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“Because you look at that Meghan Markle interview that you mentioned earlier and Oprah looks like an opportunist,” Ms Schofield told Sky News host Rita Panahi.
“There was no pushback, there was no follow-up.
“It just felt like it was Oprah taking advantage of a really toxic family’s internal situation.
“She kind of comes off as a snake oil salesman today.
“I just think that people don’t trust her the way that they used to.”
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A British Columbia pot franchise is laying claim to becoming the province’s first completely unionized cannabis chain and, indeed, one of the first in North America.
That’s because workers at Trees Cannabis locations in Nanaimo and Victoria have joined the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) in a drive to unionize the province’s weed workers.
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Read MoreCabinet-appointed election monitors found it “really difficult” to track Chinese interference in the 2021 campaign, says one director. Spotting the difference between misconduct and ordinary election activities was “a very fuzzy area,” the China inquiry was told.
“Had we been more certain we could have maybe applied more certainty to it,” testified Gallit Dobner, member of a Security and Intelligence Threats to Elections Task Force. “Does that make sense?” she asked.
The Task Force in a secret November 1, 2021 report Key Observations From General Election 44 said it was clear that China “sought to clandestinely and deceptively influence Canada’s 2021 federal election.” The report identified “online media activities aimed at discouraging Canadians from supporting the Conservative Party.
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Read MoreBruce Banman made the comments in an April 4 video posted on X by Conservative Party of B.C. candidate Damon Scrase.
“We found out that you can smoke meth apparently in the hospitals, that’s allowed, but if you refuse to get the jab you get fired,” Mr. Banman said, referring to a leaked memo that directed hospital staff not to take drugs from patients or interfere if drugs are being delivered to patients.
“How is that healthy to anybody?” Mr. Banman asked.
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Read MoreAlberta Premier Danielle Smith said there’s a “worrying trend” of prescription opioids seeping into the illegal market as she announced two new organizations to help those struggling with addiction.
Last month, Ottawa refused the Alberta government’s request to put chemical trackers in B.C.’s safe supply drugs to identify those drugs.
Smith says B.C. has a right to develop its own policy, but she has to ensure Alberta isn’t dealing with the fallout from it.
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Read MoreThe province announced a new agency under the Ministry of Mental Health and Addiction Tuesday which will fully absorb duties currently under Alberta Health Services as part of a massive restructuring.
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Read MoreTwo members of the world’s most notorious outlaw motorcycle gang were arrested Wednesday following a drug-trafficking investigation in the Quebec City region.
In a release, the Sûreté du Québec said the two Hells Angels were arrested along with 14 other people following an investigation by the National Organized Crime Repression Squad (ENRCO). The probe began in 2021.
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“The arrests of the 14 men and two women, aged between 22 and 62, took place in Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury, St-Étienne-des-Grès, Quebec City, La Pocatière, Ste-Brigitte-de-Laval, St-Férréol -les-Neiges, Vallée Jonction, Lévis and Saint-Bernard,” the SQ wrote in the release.
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Read MoreA multi-unit investigation, including members of several arms of the Manitoba RCMP, seized drugs, firearms and cash while making three arrests last week.
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Manitoba RCMP say 2.5 kilograms of cocaine were recovered, along with numerous firearms and more than $25,000 in cash after it raided five homes last Friday in Fairford, about 240 kilometres north of Winnipeg.
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Read MoreIllegal marijuana dealers remain a danger to public safety six years after Parliament legalized cannabis, a Department of Health panel said yesterday. The statutory review of Bill C-45 An Act Respecting Cannabis said marijuana use among postsecondary students was also worrisome.
“The illicit cannabis market remains entrenched and too many illicit retailers continue to operate both online and physical stores,” an Expert Panel wrote in its Legislative Review Of The Cannabis Act. “We are concerned with the criminal activity that persists outside of the legal framework.”
“The illicit production and sale of cannabis poses dangers to public safety,” said Legislative Review. “For example, illicit cannabis sales support other activities of organized crime such as money laundering and possession of firearms.”
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Read MoreSeventy-two BC doctors are urging the province’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, to reconsider expanding prescribed safer supply (PSS), claiming the practice is unscientific and could be dangerous long-term.
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