B.C. court certifies Canada-wide class-action suit against McKinsey for alleged opioid promotion
June 17, 2025
The B.C. Supreme Court has certified a class-action lawsuit against consultancy firm McKinsey & Company, in which the province alleges the company advised opioid manufacturers and helped design advertising campaigns that led to opioid over-prescription.
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Environment Canada (EC) has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for most of Eastern Ontario and parts of Western Quebec, including the Ottawa-Gatineau region.
July 13, 2025 - 11:44 | | CBC News - Ottawa
Environment Canada is warning thunderstorms may become severe Sunday as a regional heat wave continues. “The main threat for hazardous thunderstorms will be this afternoon into early this evening,” the agency warned on social media at about 10:30 a.m. “Wind gusts up to 100 km/h, heavy downpours, Hail up to toonie size,” are among the […]
July 13, 2025 - 11:25 | Norman Provencher | Ottawa Citizen
Brent Secondiuk served as a front-line cop in the southern Alberta city of Medicine Hat for 25 years, and understands the futility of dismantling homeless encampments and otherwise dislodging itinerants who decide to bunk down in public spaces.
“We used to call it leaf-blowing … you just scatter the leaves, and the leaves end up somewhere else,” he says.
The most frustrating part, though: Medicine Hat has housing available for the homeless.
“You can be home if you want to,” he laments. “You just choose not to when it’s nice outside,” he says of itinerants who prefer to live rough...
July 13, 2025 - 09:00 | Donna Kennedy-Glans | National Post
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