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South Asians behind $22.5M gold robbery at Toronto airport
Two men who worked for Air Canada allegedly played key roles in the theft of some $22.5 million in gold and cash from Toronto Pearson International Airport last spring, police say. Continued on Page 14...
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VPD deputy chief says 50% drug seizures are from Safe Supply Drug The deputy chief of the Vancouver Police Department told a House of Commons committee this week that 50 per cent of hydromorphone seizures in B.C. had been diverted from “safe supply” drugs. The comments set off criticism by B.C. United MLAs and the federal Conservatives, who said it was evidence of the unintended consequences of the province’s prescription opioid program, which aims to reduce toxic drug deaths. They accused the B.C. NDP government and Ottawa of ignoring the public safety implications of a “taxpayer-funded drug trafficking” program. Appearing before the House of Commons health committee on Monday, Fiona Wilson, who is also president
of the B.C. Association of Chiefs of Police, said 20 per cent of the patients who are prescribed hydromorphone receive the opioid through the government’s safer supply program. “We also know that about 50 per cent of the pills that (police) come across that are hydromorphone can indeed be attributed to safe supply,” Wilson said. “And, you know, that’s just in recognition of the fact that someone who’s on a bonafide safe supply program has a more regular significant supply of hydromorphone.” Wilson said the bigger concern, however, is organized crime groups producing counterfeit hydromorphone, which looks exactly like the real thing but “could absolutely be deadly.”
Modi’s Hindu-first approach makes him a god to some Indian voters — and a danger to others
Canadian grandma on her deathbed leaves scathing final words for PM Trudeau
As Narendra Modi travelled along a main street in India’s southern Karnataka state, standing in a flower-laden pickup truck adorned with more than 10 photos of himself, the cheers grew louder and more ecstatic. Hundreds of the prime minister’s supporters spent hours waiting for a glimpse of the politician, who was in Mangaluru briefly on Sunday for an election event called a “roadshow,” which lasted slightly more than an hour. It was one of the many pit stops Modi made as he criss-crossed the vast country in the week before voting in India’s marathon election begins Friday, dropping into more than a dozen Indian states as he aims to secure a third straight term. Continued on Page 14...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is no stranger to hate mail. Just look under any of his posts on X, and you’ll find thousands of messages from Canadians who are less than pleased with his leadership. But one Canadian grandma took it a step further, sending Trudeau some scathing final words — from her deathbed. TikTok user @furyatthewall shared a video of her “dying grandma” sending a message to the politician in her hospital bed on Tuesday. “Doctors told me I’m on my way out, meaning, I’m dying,” grandma says in the video. “And you know what? I am so damn happy that I’ll finally get Justin Trudeau out of my life.” The TikTok now has over 330,000 views. It has received mixed reactions from folks in the comments.
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