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Photo credit: CBC Toronto Public Health (TPH) has issued a drug alert after three suspected opioid overdose deaths earlier this week. CP24 reports that TPH says the reported fatalities are higher than the average number of opioid overdose-related deaths, which has been zero since 2023. The public health agency disclosed that the deaths occurred on January 7at private residences outside…

Photo credit: CBC MP Garnett Genius has accused a student group at York University of attacking free speech after he was denied permission to hold an event there. However, the university’s student centre said politics had nothing to do with its decision. The Canadian Press reports that Genius said his event  at the Toronto campus was…

Photo credit: Aljazeera Afghan migrants in Pakistan and Iran are living in fear of deportation. AMU reports that as the deportations continue, more than 3,300 Afghan nationals have been returned to Afghanistan on Thursday from Pakistan and Iran, the Taliban-run centre for refugees said. In a daily report, the commission said 622 families comprising 3,371 individuals were…

Photo credit: NBC News US Customs and Border Protection agents have shot two people in Portland, Oregon, just a day after an ICE officer shot and killed a mother-of-three in Minneapolis. The Daily Mail reports that Department of Homeland Security officials said Border Patrol agents were conducting a targeted vehicle stop at 2.19 pm outside Adventist…

Photo credit: AP News The US Department of Transportation said on Wednesday it is withholding $160 million in federal funds from the state of California for failing to cancel over 17,o000 improperly issued commercial driver’s licences held by non-US citizens. Reuters reports that the department first warned in September that it could take action. The…

Photo credit: the globe and mail Temporary foreign workers in Canada who are granted permanent residency tend to achieve greater economic mobility. They move up the economic ladder more quickly and secure wage increases in the years after settling, a new study has found. The Globe and Mail reports that the paper was published in December by…

Photo credit: the Guardian Authorities in the United Kingdom have severely restricted the right to protest. The Mirage reports that it contravenes their international human rights obligations, creating an environment in which peaceful dissent is increasingly treated as a criminal act, according to Human Rights Watch. A 47-page report, “‘Silencing the Streets’: The Right to Protest Under Attack…