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VANCOUVER - Advocates for drug users are raising concerns about British Columbia's request for Health Canada to empower police to step in when they see illicit drug use in public spaces, saying it may be a step backward in the fight against the deadly opioid crisis.

Advocates say public drug use ban will impact homeless, impoverished the most

Advocates for drug users are raising concerns about British Columbias request for Health Canada to empower police to step in when they see illicit drug use in public spaces, saying it may be a step backward in the fight against the deadly opioid crisis.

In Toronto, officials have asked Health Canada to approve a decriminalization plan that is even more sweeping than what was tested in B.C.

Premier asks government to reintroduce ban, ending Canada’s first large attempt to gauge effects of decriminalization

OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives are pushing the Liberals to stop allowing drug use in public after British Columbia announced it wants to scale back its decriminalization pilot project.

Also: Ontario issues tougher rules for cellphone use and vaping in schools

Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada

The federal Conservatives are pushing the Liberals to stop allowing drug use in public after British Columbia announced it wants to scale back its decriminalization pilot project.

Pro-Palestinian protesters have established an encampment at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver in solidarity with the people of Gaza amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.