Consumer Affairs & Relations

Wrongfully accused: Doctor arrested for child porn in case of mistaken identity suing police for $3 million
Police were looking for a man named Dustin Barnett. But when they tried to trace an email account through a Google search, they got Dr. David Barnett's email in error and arrested him–even after a judge flagged the mistake, according to the doctor's lawyers.
Doctor ordered pregnancy and urinalysis tests without telling patients
Saskatoon physician Dr. Laura Tanyi-Remarck has been suspended for two months and ordered to pay close to $31,000 in hearing costs.

CVS Health to give pharmacists dedicated lunch break

Beginning Feb. 28, several CVS Pharmacy locations will close for lunch in order to give their pharmacists an uninterrupted break.
Federal government invokes Emergencies Act for 'illegal' blockades

This is the first time the Emergencies Act has been invoked since it came into force in 1988.
Trudeau, premiers discussing Emergencies Act to battle blockades across Canada

The Emergencies Act allows a government to invoke temporary measures, including barring people from gathering or travelling to certain locations, to protect national security, public order and public welfare.
Everything on table to end illegal protests but threat of violence a concern: Trudeau

Trudeau says the people still illegally blocking streets in Ottawa and border crossings to the United States must go home or face increasingly severe consequences that could ruin their lives.
Walmart backtracks on policy that required customers spend $35 to get rapid tests

Walmart has changed its policy that customers had to spend $35 in store to receive free rapid tests after Doug Ford Tweeted that he was against the requirement.
Advocates thrilled as court orders Health Canada to reassess glyphosate decision

The chemical was first authorized in Canada in 1976 and is currently found in more than 100 weed killers, many of them used by farmers to control weeds in the fields.
Vaccine mandate 'not an issue at all,' CEO of Canada's largest trucking company says

The vast majority of TFI's Canadian drivers are inoculated against COVID-19.
Ottawa residents, protesters scheduled to clash in court

Superior Court Justice Hugh McLean had set a 1 p.m. deadline to get all documents and cross-examinations done before he would rule on one part of the proposed class-action.

Wrongfully accused: Doctor arrested for child porn in case of mistaken identity suing police for $3 million

Doctor ordered pregnancy and urinalysis tests without telling patients

CVS Health to give pharmacists dedicated lunch break

Federal government invokes Emergencies Act for 'illegal' blockades

Trudeau, premiers discussing Emergencies Act to battle blockades across Canada

Everything on table to end illegal protests but threat of violence a concern: Trudeau

Walmart backtracks on policy that required customers spend $35 to get rapid tests

Advocates thrilled as court orders Health Canada to reassess glyphosate decision

Vaccine mandate 'not an issue at all,' CEO of Canada's largest trucking company says

Ottawa residents, protesters scheduled to clash in court