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Poll: Canadians unsure online harms bill will make social media safer

Poll: Canadians unsure online harms bill will make social media safer

OTTAWA — Fewer than half of Canadians believe the federal government's plan to regulate social media sites will make platforms safer, a new survey suggests.
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In the news today: Canadians wary of online regulation, according to new poll

In the news today: Canadians wary of online regulation, according to new poll

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today...
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'Old MacDonald went broke': Technology helps grain farmers confront weather woes

'Old MacDonald went broke': Technology helps grain farmers confront weather woes

British Columbia grain farmer Malcolm Odermatt says all he can do is pray for rain this spring after repeated droughts sabotaged his harvest last year.
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Politicians want more competition but supply management still a 'sacred cow'

Politicians want more competition but supply management still a 'sacred cow'

OTTAWA — There aren't many issues that garner support across party lines in Ottawa these days.
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Gaza protests halt all in-person public access to Surrey, B.C., council meetings

Gaza protests halt all in-person public access to Surrey, B.C., council meetings

SURREY, B.C. — Protesters calling on city councillors in Surrey, B.C.
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Richmond, B.C., seeks federal funding to house refugees crowding homeless shelters

Richmond, B.C., seeks federal funding to house refugees crowding homeless shelters

RICHMOND — The City of Richmond in British Columbia is urging the federal government to provide more temporary housing for refugees and asylum seekers or pay for their use of the city's homeless shelter, where the newcomers took up about a third of a
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Canada's UN envoy says intervention is the best chance to heal gang crisis in Haiti

Canada's UN envoy says intervention is the best chance to heal gang crisis in Haiti

OTTAWA — Canada's ambassador to the United Nations says a looming military intervention is the best chance Haiti has of uprooting gangs that have wrought escalating chaos on the Caribbean nation for years.
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Samaritan, 80, who died after pushing woman from path of vehicle always helpful: son

Samaritan, 80, who died after pushing woman from path of vehicle always helpful: son

When Patrick Hare of Red Deer, Alta., visited a mall or a store he was the man who always held the door open for everybody, said his son Ron Hare.
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B.C. to hike commercial vehicle crash penalties after 35 over-height truck incidents

B.C. to hike commercial vehicle crash penalties after 35 over-height truck incidents

VICTORIA — British Columbia is looking to put the brakes on crashes into highway overpasses by imposing the highest fines and penalties in Canada. Penalties for crashes into overpasses or other highway infrastructure by commercial vehicles in B.C.
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Vancouver tent city to temporarily close over unsafe and unhygienic conditions

Vancouver tent city to temporarily close over unsafe and unhygienic conditions

VANCOUVER — Residents in Vancouver's only legal tent encampment are wary of a city plan to force them to temporarily move while it cleans up the site, an advocate said.
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