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A sign for Lytton, B.C. on July 1, 2021. (Photo: Reuters/Jennifer Gauthier)

Western Canada lightning strikes up tenfold, stoking fires

By Moira Warburton, GFM Network News July 3, 2021

Vancouver | Reuters — Lightning strikes in Western Canada over the past two days soared nearly tenfold from the same time a year ago, triggered in part by a record-breaking heat wave, meteorologists said, warning of more strikes over the weekend that could further stoke forest fires fanned by high winds. Over 710,000 lightning events […] Read more

General, Reuters

Atlantic bubble disintegrates as COVID-19 cases rise

By Moira Warburton, GFM Network News November 24, 2020

Toronto | Reuters — The “bubble” pact between Canada’s four Atlantic provinces has disintegrated in the face of rising COVID-19 cases across the country, as premiers in Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador announced quarantine requirements for all travelers from outside their provinces on Monday. The two provinces joined in a so-called “bubble” with […] Read more

Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou leaves her family home in Vancouver in this May 8, 2019 file photo. (Photo: Reuters/Lindsey Wasson)

Canola, Crops, Reuters

Canada says requirements for Huawei exec’s extradition to U.S. met

By Moira Warburton, GFM Network News August 4, 2020

Reuters — Canada’s attorney general says the requirements for extraditing Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou to the United States on charges of bank fraud have been met, documents submitted in a British Columbia court show. Meng, 48, was arrested in December 2018 on a warrant from the United States, which alleges that she misled […] Read more

Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou leaves B.C. Supreme Court on a lunch break during her extradition hearing in Vancouver on Jan. 22, 2020. (Photo: Reuters/Jennifer Gauthier)

Canola, Crops, Reuters

Huawei CFO’s extradition hearing to stretch into 2021

Judge approves extended schedule sought by lawyers

By Moira Warburton, GFM Network News June 24, 2020

Reuters — Hearings on Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou’s extradition to the U.S. from Canada will extend into late April 2021, according to documents released by a British Columbia court on Tuesday. Meng was arrested in December 2018 by Canadian authorities at the Vancouver International Airport on a U.S. warrant from the charging her […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Reuters

Huawei executive loses key court argument in fight against extradition

By Tessa Vikander, Moira Warburton, GFM Network News May 27, 2020

Toronto/Vancouver | Reuters — Huawei’s chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou has lost a key aspect of the trial on her extradition to the United States, a Canadian court announced on Wednesday. Meng, a Chinese citizen, was arrested in December 2018 in Vancouver on a warrant issued by U.S. authorities, who accuse her of bank fraud […] Read more

Employees at the Fire and Flower store in Ottawa prepare an order for a customer as the first legal cannabis stores open in Ontario on April 1, 2019. (File photo: Reuters/Chris Wattie)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Ontario’s slow rollout of weed outlets could help black market

By Moira Warburton July 9, 2019

Toronto | Reuters — Ontario has blamed a shortage of legal cannabis from the federal government for its slow rollout of retail outlets, a claim dismissed by the federal government and regulatory bodies from other provinces, raising prospects the black market for weed may thrive longer in Canada’s most populous province. Canada became the first […] Read more

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Western Canada lightning strikes up tenfold, stoking fires

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Canada says requirements for Huawei exec’s extradition to U.S. met

Huawei CFO’s extradition hearing to stretch into 2021

Huawei executive loses key court argument in fight against extradition

Ontario’s slow rollout of weed outlets could help black market

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