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Budget 2023: What you missed, from phone chargers and concert fees to air travel
By Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press on March 28th, 2023
OTTAWA – For Canadians fed up with chargers that don’t fit their cellphones, hidden fees, air-travel disruptions and cosmetic testing on animals, the Liberal government says help is on the way. Those and others are among the countless measures contained in the federal budget plan unveiled by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland. Here are some of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘It’s really sad’: Neighbour describes chaotic scene after Calgary house explosion
By Bill Graveland and Colette Derworiz, The Canadian Press on March 28th, 2023
CALGARY – Rima Rifai thought her furnace had exploded Monday when the house across the street burst into a ball of fire, sending 10 people to hospital with serious injuries. When she opened the front door to the street, Rifai saw the home her neighbour has lived in for 20 years was destroyed. “The whole ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Final two victims of Old Montreal fire identified, investigation to focus on cause
By The Canadian Press on March 28th, 2023
MONTREAL – Police say the final two victims of a March 16 fire in Old Montreal that killed seven people have been identified. Montreal police Insp. David Shane confirmed today that Charlie Lacroix and Walid Belkahla, both 18, died when fire destroyed the three-storey building. Martin Guilbault, a division chief at the Montreal fire department, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Health care professionals fight decision to reject access to psilocybin for training
By Fakiha Baig, The Canadian Press on March 28th, 2023
Canada violated the rights of hundreds of patients awaiting access to psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy when it rejected applications from health-care professionals to consume the restricted drug for training purposes, a lawyer for the workers argued in Federal Court on Tuesday. Nicholas Pope said there aren’t enough health-care professionals licenced to provide psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy and Health Canada’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta Energy Regulator to launch third-party probe of Kearl oilsands tailings leak
By The Canadian Press on March 28th, 2023
The Alberta Energy Regulator says it will launch an independent investigation into the tailings leak at Imperial Oil’s Kearl oilsands mine. The regulator says in a news release today it is looking for a qualified, impartial third party to conduct the probe. It says the inquiry will relate to issues around notification of the spill ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. to limit access to diabetes drug that has social media fame for weight loss
By The Canadian Press on March 28th, 2023
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s health minister says he’s pushing through a regulatory change to limit the sale of the diabetes drug Ozempic to non-Canadian residents as celebrities promote its weight loss side-effects. Adrian Dix says the province is taking action after thousands of prescriptions for the much-hyped drug were found to be going to Americans, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Airbnb: 79 per cent of Quebec rentals in February not certified, housing group says
By The Canadian Press on March 28th, 2023
MONTREAL – A report by a Montreal tenants’ rights association says 79 per cent of the roughly 30,000 units in Quebec that were available for rent in February on Airbnb were not certified by the province. The Coalition of Housing Committees and Tenants Associations of Quebec says Airbnb has contributed to the housing shortage because ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!National Inuit organization seeking $1.6 billion for school food program
By The Canadian Press on March 28th, 2023
OTTAWA – A national Inuit organization is calling for about $1.6 billion in federal funding over 15 years to set up a co-ordinatedschool food program in the North. Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami released a report last week, developed through the Inuit-Crown Food Security Working Group, advocating for a breakfast and lunch program in 75 schools across ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Psychiatric evaluation extended for man accused of crashing bus into Quebec daycare
By The Canadian Press on March 28th, 2023
LAVAL, Que. – A Montreal psychiatric hospital says it needs more time to evaluate the mental state of a man accused of killing two young children by driving a city bus into a daycare. The Philippe-Pinel institute has been charged with evaluating Pierre Ny St-Amand’s state at the time of his alleged offences on Feb. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Provincial police officer killed during attempted arrest northeast of Montreal
By The Canadian Press on March 28th, 2023
LOUISEVILLE, Que. – A Quebec provincial police officer has been killed while trying to arrest a man at a home in the province’s Mauricie region Monday night. The police force confirmed in a news release today the death of Sgt. Maureen Breau, an officer with more than 20 years of experience. The 35-year-old male suspect ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Quebec police officer killed during attempted arrest
By The Canadian Press on March 28th, 2023
LOUISEVILLE, Que. – A Quebec provincial police officer has been killed while trying to arrest a man at a home northeast of Montreal Monday night. The police force confirmed in a news release today the death of Sgt. Maureen Breau, an officer with more than 20 years of experience. The 35-year-old male suspect was later ... Read More »
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