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Publication Date: April 29, 2026 - 18:06
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A 'smoke-free generation' tobacco ban is coming to the U.K. Could it also happen in Canada?
April 29, 2026
A new law in the United Kingdom banning the sale of tobacco products to future generations has been hailed as a landmark moment in the fight against nicotine addiction. The ban by birth date has given heart to campaigners and researchers in Canada, who see it as the ultimate goal — and a plausible one — in making the country nicotine-free.
More Canadians are being contacted after having been on the same flight as a confirmed hantavirus case, according to federal health officials.
May 14, 2026 - 13:44 | | CBC News - Canada
Twenty-six more Canadians who were on a flight with a confirmed case of hantavirus are now being contacted by public health officials but are considered to be at “low or minimal risk” of infection because of where they were seated, federal health officials said Thursday. While the outbreak associated with the MV Hondius trans-Atlantic cruise ship is evolving, the risk to the general population in Canada remains low and “further spread of the virus within Canada is not expected,” Canada’s chief public health officer, Dr. Joss Reimer, said. “But given the severity of the symptoms of the...
May 14, 2026 - 13:42 | Sharon Kirkey | National Post
OTTAWA — The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations said Thursday that the 30-day consultation window the federal government gave to collect feedback on a sweeping set of reforms to speed up the building of new infrastructure projects is “not acceptable.” Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak says that, at first review, some of the proposals also “threaten First Nations rights.” “All options are on the table,” she said in an interview. “We’ve not taken anything off the table yet.” Her comments come after Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government released discussion papers last week that...
May 14, 2026 - 13:41 | Stephanie Taylor | National Post



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