The Canadian border agency is in a constant game of cat-and-mouse with criminal organizations that are trying to import dangerous narcotics as well as the ingredients for fentanyl — sometimes through "creative" means, says a senior border official. Border agents called key players in efforts to mitigate Canada's toxic drug …
Read More »Around Canada
Does Saskatchewan’s Parents’ Bill of Rights help parents or misguide them?
It's been more than a month since Saskatchewan used the notwithstanding clause to make its Parents' Bill of Rights Canada's first provincial education law that could limit gender identity in schools. But the debate around it as intense as ever with a now-moot constitutional challenge still moving forward in the …
Read More »Just Mary’d: Russian and Ukrainian wed in a rural Newfoundland Mary Brown’s
If you walk into a Mary Brown's Chicken restaurant you'll likely hear the beeps of a cash register, or the sizzle of oil in the fryer. But in the Gander, N.L., location on Nov. 17, you would have heard wedding bells. Employees were thrilled to help their co-worker get married, …
Read More »Trouble brewing? Canadian beermakers foresee closures amid economic challenges
Amid a reported increase in restaurant insolvencies, Canada's craft brewers say their razor-thin margins are being sliced even thinner by rising interest rates and production costs, such as production materials, packaging, taxes and transportation. 10-20% of the country's craft breweries could face closure in 2024, according to an expert After …
Read More »Nurse practitioner announcement leaves family physicians feeling devalued, disrespected
A heated debate is brewing in Alberta that has implications for the future of primary care in the province. Alberta doctors are pushing back against a plan to give nurse practitioners more autonomy A heated debate is brewing in Alberta that has implications for the future of primary care in …
Read More »Military justice officials defend handling of sexual assault cases stayed in civilian court
Senior military officials insist their investigators and prosecutors did nothing wrong and they won't be making any changes in response to two military sexual assault cases that were stayed in civilian courts. Civilian judges in Ontario terminated trials for two military sexual assault cases Senior military officials insist their investigators …
Read More »Why the history-making Ortis espionage trial left prosecutors ‘walking on eggshells’
When jurors convicted former RCMP official Cameron Ortis of leaking secret information to police targets earlier this week, they didn't just seal his fate — they made history. The trial showed how difficult it is to prosecute spy cases involving secret evidence When jurors convicted former RCMP official Cameron Ortis …
Read More »Cantaloupe recall over salmonella expands to include other fruits
More than 100 people in the U.S. and Canada have been sickened by salmonella after eating cantaloupe or additional fruits and brands under recall. Canadian recall now includes pre-cut pineapple, honeydew and watermelon More than 100 people in the U.S. and Canada have been sickened by salmonella after eating cantaloupe …
Read More »Canada’s trades union says plan to use 900 foreign workers at Windsor EV battery an ‘insult
Sean Strickland of Canada's Building Trades Unions says NextStar's plan to use as many as 900 foreign workers to install equipment at the Windsor, Ont., EV battery plant is "absolutely unconscionable." Federal government says it's on same page as trades unions, will plan meeting with NextStar A national organization representing …
Read More »Jewish and Palestinian Montrealers break bread, talk peace and debate solutions
Quebecers with roots to both sides of the conflict are having difficult conversations about peace between Israel and the Palestinian territories — and how to get there. Some Montrealers still believe in a 2-state solution. Others want a single state for all It was Friday Shabbat, the time of rest …
Read More »