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Regulator to restart consultations on long-delayed drug-price reform guidelines

Regulator to restart consultations on long-delayed drug-price reform guidelines

OTTAWA — The federal agency that regulates the price of patented medicines plans to relaunch consultations on the finer points of long-delayed drug-price reform, the agency announced Wednesday.
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Mike Johnson, a staunch Louisiana conservative, is elected House speaker as GOP moves past chaos

Mike Johnson, a staunch Louisiana conservative, is elected House speaker as GOP moves past chaos

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans unanimously elected Rep. Mike Johnson as House speaker on Wednesday, eagerly elevating a deeply conservative but lesser-known leader to the major seat of U.S.
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Colleagues mourn Ontario Sen. Ian Shugart, former top civil servant, dead at 66

Colleagues mourn Ontario Sen. Ian Shugart, former top civil servant, dead at 66

OTTAWA — Ian Shugart, an Ontario senator and former top public servant, has died at the age of 66, Senate Speaker Raymonde Gagné confirmed on Wednesday.
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MAID growth steady as number of practitioners grows before expansion next year: report

MAID growth steady as number of practitioners grows before expansion next year: report

Medically assisted deaths jumped by 31 per cent in Canada last year as part of a continuing trend since the practice was legalized in 2016 for those with a serious and incurable illness or disability, a federal report says.
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Canada needs to move faster than the rest of the world on renewable energy: Wilkinson

Canada needs to move faster than the rest of the world on renewable energy: Wilkinson

OTTAWA — Canada needs to move faster on renewable energy as a new international energy outlook forecasts demand for all fossil fuels will peak in seven years, Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said Wednesday.
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French-language university heads criticize tuition hike for non-Quebec students

French-language university heads criticize tuition hike for non-Quebec students

MONTREAL — A group of French-language university leaders in Quebec is coming to the defence of English schools who say a planned tuition hike for out-of-province students could devastate their finances.
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Blair offers little on how 'humanitarian pauses' in Israel-Hamas war would work

Blair offers little on how 'humanitarian pauses' in Israel-Hamas war would work

OTTAWA — The federal government supports humanitarian pauses in the Israel-Hamas conflict to clear a path for critical aid to get to civilians in the Gaza Strip, but isn't quite sure yet how that would work, Defence Minister Bill Blair said Wednesday
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Inside Newfoundland and Labrador's private, for-profit homeless shelter system

Inside Newfoundland and Labrador's private, for-profit homeless shelter system

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A homeless woman says she's been placed back in the very system she was trying to escape when she began living in a tent across the street from Newfoundland and Labrador's legislature building.
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India resuming some visa services for Canadians, at consulates and abroad

India resuming some visa services for Canadians, at consulates and abroad

OTTAWA — India's high commission in Canada said on Wednesday that the country's officials will resume processing some types of visa applications for Canadians applying from across the country as well as abroad.
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Rules were followed in alleged Islamophobic incident involving U.K. MP: Air Canada

Rules were followed in alleged Islamophobic incident involving U.K. MP: Air Canada

OTTAWA — Air Canada staff followed procedure when they held back a British member of Parliament for extra questions during a recent diplomatic trip to Canada, the airline said in a statement on Wednesday.
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