An in-brief look at some of the most significant news events of the last 12 months, in chronological order:
JANUARY
1 – Colorado becomes the first U.S. state to allow recreational marijuana sales to adults at licensed pot stores. Washington state followed suit in July.
3 – Phil Everly, the youngest of the Everly Brothers, died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was 74.
7 – Nineteen cars and a locomotive of a CN freight train hauling crude oil and liquefied petroleum derailed near Plaster Rock, N.B., sparking a fire that burned for days and forced the evacuation of about 150 people.
8 – Canada …read more
Source: Global TV
