The man accused of providing a toxic salt to people seeking help with suicide is claiming his human rights have been violated multiple times in jail as he awaits trial for 14 counts of murder.

Kenneth Law, who is accused of killing suicidal customers who bought poison from his pandemic-era business, filed a complaint with the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario in April. In it, he alleges staff at the Maplehurst Correctional Complex in Milton, Ont., violated his rights in multiple ways in the months following his arrest in May, 2023.

The Toronto-area lawyer for alleged drug kingpin Ryan Wedding and a Vancouver man accused of laundering money for the former Olympic snowboarder appeared in court Wednesday as part of proceedings to extradite them to the U.S.

Two other men who are among the eight Canadians charged last week in relation to the alleged international drug-trafficking ring also had scheduled court appearances on Wednesday.

Educators used bear spray, bear bangers and anything they could to fend off a grizzly bear that attacked their Grade 4 and 5 students on a field trip into the woods on B.C.’s central coast.

Four people – one adult and three children – were badly mauled Thursday in the coastal community of Bella Coola and were airlifted to hospital in Vancouver, with two in critical condition, BC Emergency Health Services said. Seven others were treated for mild injuries and nine students from the Acwsalcta School unscathed, authorities said.

Mentally ill people in crisis are frequently discharged from Vancouver’s hospitals before their symptoms are adequately resolved because the limited bed space is needed for a stream of new patients, according to a long-time clinician who oversaw psychiatric care at Vancouver’s downtown hospital.

Bill MacEwan, the former head of psychiatry at St. Paul’s Hospital, said limited space means that health care workers in emergency rooms and psychiatric wards are constantly triaging people with complex mental-health problems.

An exhibition game between potential opponents at next year’s FIFA World Cup had fans complaining about missing the start of the sold-out match due to long lines at Toronto’s BMO Field, which is undergoing a massive expansion to play host to next summer’s tournament.

Fans took to social media to complain about long delays getting into the venue, including after the game had already started, and snarled traffic in and around the stadium, which is located west of the downtown core near Exhibition Place.