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With criminal networks shifting to domestic production of fentanyl and other opioids, the focus of law enforcement at Canada’s borders has now shifted to the chemicals used to make the deadly drugs. The Public Health Agency of Canada estimates that more than 47,000 Canadians have died of toxic drug overdoses …
Read More »Premiers expected to discuss Trump’s looming tariff threat during Toronto meeting
All 13 of Canada’s premiers will meet in Toronto today to discuss top issues for their provinces and territories, including health care, energy security and Canada-U.S. relations as Donald Trump threatens to impose a punishing 25 per cent tariff on all Canadian goods. The Council of the Federation meeting comes amid questions …
Read More »Tsunami warning cancelled after quake off northern California coast, no threat to B.C.
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit off a sparsely populated stretch of northern California coast on Thursday, prompting coastal towns to evacuate low-lying areas amid a tsunami warning that was later cancelled. Emergency Info B.C. says there is “no tsunami threat to B.C.” No deaths or injuries were reported. There were no …
Read More »French government likely to collapse amid threat of 2 non-confidence motions
The French government appears but certain to collapse later this week after far-right and left-wing parties submitted no-confidence motions on Monday against Prime Minister Michel Barnier. Investors immediately punished French assets as the latest developments plunged the eurozone’s second-biggest economy deeper into political crisis, with serious doubt cast over whether …
Read More »Sixteen caught crossing illegally into U.S. from Quebec in days before Trump tariff threat
On a late Saturday afternoon, two days before U.S. president-elect Donald Trump threatened tariffs on Canadian goods over migrants and fentanyl, the RCMP alerted U.S. Border Patrol about a group of people crossing illegally from Quebec into an area near Chateaugay, N.Y. Border Patrol agents initially spotted the group, but then …
Read More »Rattled by Trump’s tariff threat, Canada’s leaders point fingers at each other
Canadian political leaders can’t control the fact that Donald Trump will be the next president of the United States. Neither can they stop him from threatening to take illogical steps that could hurt American businesses and consumers almost as much as they would hurt Canadians. But Canadian political leaders can control how …
Read More »Rising threat of nitazenes joins fentanyl in Canada’s toxic drug supply
The toxic drug crisis has taken more than 47,000 lives in Canada since 2016 and the synthetic opioid fentanyl has become a household name. But now, what’s believed to be an even more potent class of synthetic drugs is showing up in drug busts across the country: nitazenes. RCMP in …
Read More »Union for B.C. foremen accuses port employers of ‘acting recklessly’ with threat of lockout
The union representing more than 700 foremen in British Columbia is accusing the workers’ employers of “acting recklessly” by threatening an industry-wide lockout to close all provincial ports by 8 a.m. PT Monday. Frank Morena, president of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 514, said the B.C. Maritime Employers …
Read More »‘No imminent threat’ spurred shocking allegations against government of India, says senior Mountie
Days after the RCMP dropped the bombshell allegation that Indian government agents have been involved in violent crimes in Canada, a top Mountie said the alleged network of criminals is “unprecedented” but poses no immediate threat to the public. On Oct. 14, the RCMP held a surprise press conference to …
Read More »Bomb threat causes Air India emergency landing in Iqaluit
An Air India flight made an emergency landing in Iqaluit Tuesday morning due to an online bomb threat. Flight AI217 was en route from New Delhi to Chicago, when it took the precautionary measure of landing at Iqaluit Airport, according to a written statement from Air India. Air India said …
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