Canada's Liberal government will introduce a law in spring 2017 to legalize recreational marijuana, it said on Wednesday, fulfilling an election pledge and following several U.S. states in permitting easy access to the drug.

Colorado and Washington may have jumped ahead in the race to become North America’s marijuana kings, but Canada is now positioned to take a lead in the booming multibillion-dollar industry.

WINDSOR, CANADA (WJBK) - The push is on to legalize marijuana in Canada. If our neighbors across the Detroit River give it the green light, a lot of metro Detroiters could head to Windsor to get high.

Canada will push the United States to change a border policy that has banned Canadians who admit to having used marijuana from travel to the United States, given Canada’s plans to legalize pot, a government spokesman said on Friday.

Nearly a million Canadians who don’t smoke marijuana now are very likely to start after it’s legalized, survey data implies.

The business of pot started in this country with medical marijuana, and demand for it is taking off.

The Liberal government will announce legislation next month that will legalize marijuana in Canada by July 1, 2018.

With legislation legalizing marijuana expected in the spring, Eastern Ontario’s largest craft brewery is rolling around the idea of expanding into the recreational cannabis industry, its chief executive said.

County green-lights massive expansion of Aurora Cannabis near the community of Cremona, population 457.

The hunt is on for a new location for Vancouver’s 4/20 marijuana rally, starting in 2018.

Canada's top pharmacy chain is hoping to be the first in the country to legally sell over-the-counter medical marijuana.

The new Liberal government has promised to act quickly to legalize marijuana for general use, which would make Canada the first Group of 20 country to end cannabis prohibition on a national level.

But new restrictions on medical marijuana program means military veterans like Darrell Hulme will only be reimbursed for a third of the medicine they need to deal with PTSD and other conditions.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has not yet fulfilled his promise to legalize marijuana in Canada, but the country’s Federal Court ruled Wednesday that prescription holders could grow their own supply.

Parents of children suffering from difficult-to-treat forms of epilepsy are angry that shipments of the hemp oil they rely on to control their children’s seizures are being seized by Canadian border agents.

ESQUIMALT, B.C. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says regulating the sale of marijuana will protect young people and take money away from criminal gangs, but the government is drawing the line at pot when it comes to legalizing illicit drugs.

Infomercials in South Korea bring hemp to store shelves in various forms.

For those of us who love to travel (and that is most of us) the only thing better than visiting a new destination, would be if you were able to do it with your friend Mary Jane.

Dr. Robert Mann at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto is trying to determine the relationship between marijuana consumption and driving ability, using a “state of the art” simulator.

Pot enthusiasts lined up around the block in the cold temperatures right until closing time at several newly opened marijuana shops in Montreal Thursday.

Converting a medical-marijuana industry into a recreational one in Canada will not be easy.

29-year-old is the lead agronomist for a British Columbia marijuana company.

Cannabis food products aren't for sale yet in Canada, but entrepreneurs already preparing for legalization of edibles.

A roundup of U.S. and international cannabis politics.

A roundup of U.S. and international cannabis politics.

If these chefs have proven anything, it’s that marijuana can be infused into any dish and paired with any flavor, technique and texture.

OTTAWA — Fulfilling a campaign pledge, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau introduced legislation on Thursday to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in Canada.