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Unpublished Newswire
Canada’s competition watchdog is suing DoorDash Inc. DASH-Q and its Canadian subsidiary for marketing its online delivery services at a lower price than what consumers actually wind up paying.The Competition Bureau says an investigation found DoorDash customers were unable to purchase food and other items at prices advertised on DoorDash’s websites and mobile apps because of mandatory fees added at checkout.
June 9, 2025 - 12:50 | Tara Deschamps | The Globe and Mail
A defence lawyer in the sexual assault trial of five former world junior hockey players asserted in his closing submissions on Monday that the accusations against the players began as a “white lie” that eventually got out of control.David Humphrey, who is representing Michael McLeod, told the London, Ont., courtroom that the complainant — a woman known as E.M. because her name is protected by a publication ban — changed her story after the 2018 incident in an effort to mask her regret over a night of partying.
June 9, 2025 - 12:48 | Grant Robertson | The Globe and Mail
Some evacuees being told they can return home after weekend rain dampened fire activity in Saskatchewan.
June 9, 2025 - 12:40 | Chris Vandenbreekel | Global News - Canada
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