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B.C. moves flavoured nicotine pouches behind pharmacy counters to protect kids
VANCOUVER - B.C.'s government has ordered that flavoured nicotine pouches only be sold from behind pharmacy counters in the province in an effort to prevent youth from becoming addicted. The order sig...
Feb 07, 2024

Social media firms can't be let 'off the hook' for deadly sextortion of kids: Eby
VANCOUVER - Premier David Eby says social media companies can't be let "off the hook" after two B.C. teens died by suicide shortly after falling victim to online sextortion scams. Eby's comments came ...
Feb 07, 2024

Social media firms can't be let 'off the hook' for deadly sextortion of kids: Eby
VANCOUVER - Premier David Eby says social media companies can't be let "off the hook" after two B.C. teens died by suicide shortly after falling victim to online sextortion scams. Eby's comments came ...
Feb 07, 2024

Canfor Pulp Products announces sale of Taylor pulp mill for $7 million
VANCOUVER - Canfor Pulp Products Inc. says it's entered an agreement to sell its Taylor pulp mill. The mill in northeastern B.C., which produces bleached chemi-thermo mechanical pulp, is being sold fo...
Feb 07, 2024

Special counsel investigating Biden's handling of classified documents has completed probe, AG says
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department special counsel investigating President Joe Biden's handling of classified documents has completed his inquiry and a report is expected to be made public soon,...
Feb 07, 2024

Liberals' proposed AI law too vague, costly, Big Tech executives tell MPs
OTTAWA - Representatives from Big Tech companies say a Liberal government bill that would begin regulating some artificial intelligence systems is too vague. Amazon and Microsoft executives told MPs a...
Feb 07, 2024

2 officers wounded by gunfire at home that later erupts in flames in Philadelphia suburb
EAST LANSDOWNE, Pa. (AP) - Two police officers were wounded Wednesday by gunfire at a suburban Philadelphia home that later became engulfed in flames, authorities said. Officials in Delaware County sa...
Feb 07, 2024

No new restrictions on B.C. sex offender Hopley, who went on run: parole board
VANCOUVER - High-risk B.C. sex offender Randall Hopley, who went on the run for 10 days in November, will still be allowed overnight community leave with the approval of his parole officer, after the ...
Feb 07, 2024

No new restrictions on B.C. sex offender Hopley, who went on run: parole board
VANCOUVER - High-risk B.C. sex offender Randall Hopley, who went on the run for 10 days in November, will still be allowed overnight community leave with the approval of his parole officer, after the ...
Feb 07, 2024

Quebec government to table bill extending notwithstanding clause for secularism law
QUEBEC - The Quebec government will table a bill Thursday aimed at ensuring the province's secularism law - known as Bill 21 - remains shielded from potential Charter challenges. Franois Legault's Coa...
Feb 07, 2024