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Arabnews24 - Canada:Cannabis is now legal in Canada, but decriminalization is by no means a free-for-all.Regulations surrounding legal consumption, possession and distribution are still very strict and penalties are stringent.Consequences for breaking the law can range from tickets to lengthy jail sentences.Here are a few offences that can carry jail sentences of up to 14 years:

Arabnews24 - Canada :Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the incoming Quebec government's plan to raise the legal age for smoking cannabis to 21 could leave an opening for organized crime.Speaking to reporters this morning on the last day of a trip to Armenia, Trudeau said increasing the legal age could undermine one of the federal law's key aims — eliminating the black market.

Arabnews24 - Canada: In Brazil, elections are underway between two presidential candidates with very different visions for the regional powerhouse and fifth largest country in the world. On October 28, Brazilians will head to the polls to vote in a run-off between Jair Bolsonaro of the national-conservative Social Liberal Party and Fernando Haddad of the Socialist Worker’s Party.

Arabnews24 - Canada:The Ontario Human Rights Commission says it will join a legal challenge of the interim sexual-education curriculum introduced by the province’s Progressive Conservative government.The commission says it believes the interim curriculum discriminates based on sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression.Six students’ families filed a complaint

Arabnews24 - Canada :Ontario’s attorney general says the province will launch a public awareness campaign when recreational cannabis is legalized to promote social responsibility and highlight the dangers of using the drug.During a speech at the Empire Club, Caroline Mulroney says the ads will begin running next week and will emphasize the rules around pot use and measures to protect children.

Arabnews24-Canada:It’s been a dramatic lead-up to the Toronto municipal election with the uncertainty over the number of wards and which candidates would stay in the race. But now that the dust has settled, the outcome is in the voters’ hands.Voters will head to the polls during advance voting and on election day Oct. 22, to cast their ballots for mayor, councillor, and school board trustee.

Arabnews24 - Canada :It is not exactly the weather conditions you’d expect for the return to work and school after the Thanksgiving long weekend.The GTA ( Great Toronto ) is in for a warm day on Tuesday with a humidex that will make it feel more like August than October.It was a foggy day to to start, but the advisory has since been lifted. However, the temperatures will continue to climbThe rest of the day will be cloudy with sunny breaks

Arabnews24 - Canada : François Legault, the premier-designate of Quebec, says he will invoke the notwithstanding clause to work around the Charter of Rights and Freedoms so that his government can ban people in positions of authority in the province from wearing religious symbols.The Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) Leader said on Tuesday the plan would prevent public servants,

Arabnews24 - Canada :Mississauga residents — namely those in Ward 10 — are expressing their disgust and outrage with a video showing a candidate for next month’s municipal election being belligerent with those he is running to represent.The video shows Mazin Al Ezzi, a married father of two who is running in Ward 10, became verbally abusive during an exchange with residents in Churchill Meadows,

Arabnews24 - Canada: A tornado ripped through the Ottawa area Friday afternoon, damaging homes and vehicles as severe thunderstorms and high wind gusts also pounded southern Ontario.Extensive damage to houses was reported by residents in Ottawa and in nearby Dunrobin. In Gatineau, Que., cars were overturned on Highway 50, said Environment Canada, which confirmed a tornado had touched down in the region.Approximately 25 people were injured in the storm and at least six were