Category Archives: Canada

VANCOUVER - Watching an addict fill a syringe with puddle water, former senior RCMP officer Raf Souccar imagined a radical shift in how Canada could deal with people in the grip of...

VANCOUVER - A gradual surge in lethal opioid overdoses shows no sign of slowing, and some experts say the worst is yet to come unless governments do more to counteract the deadly crisis. The...

Here are some facts about fentanyl: What is fentanyl? Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid traditionally used for pain management. Fentanyl can’t be seen, smelled or tasted, which makes ...

BANFF, Alta. - The Alberta Rocky Mountain town of Banff has been given the go-ahead for its affordable housing project, subject to any appeals. The municipal planning commission approved of the town&#...

VICTORIA - A farmer in northeast British Columbia is still hopeful that he’ll get to stay in his home, despite an announcement by BC Hydro that the company plans to seize the property ...

HALIFAX - It’s 26 seconds of brutality - and lays bare the emerging reality of a growing number of beatings in Canada’s jails. Inmate Dwayne Wright, watching telev...

EDMONTON - This cat may have used up more than one of its nine lives. A Canadian National Railway conductor was checking the engines on his train early Sunday in Wainwright, Alta., when he h...

TORONTO - An Ontario police officer who claimed he “murdered” two people in separate encounters was cleared of any wrongdoing on Monday, after the province’s police wa...

OTTAWA - The federal government is withdrawing certain proposed changes to the Bank Act because of opposition from Quebec. Finance Minister Bill Morneau confirmed Monday ...

Highlights from the news file for Monday, Dec. 12   FEDS TO MAKE IT EASIER TO ESTABLISH SAFE INJECTION SITES: The federal government is making it easier to set up supervised drug injection s...