Alan Freeman, Author at Valley News

FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2018, file photo, Thomas Clarke poses for a photo outside his cannabis store, THC Distribution, in Portugal Cove-St. Philip's, Newfoundland and Labrador. On Wednesday, Oct. 17, Canada becomes the second and largest country with a legal national marijuana marketplace. Clarke will be among the first to legally sell so-called recreational marijuana when his shop opens at midnight. (Paul Daly/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

Legal Pot Sales Begin in Canada

by Alan Freeman The Washington PostOctober 16, 2018

Ottawa, Canada — Canada becomes the first major industrialized country to fully decriminalize cannabis for recreational use today, fulfilling a 2015 election pledge from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in a process that has proven massively complex and…

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Vaughan, Ontario, on Dec. 15, 2017. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Cole Burston.

Canada to Tighten Gun Laws as U.S. Grapples With Shootings

by Alan Freeman The Washington PostMarch 25, 2018

How NAFTA Talks Could Fail

by Steven Mufson The Washington Post, Joshua Partlow The Washington Post, and Alan Freeman The Washington PostOctober 8, 2017

Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada's first prime minister, in an undated photo. MUST CREDIT: Library of Congress.

Canada’s ‘Monument’ Controversy

by Alan Freeman The Washington PostSeptember 3, 2017

Canada, U.S. to Begin NAFTA Talks

by Alan Freeman The Washington PostAugust 13, 2017

Asylum Seekers Flee U.S. For Quebec, Fearing Change of Status

by Alan Freeman The Washington PostAugust 3, 2017

Some Canadians Join the Call for More Border Control

by Alan Freeman The Washington PostApril 2, 2017

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and Quebec City mayor Regis Labeaume arrive at a funeral service for three of the six victims of the Quebec City mosque shooting, Mamadou Tanou Barry, Ibrahima Barry and Azzeddine Soufiane at the Quebec City convention centre Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. (Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press via AP)

‘Trash Radio’ Worries in Quebec

by Alan Freeman The Washington PostFebruary 5, 2017