, three-city visit to China meant to court the nation’s rising tide of travellers. The delegation’s goal

Who’s winning federal contracts in Ottawa and Gatineau?

Ottawa

EllisDon 2680 Queensview Dr. LBP Security upgrades – construction Buyer: PWGSC $15,796,975 Pylon Electronics 147 Colonnade Rd. Calibration of test equipment/electrical and electronic properties measuring

Ottawa’s National Access Cannabis hiring up to 700 staff across Canada ahead of legalization

Ottawa

The buzz around Canada’s legal marijuana market has turned Ottawa’s National Access Cannabis (TSX-V:META) into a “bees’ nest of activity” – and the prospect of

Molson launches joint venture with Gatineau’s Hydropothecary to develop cannabis beverages

Ottawa

Molson Coors Canada, the business arm of Molson Coors Brewing Co., says it has entered into a joint venture to develop non-alcoholic, cannabis-infused beverages. Recreational

Deadline arrives for Airbnb to start collecting, remitting hotel tax in Ottawa

Tourism

Anyone renting an Airbnb listing in the nation’s capital will have to start paying a four-per-cent hotel tax starting today. The tax revenue will flow