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PETERS: We must attack the opioid crisis and COVID-19 with the same urgency
One-hundred sixty-seven PEOPLE HAVE DIED OF COVID-19 in BC. Total. One-hundred seventy people died of illicit drug overdoses in BC just last month. COVID-19 and the opioid crisis have more in common t...
Jun 12, 2020
Frustration grows with no apparent end in sight for Canada-U.S. border ban
WASHINGTON - Business groups and border communities that depend on traffic across the Canada-U.S. border are growing impatient with travel restrictions that appear poised to stretch into a fourth stra...
Jun 12, 2020
Rugby league looking at forgoing scrums and changing rules to make game safer
Super League is looking at outlawing scrums for the rest of the 2020 season and introducing other rule changes "largely to make the sport of rugby league safer in the current public health situation."...
Jun 12, 2020
Toys "R" Us wins case against B.C. cannabis dispensary with similar branding
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver cannabis dispensary is going to need a new name and logo after losing a legal battle with retailer Toys "R" Us (Canada) Ltd. A federal judge ruled Herbs "R"...
Jun 12, 2020
Canada rebuts UN Security Council critics as Champagne to NYC for final push
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne is bound for New York City to join the final push for Canada's campaign for a seat on the United Nations Security Council. Champagne ...
Jun 12, 2020
New York governor signs police accountability legislation
ALBANY, N.Y. - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law on Friday a sweeping package of police accountability measures that received new backing following protests of George Floyd's killing, includi...
Jun 12, 2020
Sun says JK Rowling article did not glorify domestic abuse
LONDON - The Sun newspaper said Friday it did not intend to "glorify'' domestic violence by giving a platform to Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling's ex-husband just days after she revealed she had been...
Jun 12, 2020
Feds, farmers, remain far apart over impact of carbon tax on grain growers
OTTAWA - The federal government says its analysis of the impact the carbon tax is having on grain farmers is based on numbers provided by the farmers themselves. But grain farmers are adaman...
Jun 12, 2020
CMHC re-assessing policies through a racialized lens to eliminate discrimination
OTTAWA - Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says it will re-assess all of its policies and practices through a racialized lens in an effort to eliminate discrimination. In a statement today, the federa...
Jun 12, 2020
Canada encouraging Iran to ship black boxes to France as soon as possible
OTTAWA - Transport Minister Marc Garneau says Canada is eager for Iran to follow through on a new pledge to send the black boxes from the downed Ukraine Airlines jetliner to France. After more than tw...
Jun 12, 2020
