Moncton Hospital program

The Moncton Hospital has launched a new website to help shorten wait times at the emergency department.

It will help patients figure out where they should go to receive health care in the most timely fashion.

Horizon Health says that around one in four patients who go to the emergency room, have non-urgent symptoms and could receive faster care elsewhere.

Federal pot bill

The Trudeau government has introduced its marijuana bill.

Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says the long-standing prohibition against pot has been an abject failure, police are spending $3 billion a year trying to stamp out cannabis use.

The bill spells out who can legally buy pot and outlines tough new penalties for selling to minors, but it leaves many regulations up to the provinces such as age limits and where it can be sold.