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Publication Date: November 14, 2025 - 04:00
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Health Canada ignored expert advice to expand access to safe drugs for opioid users, internal documents show
November 14, 2025
As deadly drug overdoses climbed across Canada, decision-makers faced political backlash for funding programs that gave drug users prescribed opioids and, against their own experts’ advice, scaled back their support of safe supply programs, an investigation by CBC’s the fifth estate has found.
Moments after Canada learned - well, sort of - who their first opponent will be at the 2026 World Cup, a loud groan rippled across a FIFA draw watch party in downtown Toronto. Across town in Little Italy, Rocco Mastrangelo Jr. felt something stirring deep within his chest.Friday’s draw revealed that Italy is the presumptive favourite to face Canada when Toronto plays host to Canada’s first World Cup game on home soil next June, provided Italy − the four-time world champions − can win its playoff bracket against lower-ranked European teams in March.
December 5, 2025 - 19:56 | Greg Mercer, Andrea Woo, Temur Durrani | The Globe and Mail
Nurses in Saskatoon are fighting for more security features in hospitals after a violent incident with a patient concealing a shotgun at St. Paul's Hospital.
December 5, 2025 - 19:55 | Ashley Beherns | Global News - Canada
B.C. conservation officers say they have called off their search for a grizzly bear responsible for a Nov. 20 attack that injured three children and an adult in Bella Coola.
December 5, 2025 - 19:49 | | CBC News - Canada
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