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When she was taken by ambulance to a Vancouver hospital with lower back pain the likes of which she’d never experienced, the last thing 84-year-old Miriam Lancaster said she was thinking of was “cashing my chips.”
Lancaster had a fractured sacrum, a break in a bone at the base of the spine that’s connected to the pelvis. She and her daughter, Jordan Weaver, allege that, while still in the emergency department, a young doctor at Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) raised the option of a medically assisted death.
“(The doctor) came in and said, ‘Miriam, I understand you’re in a lot of ...
March 27, 2026 - 13:13 | Sharon Kirkey | National Post
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Fertilizer prices are squeezing North American farmers, and they’re putting Canada’s role in the supply chain under fresh scrutiny. The U.S. Department of Justice has launched an antitrust investigation into top commercial fertilizer producers, including Canada’s Nutrien, over concerns that alleged price-fixing may have raised costs for U.S. farmers.
“The issue is the fact that Nutrien is one of two companies that, with regard to potash — the other being Mosaic — have that 90 per cent market share,” said Deputy Agriculture Secretary Stephen Vaden.
“While having a...
March 27, 2026 - 13:02 | Tracy Moran | National Post
Now that the budget bill has received royal assent, the Treasury Board has started implementing early retirement incentives it is offering to public servants. Read More
March 27, 2026 - 13:01 | Matteo Cimellaro | Ottawa Citizen
An Ontario man who pleaded guilty to three terrorism charges has been sentenced to 20 years in prison with the
possibility of parole after 10 years.
March 27, 2026 - 13:01 | | CBC News - Canada
The owner of an Ontario trucking company has admitted he was the secret boss behind a hyperactive network of commercial truckers smuggling large loads of cocaine and meth from the United States into Canada.
Guramrit Sidhu, 62, of Brampton, Ont., also known as “King,” pleaded guilty in Los Angeles to engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise on Thursday, after he was arrested in Canada in 2024 as the lead defendant in a sprawling international investigation.
In return for Sidhu pleading guilty to one of 17 charges he was facing, U.S. prosecutors agreed to not seek a sentence...
March 27, 2026 - 12:54 | Adrian Humphreys | National Post
Between June 12 and July 2, Toronto will host six World Cup matches featuring countries like Germany, Canada and Senegal — with tens of thousands expected to arrive to take part.
March 27, 2026 - 12:51 | Isaac Callan | Global News - Canada
