Dollarama reaches $2.5M settlement in class-action suit over pricing (www.cbc.ca)
Dollarama customers who purchased a products subject to an eco fee — such as batteries, electronics, light bulbs or toys with batteries — may be eligible to claim a gift card....
Health Canada must reconsider man's bid to use magic mushrooms for cluster headaches, Federal Court rules (www.cbc.ca)
A 51-year-old Calgary man who suffers debilitating cluster headaches has won a Federal Court battle forcing Health Canada to reconsider his bid for legal access to psilocybin to treat his extreme pain....
Corporations are buying local vet clinics — raising questions about price, choice and quality of care (www.cbc.ca)
The big companies, known as consolidators, have bought hundreds of clinics from 2012 onwards, according to records and reports, across the country, because pets and vets are big money....
Canada Post lost $748 million last year, warns of "critical" financial situation (www.cbc.ca)
CSIS had officer investigated after she reported a superior raped her (www.cbc.ca)
A CSIS officer’s allegation that she was raped repeatedly by a superior in agency vehicles set off a harassment inquiry, but also triggered an investigation into her that concluded the alleged attacks were a “misuse” of agency vehicles by the woman....
Hidden cameras capture bank employees misleading customers, pushing products that help sales targets (www.cbc.ca)
AKA “surprisingly, oligopolies are there to make money and care about their customers just enough not to pee on their faces while someone else is looking”.
Scientist fired from Winnipeg disease lab intentionally worked to benefit China: CSIS report (www.cbc.ca)
Meet some of the 6 million Canadians who don't have a family doctor | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
FYI, that means 15% of Canadians don't have a doctor.
Just how far is Pierre Poilievre willing to take the notwithstanding clause? (www.cbc.ca)
In January, the Federal Court found that the Trudeau government’s use of the Emergencies Act to respond to the protests of the self-styled freedom convoy in 2022 was not properly justified — a decision the federal government is now appealing....
Liberals accuse Conservatives of using AI for amendments to jobs bill as votes loom (www.cbc.ca)
Police now need warrant to get a person's IP address, Supreme Court rules (www.cbc.ca)
Liberals and New Democrats reach a deal on pharmacare (www.cbc.ca)
Gig workers in B.C. to be paid minimum of $20.88 an hour (www.cbc.ca)
Poilievre says Tories will vote against capital gains tax hike, calls it a 'job killer' (www.cbc.ca)
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Tuesday his party will oppose the government’s proposed capital gains inclusion rate increase — a tax hike that is projected to pull in roughly $19 billion in new revenue....
Serial killer Robert Pickton in critical condition after prison assault (www.cbc.ca)
Convicted B.C. serial killer Robert Pickton is in critical condition and undergoing surgery after he was assaulted by another inmate in a Quebec prison on Sunday....
Minister suggests Canada is considering tariffs on Chinese EVs following U.S. move (www.cbc.ca)
Canada’s industry minister says Ottawa is “considering all measures” after the U.S. announced it would be hiking tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and other related goods....
Canada is still backing the fossil fuel industry with billions, report finds (www.cbc.ca)
Ottawa offered up at least $18.6 billion in support of the fossil fuel and petrochemical industries in 2023....
Speaker kicks Poilievre out of the Commons after he calls PM a 'wacko' in tense question period exchange | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
TikTok parent company says it won't sell, despite possible U.S. ban (www.cbc.ca)
This man, 92, thought he ordered a collector's coin. $1,000 later, the coins kept coming (www.cbc.ca)
For months, Lloyd Walker would regulary get a new coin in the mail. Eventually, Walker says he didn’t bother to look — he already knew what was inside the padded white envelopes....
Unsafe levels of E. coli found in Paris' Seine River under 2 months before Olympics (www.cbc.ca)
Water in the Seine River had unsafe elevated levels of E. coli less than two months before swimming competitions are scheduled to take place in it during the Paris Olympics, according to test results published Friday....
YouTube blocks access to Fifth Estate story on killing of B.C. Sikh activist at India's request (www.cbc.ca)
Here’s the video referenced: youtu.be/ZSC4Bc8LHGM?si=etDbG0Sld2DMdOda
A tax on electric vehicles and a new property levy (www.cbc.ca)
Albertans will pay more if they smoke, vape, or drive an EV.
'Freedom Convoy' organizer from Sask. suing federal government for using Emergencies Act to freeze accounts (www.cbc.ca)
Chris Barber, a main organizer of the "Freedom Convoy" is suing the federal government for using the Emergencies Act to freeze his bank accounts, arguing it breached his Charter rights to protest COVID-19 mandates.