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Now that the Liberals and New Democrats have announced they’ve reached a deal on pharmacare, the path is open for the parties to carry on a confidence-and-supply agreement that has helped to keep the government in power since March 2022.  There are promises still unfulfilled in the parties’ confidence-and-supply agreement. …

In speaking with community organizations, CBC News found that Canada’s drug crisis is affecting a largely unchecked population of users – newcomers – and we don’t even know how severe the issue is. Now, experts are calling not only for better data collection, but also more attention to the realities …

Dave Wilson’s 2006 Ford 500 was stolen. His family posted about it on Facebook, where people sent in updates about the car’s whereabouts as it travelled from Halifax to Cape Breton.  Family sent updates on whereabouts of Ford 500 as it travelled from Halifax to Cape Breton. A Bedford, N.S., …

Book publishers and industry watchers are taking note of the romantasy subgenre’s enormous popularity among young female readers — author Sarah J. Maas alone has sold 40 million copies — and the power of #BookTok to elevate both its well-known, traditionally published writers, and self-published indie authors alike.  Romantasy, which …

This winter hasn’t felt very wintry on the Prairies. January’s bitter chill got washed out amid a sea of above-seasonal temperatures blanketing the heart of the country so far this season. Never say never when it comes to the weather, and winter certainly isn’t done with us yet. A pattern …

The split 8-8 vote at general issues committee meeting Wednesday was condemned by Mayor Andrea Horwath, who said in a statement afterwards that the councillors opposed were “choosing parking lots over housing people.” Andrea Horwath’s office says she hasn’t ruled out using her strong mayor powers to push through staff’s …

The four people pictured here represent a typical day’s death toll from opioid poisonings in Alberta last year, the deadliest on record for the province. These 4 represent the loss from just a single day last year, the deadliest on record. The four people pictured above represent a typical day’s …

U.S. authorities arrested a man this week who is accused of helping smuggle a family that froze to death near the Canada-U.S. border in Manitoba in January 2022. New court records released in that case also provide a new link to an alleged human smuggler living in the Toronto area. …

The latest federal data shows there were nearly 14,000 cases of infectious syphilis across the country in 2022, as well as 117 instances of early congenital syphilis. And the rates have been rising for years. Is Canada doing enough to curb the trend?  Nearly 14,000 cases of infectious syphilis across …

The Posikeras were inspired to take a leap of faith and start a business of their own after introducing their friends to their colourful twist on the traditional perogy.  Family finds success with a colourful twist on the traditional perogy. For Anna and Vladimir Posikera, leaving Ukraine to escape the …