Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Andrea Woo
Publication Date: June 6, 2025 - 06:00
Fentanyl czar focused on combatting opioid trade, despite tariff distraction
June 6, 2025
Canada’s fentanyl czar says he is “singularly focused” on disrupting the flow of the synthetic opioid, regardless of U.S. efforts to weaponize trade policy over debunked claims that it is pouring south across the border.In a wide-ranging interview with The Globe and Mail, Kevin Brosseau said evidence shows that Canada is not the provenance of the illicit fentanyl being seized stateside – despite President Donald Trump using that as a basis to justify some of his tariffs.
Unpublished Newswire
Officials say a wildfire near Squamish, B.C., which forced the evacuation of the nearby Alice Lake Provincial Park and triggered a local state of emergency earlier this week, is now classified as being held after help from cool, cloudy weather conditions.The BC Wildfire Service announced the fire was being held, meaning the fire is expected to remain within its current perimeter based on fuel and weather conditions and resource availability, on Saturday afternoon.
June 15, 2025 - 09:37 | Nono Shen | The Globe and Mail
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is in Ottawa to meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney today before the two leaders leave for the G7 leaders’ summit in Alberta.He will meet Carney this morning in his West Block office on Parliament Hill before both leaders fly separately to Calgary.
June 15, 2025 - 09:16 | Dylan Robertson | The Globe and Mail
Two people died from carbon monoxide poisoning on Saturday in Gatineau, Que., the local fire department tells Radio-Canada.
June 15, 2025 - 09:05 | | CBC News - Ottawa
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