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Ryan James Wedding, the former Canadian Olympic snowboarder accused of leading an international drug trafficking ring, is facing new federal charges in the U.S. related to the alleged murder of a witness, the U.S. Justice Department and FBI announced Wednesday.

Manitoba’s Opposition Progressive Conservatives say planned detention centres for people intoxicated on drugs such as methamphetamines should not be built close to schools, parks and personal care homes.

The B.C. government is quietly making changes to insurance legislation as a billion dollar class-action lawsuit makes its way through the courts. Catherine Urquhart reports.

GTA lawyer Deepak Paradkar, who has been charged for his alleged role in a violent drug trafficking organization, proposed a strict release plan and testified he’s not a flight risk. Catherine McDonald reports.

U.S. President Donald Trump announced this week that he will pardon ex-Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez, who is currently serving out a 45-year sentence in the U.S. for drugs and weapons charges. Hernandez was convicted under the Biden administration for helping smuggle hundreds of tons of cocaine into the U.S. — allegations he’s denied. Trump’s...

Changes to the province’s safer supply program are expected to be announced this week. The Globe and Mail is reporting those with a prescription will now have to consume the drug in front of a pharmacist or nurse. As Catherine Urquhart reports, some say the changes don’t go far enough.

U.S. President Donald Trump announced this week that he will pardon ex-Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez, who is currently serving out a 45-year sentence in the U.S. for drugs and weapons charges. Hernandez was convicted under the Biden administration for helping smuggle hundreds of tons of cocaine into the U.S. — allegations he’s denied. Trump’s...

Overdoses in Fredericton are on the rise, while the use of a dangerous drug is also growing. Anna Mandin reports o the city’s latest numbers and the change officials are hoping to see.

The warnings of more public drug use and overdoses issued ahead of the Ford Government’s shift away from supervised consumption sites are now becoming a reality several months after the policy change. While reported overdoses are down, the head of Toronto Public Health says those numbers were already trending down from pandemic heights and it’s...

It’s been a long road back to the Grey Cup for the Saskatchewan Roughriders, players reflect on this seasons journey to the championship game. New illicit drugs being cut with benzodiazepines and medetomidine are limiting the effectiveness of Naloxone. Charges against the man accused of shooting a women in a car on a highway near...

Charges are being laid after a large drug bust in the West Kildonan and Garden City neighbourhoods.

A B.C. woman is raising awareness about a life-changing drug that is treating her multiple sclerosis — but is not covered by the provincial government. As Catherine Urquhart reports, without help, she may be paying tens of thousands of dollars a year out of pocket.

A court appearance was held on Monday for two men charged with possession and trafficking of a number of illegal drugs. As Kristen Robinson reports, the charges come after a multi-year investegation that police say broke up a large drug ring.

Ontario’s minister in charge of bail reform and auto theft has an advocacy-focused role. He joined Focus Ontario to explain how he’s trying to get Premier Doug Ford’s message to be heard in Ottawa.

Super Typhoon Fung-Wong slammed into the country’s northeastern coast Saturday, forcing more than a million people to flee their homes. Despite Prime Minister Carney’s friendlier tone with the oil and gas sector, this year’s federal budget appears to offer a boost to an ambitious proposal for generating offshore wind power off the coast of Nova...

Public concerns are raised around the city’s new bus rapid transit system, some residents worry the changes will slow down traffic, not speed it up. With the fall sitting underway the NDP and Sask. Party go back and forth on tariffs and nuclear energy during the assembly’s first question period. The province’s introduction of new...

The woman in charge of the B.C. Review Board is out after a scathing report on government cutbacks. Mounties have shut down a drug superlab in Chilliwack. And a Cowichan Valley family is pushing for a law to be passed in honour of their son, who was struck and killed while rollerblading earlier this year.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is speaking out after a Lindsay, Ont., homeowner was charged with assault following a violent encounter with an alleged intruder over the weekend. “This criminal that’s wanted by the police breaks into this guy’s house, this guy gives him a beating, and this guy gets charged. Something is broken,” Ford said at a...

Hamilton police say two men have been charged with second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a 25-year-old man in Dundas, Ont., last month. Sean O’Shea has more.

Winnipeg Police Chief Gene Bowers, alongside Deputy Chief Cam Mackid, announced on Thursday that two of their own are facing significant criminal charges. Const. Elston Bostock, 48, was re-arrested on Wednesday and now faces 18 charges in connection with a string of incidents.