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B.C. requires witness for those using supply drugs to stop diversion to streets
By Canadian Press on December 2nd, 2025
VICTORIA — Rules are being tightened for British Columbia’s overdose-prevention safe supply program to require a witness when a user takes their drugs in an effort to stop the pills from being sold on the streets. The government says all patients that are part of the prescribed alternatives must now take their medication under the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Carney says First Nations clean water legislation will come next spring
By Canadian Press on December 2nd, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government will introduce clean drinking water legislation in the spring, delaying a bill that had been promised for this fall. Carney’s promise to revive the legislation came in an address to the Assembly of First Nations gathering in Ottawa today, where he also said he will host ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Marwah Rizqy booted from Quebec Liberal caucus amid crisis in party
By Canadian Press on December 2nd, 2025
QUÉBEC — Quebec Liberal Leader Pablo Rodriguez has expelled his former parliamentary leader from his caucus, saying she lacked loyalty to him and to the party. On Tuesday, Rodriguez said Marwah Rizqy has “done a lot of damage” to the party since she fired her chief of staff last month and kicked off an internal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s competition commissioner leaving job months before term ends
By Canadian Press on December 2nd, 2025
OTTAWA — Canada’s competition commissioner is leaving his post two months before his term comes to an end. Matthew Boswell says in a media statement he will end his term on Dec. 17, for personal reasons, ahead of his planned end date of February 2026. The Competition Bureau is an independent law enforcement agency that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Marwah Rizqy booted from Quebec Liberal caucus amid crisis in party
By Canadian Press on December 2nd, 2025
QUÉBEC — The leader of the Quebec Liberal Party has booted Marwah Rizqy from caucus, saying she has broken his trust. Pablo Rodriguez issued a statement announcing his decision ahead of a scheduled news conference later today. The Quebec Liberals have been in crisis since Rizqy — the party’s former leader in the legislature — ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Advocates demand clarity from Carney on status of feminist foreign policy
By Canadian Press on December 2nd, 2025
OTTAWA — Dozens of advocates for women and LGBTQ+ people in Canada and abroad are demanding clarity from the Carney government on its message shift on feminism. In an open letter co-ordinated by Oxfam Canada, 92 organizations and 162 individuals say they’re deeply concerned by Prime Minister Mark Carney’s recent statement that Canada supports equality ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberal minister backs Bloc call to eliminate religious exemption for hate speech
By Canadian Press on December 2nd, 2025
OTTAWA — Culture Minister Marc Miller is expressing support for the removal of a religious exemption for hate speech in the Criminal Code. Miller, who chaired the justice committee until he rejoined cabinet Monday, says he doesn’t believe people should be using religion to escape from prosecution for a hate crime. The Bloc Québécois said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Multi-agency effort led to seizure of large amounts of fentanyl, other drugs: RCMP
By Canadian Press on December 2nd, 2025
OTTAWA — The RCMP says it teamed up with other law enforcement agencies to seize 386 kilograms of fentanyl and significant amounts of other illicit drugs over a five-month period. The Mounties say the effort, which ran from late May through the end of October, brought together agencies across Canada to focus on fentanyl traffickers, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Advocates demand Carney clarify feminist foreign policy, spending on women and LGBTQ+
By Canadian Press on December 2nd, 2025
OTTAWA — Dozens of advocates for women and LGBTQ+ people in Canada and abroad are demanding clarity from the Carney government on its message shift on feminism. In an open letter co-ordinated by Oxfam Canada, 92 organizations and 162 individuals say they’re deeply concerned by Prime Minister Mark Carney’s recent statement that Canada supports equality ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NDP leader says Liberals are being ‘dishonest’ about the future of pharmacare
By Canadian Press on December 2nd, 2025
OTTAWA — The NDP’s interim leader says the Liberal government’s reaction to a report it commissioned on pharmacare is shockingly dismissive and deeply disappointing. Don Davies was involved in negotiations on the Pharmacare Act last year, which was a key part of the supply-and-confidence deal between the NDP and the Liberals that supported the government ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Chiefs vote to reject changes to B.C. coastal oil tanker ban
By Canadian Press on December 2nd, 2025
OTTAWA — First Nations chiefs voted unanimously today to press the government to uphold the oil tanker ban off the northern British Columbia coast. The chiefs also voted in favour of a resolution calling on Ottawa to withdraw an agreement signed last week that clears a path for a new oil pipeline to the B.C. ... Read More »
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