Previous Western politician and mainstream news media hype about Syria's government allegedly using chemical weapon attacks abruptly silenced once it was understood that it was almost certainly rebel fighters who were making and using them. Apparently, chemical weapons are only a big deal when someone the West doesn't like uses them. Also, apparently, objective and truthful news reporting is an afterthought in Canada.
However, I notice that this G&M article actually is reporting the different responses to the recent chemical attack, rather than going straight to telling readers who did it, and what we have to do in response - so, perhaps somebody in the mainstream news media did learn something or gain a bit of integrity since the last time around.