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The Biden administration is preparing to soon finalize highly anticipated standards targeting menthol cigarettes despite heavy opposition from small business, civil rights, law enforcement and free market consumer groups. The regulations, which would broadly ban the product, were first proposed by the Food and Drug Administration two years ago and have sparked a contentious debate between health advocates and … Read more

Last April, half a million Montreal households were in the cold and dark. A bus detours around fallen branches that knocked out power in Beaconsfield after an April ice storm. A report in December highlighted a “marked decline” in Hydro’s network, its aging assets and shortcomings in maintenance and tree-trimming operations. Photo by John Mahoney … Read more

“It needs to be removed. Changing who charges it doesn’t remove things.” — Premier Scott Moe on the carbon tax. It’s unlikely there will any relationship between Saskatchewan and Ottawa as long as Premier Scott Moe and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau remain in office.Photo by Justin Tang /THE CANADIAN PRESS Premier Scott Moe has dispensed … Read more

Many readers are expressing concern with the city’s plan for blanket rezoning of established neighbourhoods.Photo by Azin Ghaffari /Postmedia Network An opportunity for equitable access to housing There are 600 to 1,180 accessible units in Calgary’s affordable housing stock, yet approximately 46,000 Calgarians live with a mobility disability and qualify for affordable housing. The number … Read more

In terms of cynicism, the federal Liberals have never taken a back seat to anyone when it comes to that dubious political virtue Gas prices increased throughout the city as the latest carbon tax increase came into effect on Monday.Photo by Darren Makowichuk /Postmedia As with many things today, carbon taxes are more about politics … Read more

Smoke rises from Lytton, B.C., on June 30, 2021, after wildfires forced its residents to evacuate — a day after the town set a Canadian temperature record at 49.6 degrees Celsius.Photo by JR Adams/Handout via REUTERS Picture the scenario in which you must suddenly abandon everything, gather your children, and evacuate your work and home. … Read more

Officials and rescue experts say they’re convinced the only way to save the two-year-old orca calf is to risk hoisting it from the tidal lagoon near Zeballos, B.C. Francisca Barros, left, and Ivisa Simunovic, visiting from Vancouver, spot the orphaned orca calf who has been stranded since its pregnant mother died after being caught when … Read more

The 2024 U of S Images of Research photo and imaging competition celebrates the beauty and artistry in the work of University of Saskatchewan researchers. The 2024 U of S Images of Research photo and imaging competition celebrates the beauty and artistry in the work of University of Saskatchewan researchers. The grand prize winner was A Curious Male … Read more