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Canada province seeks to ban public hard drug use
BC is the only province in Canada where the hard drug decriminalisation pilot programme is underway. The project allows adults to possess up to 2.5 grams of heroin, fentanyl, cocaine or methamphetamine without being arrested, charged or having their drugs seized, initially except around schools and airports.
Canada's British Columbia scraps program to allow drug use in public spaces
The Canadian province of British Columbia on Friday scrapped a much-criticized pilot program that allowed the open use of some illegal drugs, citing the need to maintain public safety.
Canadian province will make changes to try to stop drug use in public places, premier says
The British Columbia provincial government is making changes to its drug discrimination policy to stop drug use in public places.
Canada Province Dials Back Drug Decriminalization After Outcry
Canada's British Columbia province on Friday dialed back the decriminalization of the possession of small amounts of cocaine, heroin, fentanyl and other hard drugs following an outcry over soaring drug use in public spaces.
B.C. premier to hold news conference on public drug use
David Eby speaking to media at 1:15 p.m. PT Premier David Eby is due to make an announcement about public drug use in British Columbia. A news conference has been scheduled for 1:15 p.m. PT. CBC News will cover the conference live on cbc.
B.C. premier says public use rules should have been in place before decriminalization
British Columbia is preparing to ban most public drug use, a change to parts of its decriminalization pilot project that the premier says should have been in place all along. The province has made an "urgent" request to Health Canada to make amendments to B.
Pa. House panel hears lessons learned about pot legalization in other states, Canada
Lawmakers are taking in words of advice from experts in places that have legalized recreational weed to help shape a proposal ...
Canada allocates almost $12 million for drone production and ammunition for Ukraine
Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence of Canada, has announced the allocation of supplementary funds for the Ukrainian ...
Cenovus subsidiary fined $1.83 mln for 2018 Canada oil spill
A Canadian regulator said on Friday a Cenovus Energy subsidiary has been fined C$2.5 million ($1.83 million) for its role in ...
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Treatment of national chief and her headdress by Air Canada 'scary', ‘humiliating’, Woodhouse Nepinak says
When Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak was checking in for her Air Canada flight from Montreal ...
Canada's First Nation declares emergency due to excessive chemicals emission
Canada's Aamjiwnaang First Nation declared a state of emergency due to the excessive release of harmful chemicals from INEOS Styrolution's plastic manufacturing plant, the Indigenous group said. The ...
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Multiday severe weather outbreak threatens 60 million from border with Mexico to Canada
A three-day severe weather outbreak threatens to bring damaging winds, large hail, flooding and strong tornadoes to a vast ...
17 months on, parents seek justice for daughter’s murder in Canada
While leaders of various political parties have started making beeline to Sohi family of Tollewal village following murder of ...
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A succession of seven fluffy Canada goose goslings, only 2 days old, jumped 20 feet off of an old pier to reach their parents ...
Canada-wide child care: It's now less expensive, but finding it is more difficult
Three years after the federal government launched the Canada-wide early learning and child-care plan (CWELCC), our study ...
Bob Cole, the Voice of Hockey in Canada for a Half-Century, Dies at 90
Known for his “Oh baby!” catchphrase, Cole called some iconic games as part of CBC’s “Hockey Night in Canada.” ...
Two nights, three provinces, and 1,600 miles. A sleeper train through Maritime Canada is slow travel at its best.
Via Rail’s sleepy eastern route brings travelers through rural villages and towns in Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.