Belleville remains under a state of emergency with little hope on the horizon
June 16, 2025
More than a year after Belleville, Ont., declared a state of emergency triggered by a spate of overdoses linked to the opioid epidemic, people at the heart of the crisis say things have gone from bad to worse.
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On any given day, drones buzz in the skies above Quebec’s detention centres looking to drop tobacco, drugs or cellphones to the inmates below. Statistics from Quebec’s Public Security Minister show staff reported 274 drones flying over provincial centres between January and March – or just over three a day. That doesn’t include the 10 federally-managed prisons in the province.
June 16, 2025 - 07:26 | Morgan Lowrie | The Globe and Mail
The horse racing commission in Atlantic Canada said the event happened on June 14 at Woodstock Raceway in New Brunswick and confirmed the child's death.
June 16, 2025 - 07:17 | Gabby Rodrigues | Global News - Canada
A coastal Newfoundland town besieged for decades by the fetid stench wafting from an abandoned fish-sauce factory has finally received good news.Steve Ryan, the mayor of St. Mary’s, N.L., said he nearly broke down in tears when officials with the Newfoundland and Labrador government told him the province would foot the bill to clean up the festering site. The promise brings residents close to the end of a decades-long ordeal that has kept them indoors on beautiful days, lest the smell get in their hair and clothes.
June 16, 2025 - 07:14 | Sarah Smellie | The Globe and Mail
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