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Shoppers Drug Mart moves away from medical cannabis, will send patients to Avicanna

Shoppers Drug Mart moves away from medical cannabis, will send patients to Avicanna

TORONTO — Shoppers Drug Mart Inc. is moving away from its medical cannabis distribution business and preparing to transfer patients to a platform run by biopharmaceutical company Avicanna Inc. The pharmacy chain owned by Loblaw Companies Ltd.
Kidjo, Blackwell, Pärt awarded Sweden's Polar Music Prize

Kidjo, Blackwell, Pärt awarded Sweden's Polar Music Prize

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Five-time Grammy Award winner Angélique Kidjo, Island Records founder Chris Blackwell and Estonian composer Arvo Pärt have won the 2023 Polar Music Prize, a Swedish music award.
Queer photographer Evergon, witchy artists Fastwurms among Governor General winners

Queer photographer Evergon, witchy artists Fastwurms among Governor General winners

A photographer whose work documents and celebrates the homoerotic is among the winners of this year's Governor General Awards in Visual and Media Arts.
Greek prime minister calls general election for May 21

Greek prime minister calls general election for May 21

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s center-right Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday called a general election on May 21, in the aftermath of a train disaster that has reduced his party’s long-standing majority in opinion polls. The Feb.
'Be myself': Growing training spaces for trans and non-binary fitness

'Be myself': Growing training spaces for trans and non-binary fitness

Alex Jung was 15 when he quit swimming. It was a strange feeling of alienation at a school pool that stole his desire to show up again for a long time.
Bring title insurers under anti-money laundering rules, former executive says

Bring title insurers under anti-money laundering rules, former executive says

Title insurers need to be brought under anti-money laundering rules to fight against scam artists who impersonate homeowners to sell or mortgage their properties, a former insurance executive says.
Gwyneth Paltrow's experts to testify in Utah ski crash case

Gwyneth Paltrow's experts to testify in Utah ski crash case

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Gwyneth Paltrow's attorneys are expected to call a series of experts and read depositions from her two teenage children on Tuesday in the first full day of the movie star 's trial that they have to call witnesses to make their
Walmart Canada CEO says retailer not trying to profit from inflation

Walmart Canada CEO says retailer not trying to profit from inflation

OTTAWA — Walmart Canada is not trying to profit from food inflation, president and CEOGonzalo Gebara told a parliamentary committee studying the issue Monday evening.
Gwyneth Paltrow accuser calls Utah ski crash 'serious smack'

Gwyneth Paltrow accuser calls Utah ski crash 'serious smack'

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — The man suing Gwyneth Paltrow over a 2016 skiing collision at an upscale Utah resort told a jury Monday that the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer crashed into him from behind and sent him “absolutely flying.
Review: Vietnam vets try to help nation they once attacked

Review: Vietnam vets try to help nation they once attacked

“The Long Reckoning: A Story of War, Peace and Redemption in Vietnam,” by George Black (Knopf) In the U.S., we’ve mostly moved on from our military engagements in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan.
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