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Stocks in marijuana companies climbed on Wednesday, with Tilray, a medical marijuana firm, hitting an all-time high of $214.06. (According to Yahoo Finance, the company’s stock hit $300 at one point but eventually fell after the stock’s volatility forced regulators to temporarily forbid trading of the company’s shares.) By Thursday, however, Tilray was dropping quickly. […]

In the past two years, President Trump has enacted tariffs on $16 billion worth of Chinese and Canadian goods. Predictably, the Canadians countered with $12.6 billion in retaliatory duties against US exports. The Chinese followed. In addition, in his most sweeping action to date, the president slapped a 25 percent tariff on all foreign steel […]

While marijuana use continues to gain social and even legal acceptance throughout a growing portion of the United States, it remains strictly prohibited for U.S. military personnel serving, living, or even visiting states that have done away with the drug’s prohibition. In America’s more progressive neighbor to the north, however, recreational marijuana use is slated […]

Negotiators from the U.S. and Canada are hoping to reach a deal on the ongoing North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) talks currently underway this week in Washington. According to Reuters, while delegates from both countries worked to advance the talks further on Thursday, several crucial items remain to be settled. “We are making good […]

Shares of the social media giant Twitter saw a 6 percent decline in value Wednesday, the same day the company’s CEO Jack Dorsey testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee regarding election meddling during the 2016 presidential race. Dorsey appeared with Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s Chief Operating Offer, during the hearing. According to a report from CNBC, […]

The recent feud between Canada and Saudi Arabia has continuously escalated, with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) adding more and more punitive measures for Canada because it stuck “its nose where it doesn’t belong.” Canada staunchly objected to Saudi Arabia’s treatment several activists, and in response Saudi Arabia started with harsh words via Twitter, and […]

Harsh words have been traded between Canada and Saudi Arabia, starting with online urges and quickly turning into definitive action — Saudi Arabia demanding the exodus of the Canadian ambassador from their country, pulling all scholarships from their students in Canada, and even suspending flights to the North American country. What spurred this off? Why […]

So, technically the offensive weapons systems have all been stripped from this British Army anti-tank Alvis Striker, but that won’t stop you from making on hell of an entrance at your high school reunion for less than the price of a new pickup. The Alvis FV102 Striker saw use in the British military as an […]

Posing as a fellow jihadist, undercover FBI agent Tamer Elnoury was in the midst of foiling a potentially deadly terrorist attack in Canada when his day went straight downhill. He was on a road trip with wanna-be terrorist Chiheb Esseghaier from Montreal to Toronto, where the two were supposed to meet with another like-minded radical, […]

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada is scrapping a plan to buy 18 Boeing Co (BA.N) Super Hornet fighter jets amid a deepening dispute with the U.S. aerospace company, three sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. Instead, the Liberal government will announce next week it intends to acquire a used fleet of older Australia F-18 […]

Buenos Aires, Argentina—The worst has all but been confirmed. According to the Argentine Navy, ARA San Juan has most likely gone down with all 44 crew members.  Searches will continue until a wreck or debris are located. The search-and-rescue operation has evolved from a solely national Argentine effort to an international show of solidarity.  Over […]

Veterans Day, or Remembrance Day or Armistice Day, as it’s also known in the Commonwealth countries, just ended.  Let’s see how people honored their militaries’ sacrifices. In northern France, a 100-gun salute commemorated the centenary of the Battle of Passchendaele.  Reenactors from around the world gathered and fired restored WWI artillery pieces. Passchendaele, which took […]