OTTAWA - Addictions Minister Ya'ara Saks has rejected Toronto's request to decriminalize the possession of controlled drugs, citing concerns about public safety. More coming. The Canadian Press

MONTREAL - McGill University says it's going to court again to dismantle the pro-Palestinian encampment that has been set up on its downtown Montreal campus since late April. Earlier this week McGill failed to convince a Superior Court judge that the situation at the encampment was sufficiently urgent to justify a prov...

Health-care professionals are joining forcesto cut down on waste including single-use plastics, surgical gloves and syringes where possible. Many have provided recommendations to the advocacy group Choosing Wisely Canada. Here's a look at howclinicians can change their practice while caring for patients and the planet....

The National Advisory Committee on Immunization is recommending a universal immunization program against respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, for all infants. It says provinces and territories should work toward providing the antibody drug Nirsevimab for all infants before their first RSV season. But it says they c...

VANCOUVER - The president of the University of British Columbia has told pro-Palestinian protesters that the school must remain neutral on the Gaza conflict. Benoit-Antoine Bacon says in response to demands by the organizers of a protest encampment on the Vancouver campus that professors and students hold a broad range...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says some immigrants to Canada who lack official status need a pathway to help them stay, while in other cases Ottawa must speed up deportation procedures. The Liberals pledged in late 2021 to "explore ways of regularizing status for undocumented workers who are contributing ...

From new plant-leaning hospital menus tofewer surgical gloves, gas-spewing inhalers and single-use syringes, health-care professionals are finding ways to combat waste and pollutants. Dr. Wendy Levinson,chair of the eco-advocacy group Choosing Wisely Canada, said physicians are changing their practice to reduce the env...

Wildfires have forced thousands out of several communities in Western Canada. Roughly 6,600 residents have been told to leave their homes in Fort McMurray, Alta., while the rest of the city remains on evacuation alert. In Fort Nelson, B.C., the northern community of about 4,700 people has been evacuated for a week. And...

OTTAWA - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is ordering all petrochemical companies operating in Sarnia, Ont., to take steps to control leaks of the cancer-causing chemical benzene. The order comes a month after elevated levels of benzene pollution were recorded around the Ineos Stryolution plant in Sarnia. More co...

MONTREAL - A woman in Quebec's Eastern Townships has been awarded nearly $460,000 in damages after she was attacked five years ago by a trio of dogs. In a May 15 decision, a Quebec Superior Court judge ruled that the dogs' owner, Alan Barnes, and the municipality of Potton were jointly liable. The court said the munici...

FORT NELSON, B.C. - A rainy Thursday in and around Fort Nelson was exactly what fire crews were looking for. In a video released late Thursday night by the B.C. Wildfire Service, fire behaviour specialist for the Parker Lake and Patry Creek blazes Evan Peck said recent rain was much needed and made for excellent condit...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Rain, cooler temperatures help Western wildfires The oilsands hub city of Fort McMurray got a watery reprieve from a menacing wildfire Thursday as steady rain fell and water cannons delivered a soaki...