Jun 8 2023 — Laura Osman, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Internal emails from the agency tasked with regulating the price of patented drugs in Canada shows discord and division was sparked by a letter from the health minister, culminating in an indefinite pause on major drug-price reforms and severa...
Jun 8 2023 — Laura Osman, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Internal emails from the agency tasked with regulating the price of patented drugs in Canada shows discord and division was sparked by a letter from the health minister, culminating in an indefinite pause on major drug-price reforms and severa...
Jun 4 2023 — Laura Osman, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Allowing new Canadians to take the oath of citizenship by clicking a box online is a disgusting idea that will cheapen the process and open the door to fraud — or a forward-thinking notion that will help decrease a backlog of citizenship appli...
Jun 4 2023 — Laura Osman, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Allowing new Canadians to take the oath of citizenship by clicking a box online is a disgusting idea that will cheapen the process and open the door to fraud — or a forward-thinking notion that will help decrease a backlog of citizenship appli...
May 26 2023 — Laura Osman, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Spouses, children and parents of recent immigrants will be able to join their loved ones in Canada more quickly as the government shifts to a new system to approve family reunification applications, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser announced F...
May 26 2023 — Laura Osman, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Spouses, children and parents of recent immigrants will be able to join their loved ones in Canada more quickly as the government shifts to a new system to approve family reunification applications, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser announced F...
May 25 2023 — Laura Osman, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — A new plan to force hospitals to report adverse effects of "natural health products" such as herbal remedies and supplements has come as a surprise to manufacturers, who say they were blindsided by the proposed change. The federal government i...
May 25 2023 — Laura Osman, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — A new plan to force hospitals to report adverse effects of "natural health products" such as herbal remedies and supplements has come as a surprise to manufacturers, who say they were blindsided by the proposed change. The federal government i...
May 23 2023 — Laura Osman, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau marked the 150th anniversary of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on Tuesday by acknowledging mistakes the force has made in the past, and expressing hope for change. The RCMP has planned events Tuesday and throug...
May 23 2023 — Laura Osman, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau marked the 150th anniversary of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on Tuesday by acknowledging mistakes the force has made in the past, and expressing hope for change. The RCMP has planned events Tuesday and throug...
May 18 2023 — Laura Osman, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Sgt. Eric Mueller's casket was placed gingerly before a crowd of thousands in Ottawa on Thursday, who gathered to pay tribute to the 10th police officer killed on the job in Canada in the last eight months. The crowd included the Ontario Provi...
May 11 2023 — Laura Osman, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos was warned that pharmaceutical companies had steadfastly refused to engage on drug-price reforms before he urged an independent federal agency to pause those reforms in favour of more consultation, a 2021 memo ...
May 11 2023 — Laura Osman, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos was warned that pharmaceutical companies had steadfastly refused to engage on drug-price reforms before he urged an independent federal agency to pause those reforms in favour of more consultation, a 2021 memo ...
May 3 2023 — Laura Osman, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The threats started with phone calls in 2011 to her home in Kandahar. The mother of six had no idea her Canadian brother was working so close by, just 10 or 15 kilometres away, until the Taliban told her. "Your brother is working for foreigner...
May 3 2023 — Laura Osman, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The threats started with phone calls in 2011 to her home in Kandahar. The mother of six had no idea her Canadian brother was working so close by, just 10 or 15 kilometres away, until the Taliban told her. "Your brother is working for foreigner...