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Poilievre's pitch to defund CBC, keep French services would require change in law

Poilievre's pitch to defund CBC, keep French services would require change in law

OTTAWA — If Pierre Poilievre wants to "defund the CBC" while maintaining its French-language programming, he'll have to overhaul the country's broadcasting law in order to do it.
B.C. marks 7th anniversary of overdose emergency with grim record statistics

B.C. marks 7th anniversary of overdose emergency with grim record statistics

VANCOUVER — British Columbia Emergency Health Services has released grim statistics on the toxic drug crisis ahead of the seventh anniversary of the province declaring a public health emergency
Advocates taking Ford government to court over 'bold lie' of long-term care bill

Advocates taking Ford government to court over 'bold lie' of long-term care bill

The More Beds, Better Care Act doesn't provide more beds, nor offer better care, but it does violate seniors' rights, they argue
Suspect in leak probe talked about God, guns and war secrets

Suspect in leak probe talked about God, guns and war secrets

WASHINGTON (AP) — The suspect was relatively easy to find.
After N.S. mass shooting, an Oxford professor's policing principles are recommended

After N.S. mass shooting, an Oxford professor's policing principles are recommended

HALIFAX — At the heart of the multi-volume report into Canada's worst mass shooting lies a recommendation calling for governments to replace 19th-century principles about law enforcement with a revised notion of what police are for.
MIA: No sign of Canadian quick-reaction force first pledged to UN in 2017

MIA: No sign of Canadian quick-reaction force first pledged to UN in 2017

OTTAWA — The United Nations may soon start questioning Canada's definition of "quick" now that the government has given itself three more years to deliver a 200-soldier peacekeeping force.
Ford-linked development exec chairing Land Tribunal gets $128,580 pay bump

Ford-linked development exec chairing Land Tribunal gets $128,580 pay bump

While a Toronto councillor, Doug Ford reportedly pushed for Michael Kraljevic to head up a city land-management corporation, causing a stir
INSIDE THE VILLAGE: Scammed by a fake online romance — twice

INSIDE THE VILLAGE: Scammed by a fake online romance — twice

This week's podcast: A Barrie grandmother who was duped by an Internet romance scam — and then wrote a book to warn others — is now languishing in a Hong Kong prison after being tricked again
B.C. Chinese communities tell Mendicino of intimidation by foreign powers and proxies

B.C. Chinese communities tell Mendicino of intimidation by foreign powers and proxies

VANCOUVER — Federal Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says Chinese community members in Vancouver have told him of "intimidation, harassment and abuse" linked to foreign governments or their proxies
Canada's health minister calls mass exports of Ozempic to U.S. an 'outrageous' abuse

Canada's health minister calls mass exports of Ozempic to U.S. an 'outrageous' abuse

VANCOUVER — Canada's federal health minister says he's working with provinces to prevent the mass exportation of essential medications after thousands of doses of the diabetes and weight-loss drug Ozempic were shipped from British Columbia to the United States