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In a 55-page sworn affidavit, Meng said she has suffered from severe hypertension for years and has been treated in a Canadian hospital since her arrest. (Reuters)

Huawei executive gets bail in case rattling China ties

Meng Wanzhou’s December 1 arrest in Vancouver has shaken China’s relations with Canada and the United States

A sign in support of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou is displayed outside of the B.C. Supreme Court. (David Ryder/Reuters)

Huawei exec seeks Canada bail, proposes electronic monitoring

Meng Wanzhou was detained in Vancouver on December 1 while changing planes during a trip from Hong Kong to Mexico, for possible extradition

Customers line up outside the Natural Vibe store after legal recreational marijuana went on sale in St John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Reuters/Chris Wattie)

Canada’s legalised cannabis ey

Canada is now the second nation after Uruguay to legalise cannibis

Rian Johnson’s ‘Looper’ will be the first science fiction film to open the Toronto Film Festival.

Toronto film festival kicks off with sci-fi thriller

The Toronto Film Festival will open with Rian Johnson’s sci-fi mob thriller ‘Looper’, as well as works by Ben Affleck, Dustin Hoffman and Joss Whedon.

Canada seeks digital cops to catch digital thieves

As criminals increasingly hijack digital technologies, police in Canada are turning to an unusual candidate pool for crime fighters: the virtual world of Second Life. The game,…

Star Trek fans beam into Canada’s wild west

A Klingon is an unexpected sight in Canada’s vast western plains, among the lonely oil wells, cow pastures and wheat fields. But hundreds of the ferocious warriors from Gene…

Rock, paper, scissors champs gather in Toronto

Can global conflicts be settled by rock, paper, scissors? Maybe not. But organisers of a RPS tournament in Toronto this weekend want the centuries-old children’s game applied…

More arrests expected in Canadian bomb plot

More arrests were expected following the detention of 17 people over an alleged al-Qaeda-inspired plot to bomb high-profile targets in Canada. Amid media reports that the…

Canada in a frenzy over serial killers

Canada’s placid and innocent society was shattered with the release from prison of the country’s most notorious female sex killer this week. Reporters camped for days outside the…