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Health professionals, patients challenging rejection to use psilocybin in training

Health professionals, patients challenging rejection to use psilocybin in training

A group of health-care workers and patients have turned to Federal Court in an effort to overturn Health Canada's rejection of their request to use a restricted psychedelic drug for professional training.
Vancouver council approves zoning to allow multiplex units in most neighbourhoods

Vancouver council approves zoning to allow multiplex units in most neighbourhoods

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim says the city has taken a "huge step" toward "housing attainability" by approving multiplex units in single-family neighbourhoods, but critics of the plan argue the step is little more than a shuffle.
N.B. Premier Blaine Higgs says he has no intention of leaving, will run again

N.B. Premier Blaine Higgs says he has no intention of leaving, will run again

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs says he is not going anywhere, despite dissent earlier this year from within his Progressive Conservative party.
Younger voters will be critical in 2024. Biden and Trump are taking different paths to reach them

Younger voters will be critical in 2024. Biden and Trump are taking different paths to reach them

HAMPTON, Va. (AP) — Students were dancing in the aisles and their seats in the Hampton University auditorium long before Vice President Kamala Harris took the stage for the first stop of her fall college tour.
Like his dad, retiring Mitt Romney embraced moderate conservatism. He fears the GOP has lost its way

Like his dad, retiring Mitt Romney embraced moderate conservatism. He fears the GOP has lost its way

Mitt Romney's announcement this week that he will not seek another term in the U.S. Senate came with a distant echo of his father’s departure from politics five decades ago.
Biden's Medicare price negotiation push is broadly popular. But he's not getting much credit

Biden's Medicare price negotiation push is broadly popular. But he's not getting much credit

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is trumpeting Medicare's new powers to negotiate directly with drugmakers on the cost of prescription medications — but a poll shows that any immediate political boost that Biden gets for enacting the overwhelmin
Canadian tech organization urges 'responsible' approach to AI regulation

Canadian tech organization urges 'responsible' approach to AI regulation

TORONTO — An organization representing more than 150 Canadian tech companies is calling on the country to take a sensitive but speedy approach to artificial intelligence.
Volatile world, arbitrary detentions have Ottawa seeking more friends at UN next week

Volatile world, arbitrary detentions have Ottawa seeking more friends at UN next week

OTTAWA — The Trudeau government is planning to use next week's United Nations General Assembly to try building momentum against states using people as pawns in diplomatic spats, with the help of former detainees such as Michael Kovrig.
The Justice Department says there's no valid basis for the judge to step aside from Trump's DC case

The Justice Department says there's no valid basis for the judge to step aside from Trump's DC case

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is challenging efforts by former President Donald Trump to disqualify the Washington judge presiding over the case charging him with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 election .
AP Election Brief | What to expect in Pennsylvania's special election

AP Election Brief | What to expect in Pennsylvania's special election

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the third time in less than eight months, a special election will decide control of the narrowly divided Pennsylvania House of Representatives and provide political reinforcements to either the commonwealth’s Democratic governor
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