Why is B.C. the last province in Canada to allow cigarette sales in drugstores?
The question prompted a testy exchange in the B.C. Legislature earlier this week, spurred on by the advocacy of Sidney, B.C., anti-smoking advocate Leo Levasseur.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-cigarettes-drugstores-pharmacies-9.7214176?cmp=rss

Ruling in Kitchener encampment case 'send a clear message' about people's rights, housing advocate says
Marie-Josée Houle, the federal housing advocate, says the recent decision by a Kitchener, Ont., judge that prevented the Region of Waterloo from clearing an encampment without providing alternatives to the people living there shows governments ...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/federal-housing-advocate-statement-kitchener-encampment-ruling-region-waterloo-9.7215538?cmp=rss

N.B. child protection system failed youth who died of overdose, advocate says
New Brunswick’s child and youth advocate Kelly Lamrock says the province’s child protection system failed a teenager who died last year.
#Canada #KellyLamrock #NBchildprotectionreport
https://globalnews.ca/news/11871793/nb-child-protect-system-failed-youth-advocate/

N.B. child protection system failed youth who died of overdose, advocate says
New Brunswick’s child and youth advocate Kelly Lamrock says the province’s child protection system failed a teenager who died last year.
#Canada #KellyLamrock #NBchildprotectionreport
https://globalnews.ca/news/11871793/nb-child-protect-system-failed-youth-advocate/

N.B. child protection system failed youth who died of overdose, advocate says
New Brunswick’s child and youth advocate Kelly Lamrock says the province’s child protection system failed a teenager who died last year.
#Canada #KellyLamrock #NBchildprotectionreport
https://globalnews.ca/news/11871793/nb-child-protect-system-failed-youth-advocate/

City's cut to bottled water budget leaves gap as demand grows, Saskatoon advocate says
Station 20 West handed out about 2,000 bottles of water every week last summer to vulnerable people, but city council cut $50,000 in funding for the effort as part of a larger item eliminated during budget deliberations.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/saskatoon-water-homelessness-heat-crisis-9.7214245?cmp=rss

Second London Canada Day event cancels its fireworks, but one advocate says it’s overdue
Two weeks after the Byron neighbourhood cancelled its annual Canada Day fireworks, the Optimist Club of East London and Argyle BIA announced they will also cancel their nighttime fireworks due to budget constraints. One environmental and human rights advocate says she is welcoming the change.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/east-london-argyle-fireworks-cancelled-9.7214279?cmp=rss

Collisions into windows are killing birds in Kitchener. This advocate is trying to help them
A local bird advocate is sounding the alarm after hundreds of birds were found dead in downtown Kitchener since August. Experts are weighing in on the issue, asking residents to consider taking steps to help prevent unnecessary avian deaths.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/collisions-into-windows-are-killing-birds-in-kitchener-this-advocate-is-trying-to-help-them-9.7211515?cmp=rss

N.B. tables bill to create energy advocate to represent residents, small businesses
The legislation comes after the government mandated an independent review into the rising rates, aging infrastructure and roughly $6-billion debt of the public utility, NB Power.
#Politics #NBenergyadvocate
https://globalnews.ca/news/11864934/new-brunswick-energy-advocate/