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Health Canada approves Pfizer’s updated COVID-19 vaccine, manufacturer says
By Nicole Ireland and Hannah Alberga, The Canadian Press on September 24th, 2024
Pfizer Canada says Health Canada has approved its updated COVID-19 vaccine that protects against one of the most recently circulating variants of the virus. The Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine, called Comirnaty, targets the KP.2 subvariant of Omicron, replacing the previous version which targeted the XBB.1.5 Omicron subvariant. Health Canada recently asked provinces and territories to get ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Guilbeault calls out Poilievre over 2023 fundraiser with oil and gas executives
By Nojoud Al Mallees, The Canadian Press on September 24th, 2024
OTTAWA – Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is calling out Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre for holding a fundraising last year in Banff, Alta., with oil and gas sector executives. An Elections Canada filing shared by the Liberals shows that a number of executives, including the head of a major oil and gas company, attended a Conservative ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hackers didn’t gain access to Senate information in 2021 incident: officials
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on September 24th, 2024
OTTAWA – Senate officials say they were told in January 2021 about phishing emails targeting parliamentary accounts – attacks that were later attributed to hackers acting on behalf of Beijing. The officials say some of the emails made it through firewalls and landed in senators’ email inboxes, but no one opened the messages and the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Opening arguments expected in Jacob Hoggard’s sexual assault trial
By The Canadian Press on September 24th, 2024
HAILEYBURY, Ont. – Opening arguments are expected to get underway today in the sexual assault trial of Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard. Hoggard is facing a sexual assault charge for an incident alleged to have happened on June 25, 2016, in Kirkland Lake, Ont. The former Hedley frontman pleaded not guilty to that charge on Monday. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lockdown notice lifted as firefighters control battery fire at Port of Montreal
By The Canadian Press on September 24th, 2024
MONTREAL – The City of Montreal issued a lockdown notice for some residents of an east-end borough on Monday night due to a battery fire at the city’s port that has since been brought under control. Officials lifted the shelter-in-place advisory around 10:30 p.m., and the city indicated that tests had found nothing toxic in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Poilievre makes case for taking down the government to restore ‘promise of Canada’
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on September 24th, 2024
OTTAWA – Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre delivered a campaign-style speech in the House of Commons as he asked other members of Parliament to support a motion that could trigger an early election. Poilievre outlined his plans to increase revenue and reduce interest rates and debt, cut development taxes and restore what he calls “the promise ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Picket lines go up as strike begins at six grain terminals in Metro Vancouver
By The Canadian Press on September 24th, 2024
VANCOUVER – Picket lines have gone up at six grain terminals in Metro Vancouver as workers began a strike. More than 600 workers represented by Grain Workers Union Local 333 are off the job. Union president Douglas Lea-Smith says the employer need to come back to the bargaining table to negotiate a deal. The union ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Scientists use DNA to identify bones, find descendants of Franklin expedition sailor
By Bob Weber, The Canadian Press on September 24th, 2024
Human remains resting in a remote Arctic cairn, visible emblems of one of the North’s most enduring mysteries, finally have a name. Scientists have managed to identify bones belonging to a member of the Franklin expedition, a 19th-century voyage of exploration and discovery that ended in disaster, starvation and death. James Fitzjames – only the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau to attend General Assembly where Biden set to make final UN speech
By Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press on September 24th, 2024
NEW YORK – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to attend the opening of the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, where U. S. President Joe Biden will give a speech as tensions in the Middle East and Russia’s war in Ukraine cast a shadow over the global gathering. It will be the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: MPs set to debate Tory non-confidence motion
By The Canadian Press on September 24th, 2024
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… MPs set to debate Tory non-confidence motion The House of Commons is set to debate a Conservative non-confidence motion today, as the Tories try to take down Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government. It’s the first test for the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Scotch Tape and wet paper’: Healing fragile B.C. health system is key election issue
By Ashley Joannou, The Canadian Press on September 24th, 2024
Mike Goetz has added bill collector to his list of responsibilities as mayor of Merritt in British Columbia’s Interior. In June, Goetz sent the province an invoice for $103,831.87, the cost, he said, for closures of the Nicola Valley Hospital emergency room. He said the bill for the 19 closures last year and the first ... Read More »
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