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California voters pass measure pushed by governor to tackle homelessness crisis in razor-thin win

California voters pass measure pushed by governor to tackle homelessness crisis in razor-thin win

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California voters have approved a measure that will impose strict requirements on counties to spend on housing and drug treatment programs to tackle the state’s homelessness crisis , in a tissue-thin win for Gov.
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'Stay the hell away from our kids': Holland warns big tobacco about nicotine pouches

'Stay the hell away from our kids': Holland warns big tobacco about nicotine pouches

OTTAWA — Health Minister Mark Holland promised a major crackdown on nicotine pouches Wednesday, and issued a stern warning to tobacco companies he says are marketing the pouches to children.
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Manitoba Tories say bill to ban anti-abortion protests should be expanded

Manitoba Tories say bill to ban anti-abortion protests should be expanded

WINNIPEG — Manitoba's Opposition Progressive Conservatives say a government plan to ban anti-abortion protests near some health-care facilities should be expanded to cover more areas and all protests, including picket lines.
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Family of slain Quebec provincial police sergeant testifies at coroner's inquest

Family of slain Quebec provincial police sergeant testifies at coroner's inquest

MONTREAL — Family members of a provincial police sergeant killed in the line of duty a year ago told a coroner's inquest Wednesday they will be forever haunted by her murder, but they hope it results in change so no other family experiences what they
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Washington Gov. Inslee signs fentanyl bill sending money to disproportionately affected tribes

Washington Gov. Inslee signs fentanyl bill sending money to disproportionately affected tribes

TULALIP, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a multimillion-dollar measure to send state money to tribes and Indigenous people in the state who die from opioid overdoses at disproportionately high rates in Washington.
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Montreal public health optimistic that measles outbreak can be brought under control

Montreal public health optimistic that measles outbreak can be brought under control

MONTREAL — Despite a rising number of measles cases in and around Montreal, one of the doctors leading the public health response to the outbreak says he's optimistic the virus can be brought under control.
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Nearly 300 Ontario patients moved to LTC homes they didn't choose

Nearly 300 Ontario patients moved to LTC homes they didn't choose

TORONTO — Nearly 300 people in Ontario have been moved from hospitals to long-term care homes not of their choosing under a law the government implemented over a year ago.
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Funding for health, marshals, firefighting: Highlights of the Saskatchewan budget

Funding for health, marshals, firefighting: Highlights of the Saskatchewan budget

REGINA — The Saskatchewan government tabled its latest budget on Wednesday. Here are some of the highlights: — A deficit of $273 million, with total spending pegged at just over $20 billion.
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Manitoba premier to apologize to two men switched at birth in 1955

Manitoba premier to apologize to two men switched at birth in 1955

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew is set to apologize on behalf of the government to two men who were switched at birth in 1955 in a hospital north of Winnipeg.
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Toronto reports 21 mpox cases so far this year, after 27 cases in all of 2023

Toronto reports 21 mpox cases so far this year, after 27 cases in all of 2023

TORONTO — Twenty one cases of mpox have been confirmed in Toronto since the start of this year compared with a total of 27 cases for all of 2023, Toronto Public Health said on Wednesday.
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