Joan Dewar, a Canadian citizen who has been living outside Grecia, Costa Rica since 2005, got a rude surprise when she tried to vote in federal elections from abroad in 2011.
Canada as the birthplace of hockey faces the humiliating prospect of not fielding a team in the upcoming National Hockey League championships for the first time in nearly half a century.
A Canadian court Wednesday struck down federal rules governing the growing and distribution of medical marijuana, ruling that Canadians have a constitutional right to grow it for themselves at home.
