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CP NewsAlert: Health Canada approves first bivalent booster for kids ages 5 to 11
By The Canadian Press on December 9th, 2022
OTTAWA – Health Canada has approved a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine booster for use in children ages five to 11, which targets the original strain of the coronavirus and more recent variants. More coming. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 9, ... Read More »
1 responseSpeed up shift to family care, says B.C. coroner’s jury in death of Cree teen
By The Canadian Press on December 9th, 2022
A coroner’s jury has made 18 recommendations after an inquest into the death of a Cree teen who died in a British Columbia group home. They include calling on the Ministry of Children and Family Development to speed up a new approach to care, favouring family-based services over residential care by contracted staff. The body ... Read More »
1 responsePremiers to hold virtual news conference
By The Canadian Press on December 9th, 2022
Canada’s premiers plan to meet virtually today, a month after talks with the federal government on health-care funding ended without an agreement. The premiers have been calling on Ottawa to increase its share of health-care costs to 35 per cent, up from 22 per cent, and keep this level of funding going forward. Ontario Premier ... Read More »
1 responseProgress slow at COP15 talks but some agreement achieved, says environment minister
By The Canadian Press on December 9th, 2022
MONTREAL – Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says progress at an international meeting on saving the planet’s biodiversity isn’t proceeding as fast as he would like. But Guilbeault, a veteran of almost two dozen such high-level environmental conferences, says he’s pressing his colleagues from around the world to tell their negotiators to get down to ... Read More »
1 responseNew critical minerals strategy drilling down on six elements with most potential
By The Canadian Press on December 9th, 2022
OTTAWA – Canada’s new $4-billion critical minerals strategy will at first focus on the six categories of metals and minerals with the biggest potential for growth. Lithium, graphite, nickel, cobalt, copper and the group of 17 metals and minerals known as rare earth elements will be prioritized for investments in exploration, production and processing. Natural ... Read More »
1 responseCanada sanctions dozens in Russia, Iran, Myanmar ahead of global Human Rights Day
By The Canadian Press on December 9th, 2022
OTTAWA – Canada is sanctioning dozens of officials and companies from three of the world’s worst regimes for human rights. Ottawa will freeze any Canadian assets held by 67 people and nine entities in Russia, Iran and Myanmar. The new sanctions include officials who have cracked down on protests against the Russian and Iranian regimes ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In The News for Dec. 9: Playing Santa by mail will cost you more this holiday season
By The Canadian Press on December 9th, 2022
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 9… What we are watching in Canada … Canadians sending parcels this holiday season may be surprised to see a steep surcharge on domestic ... Read More »
1 responsePremiers to hold virtual news conference on struggling children’s hospitals
By The Canadian Press on December 9th, 2022
Canada’s premiers plan to hold a news conference in Winnipeg today as children’s hospitals struggle to deal with a wave of child illnesses. Hospitals across the country have been cancelling some surgeries and appointments as they redirect staff amid an increase in pediatric patients. Admissions are surging under a triple-threat of respiratory syncytial virus, influenza ... Read More »
1 responseAs nature talks unfold, here’s what ’30 by 30′ conservation could mean in Canada
By Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press on December 9th, 2022
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was unequivocal Wednesday when asked if Canada was going to meet its goal to protect one-quarter of all Canadian land and oceans by 2025. “I am happy to say that we are going to meet our ’25 by 25′ target,” Trudeau said during a small roundtable interview with journalists ... Read More »
1 responseUN Mideast refugee chief says Western funding shortfall could lead to turbulence
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on December 9th, 2022
OTTAWA – A funding shortfall for fragile Middle Eastern states that host refugees could lead to turbulence in international relations, the UN refugee chief for that region is warning. “The international community needs to carry part of its shared responsibility,” said Ayman Gharaibeh, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees director for the Middle East ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Progress slow at COP talks although some agreement achieved, says Guilbeault
By The Canadian Press on December 9th, 2022
MONTREAL – Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says there’s been agreement on one of Canada’s main goals at the international conference in Montreal aimed at protecting the world’s declining biodiversity. Guilbeault says the more than 190 nations at the COP15 meeting have agreed that Indigenous people must be fully consulted on conservation moves and play ... Read More »
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