Kosher medical marijuana to go on sale in New York after firm secures Jewish dietary certification. Vireo Health of New York — one of the only five companies which have been licensed to produce and sell medical marijuana in the state — announced Wednesday that all of its products have been certified kosher.

A student has fallen to his death while attempting to take photos of the New York skyline from the top of the Four Seasons Hotel. Police say Conner Cummings was clambering over scaffolding on the 52-storey Manhattan building overlooking Central Park after gaining access to a rooftop level.

San Quentin State Prison officials on Tuesday provided a rare glimpse inside the country’s largest death row, where 725 inmates await a decision on a proposed one-drug execution method and a vote on whether to scrap the death penalty altogether. Prison officials have allowed reporters a rare glimpse inside the jail for the first time since the ruling that the …

BlackBerry Ltd. is to continue its operations in Pakistan after the government backed down on demands for access to information from its BES servers. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority had been seeking monitoring capabilities for all domestic BlackBerry Enterprise Service traffic, which includes user emails and private messages.

The fine for those caught driving with a mobile device in Alberta is set to increase today. The ban on using a mobile device came into effect in September 2011, with fines rising in subsequent years from $172 to $287. Starting today, the monetary penalty will now be paired with three demerit points.

A Canadian couple who renovated their kitchen to match a cartoon one on “The Simpsons” has been saluted by the popular TV show. Marcia Andreychuk and Joel Hamilton had their names mentioned during the episode “Barthood,” a parody of the Richard Linklater film “Boyhood.” It aired on Dec. 13. In the episode, Homer and Bart are watching hockey when the …

The B.C. government’s quit-smoking assistance program is now available to people who drop by a pharmacy to qualify for free nicotine replacement products. As of Jan. 1, 2016, participants no longer have to register by calling 8-1-1 to reach the HealthLinkBC medical advice service. The program has also expanded its offerings to include nicotine inhalers and lozenges as well as …

Bizarre claims that scientists have discovered an ‘800-year-old mobile phone’ have sent conspiracy forums into overdrive. The object, allegedly found in Austria, is thought to be a clay model of a mobile phone with cuneiform writing engraved on the keys. The lack of information surrounding the strange object has led many people to call the discovery a hoax.

Police likely saved the lives of a Fort St. John couple being attacked by a pair of dogs in their home on Christmas. RCMP in Fort St. John received a 9-1-1 call from a frantic woman on Christmas Day just before 8:00 p.m. The woman told police that two dogs had killed her cat and dogs and were now attacking …

Sixteen city hotels will go green as part of the NYC Carbon Challenge, which aims to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the city 80 percent by 2050. The expansion of the Carbon Challenge to these 16 hotels is projected to reduce citywide GHG emissions by an additional 32,000 metric tons and result in an estimated $25 million in energy …

Telus customers will be receiving a rebate from the company after an agreement was made with the Competition Bureau worth $7.34 million. The bureau launched an investigation in 2012 over certain third-party services that the country’s largest wireless carriers billed customers for without their permission. At issue is false or misleading representations in ads for services that sent trivia questions …