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Health expert says pandemic isolation contributed to spike in B.C. overdose deaths

VICTORIA — The isolation protocols of the COVID-19 pandemic that kept people from gathering in groups contributed to an increase in drug overdose deaths in British Columbia, says a health expert. Illicit drug overdose deaths in B.C.

Oct 19, 2023 5:26 PM Read more >

Israel-Hamas war cannot become another 9/11 moment, says anti-Islamophobia envoy

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's special representative for combating Islamophobia is warning against allowing the Israel-Hamas war to become a catalyst for the stereotyping of Muslim Canadians.

Oct 19, 2023 5:18 PM Read more >

Labour minister promises action to prevent repeat of B.C. port strike dispute

Canada's labour minister says the federal government's newest attempt to prevent disruptive disputes at British Columbia's ports will lead to change this time.

Oct 19, 2023 5:14 PM Read more >

Manitoba premier eyes makeover at Crown corporation, a 'hug' for the public sector

WINNIPEG — One day after being sworn in as Manitoba's premier, Wab Kinew was looking at shaking up the board at a Crown corporation, changing some names in the senior bureaucracy and offering civil servants a virtual hug.

Oct 19, 2023 5:11 PM Read more >

Chris Barber said he felt convoy was 'out of control' in early days: police witness

OTTAWA — Chris Barber said early in last year's "Freedom Convoy" protest that he felt things were getting "out of control" and unsafe, an officer who served as an intermediary between organizers and police testified in court on Thursday.

Oct 19, 2023 4:33 PM Read more >

Judge probes eight-month wait for federal minister's owl protection recommendation

VANCOUVER — A Federal Court judge said he's "wrestling" with why the minister responsible for saving British Columbia's northern spotted owl waited eight months to recommend an emergency protection order to cabinet with only one wild-born bird remain

Oct 19, 2023 4:32 PM Read more >

Under pressure to clear Israel in hospital blast, Trudeau says he needs more time

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faced growing pressure Thursday to state Canada's position on who was responsible for a blast at a hospital in Gaza City, but he would only say Canada must take the "necessary time" to examine what happened befo

Oct 19, 2023 4:26 PM Read more >

P.E.I. long-term care homes were not sufficiently prepared for a pandemic: report

CHARLOTTETOWN — A report on the spread of COVID-19 in long-term care homes in Prince Edward Island has found that the facilities were insufficiently prepared for a pandemic, and the crisis led to a deterioration in residents' quality of life.

Oct 19, 2023 4:03 PM Read more >

RCMP tells owners to turn in guns after banned fully automatic model sold in Canada

OTTAWA — The RCMP has told owners to turn in what the force is calling fully automatic military surplus firearms after hundreds were misidentified and allowed into Canada for commercial sale.

Oct 19, 2023 4:02 PM Read more >

Canada promised to stop exporting unwanted plastic waste. But it's still happening.

OTTAWA — On the northern fringe of Myanmar's largest city is a township of nearly 300,000 people with a growing industrial base in textiles, consumer goods and food products.

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