COVID-19

OTTAWA – Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization says some groups of people vulnerable to severe illness from COVID-19 should be eligible for another dose of vaccine in the spring. The recommendation issued Friday says people aged 65 and older, residents of long-term care homes and seniors living in other congregate settings may … Read more

McKesson Corp. is planning to sell Canadian drugstore chain Rexall Pharmacy Group, a source familiar with the process told Reuters on Friday, seven years after the U.S. drug distributor bought the business for about $3 billion (US$2.2 billion). Texas-headquartered McKesson has mandated CIBC as a sellside financial advisor, according to the source. A … Read more

Friday marks the second anniversary since Elnaz Hajtamiri disappeared, and police continue to search for answers to what happened to the woman from Richmond Hill, Ont. who is now presumed dead. “The lengths for which the OPP and, our policing partners, and the public have contributed in our efforts to try and locate … Read more

People who took an anti-malaria treatment that Donald Trump touted as a cure for Covid-19 in the early days of the pandemic and waning days of his presidency were 11% more likely to die from the virus, according to a new scientific study. The study’s authors – who published their findings in the peer-reviewed Biomedicine … Read more

BEIRUT – Syria’s government is giving the United Nations permission for another six months to use a major border crossing with Turkiye to bring aid into the country’s rebel-held northwest. Syria’s mission to the UN said in a statement late Thursday that the Bab al-Hawa crossing should be “effectively operationalized in a way … Read more

Dozens of products sold at grocery stores across Canada are being recalled due to possible contamination with salmonella. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency issued the recall Friday for 38 types of cereals and granola bars made by Quaker Canada. Multiple flavours of the Quaker Dipps granola bars, chewy bars, yogurt bars and … Read more

Dozens of women who were stranded in the UK and gave birth there during the Covid pandemic have been saddled with expensive maternity care bills, after Home Office delays in processing their visas. Visitors to the UK, some on temporary visas such as fiancee visas, found themselves unable to leave the country after the pandemic … Read more

Applying for a mortgage can be a lengthy process, to say the least. This is often exacerbated when you encounter questions that seem more suited to a political survey than a financial form. Your might wonder, for instance, why you’re being asked about potential “political targets” or “politically exposed” people in your family … Read more

The U.S. and U.K. launch a massive retaliatory strike against the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen, South Africa formally accuses Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians and former federal NDP leader Ed Broadbent has died. Here’s what you need to know to start your day. 1. Strike on Yemen: The U.S. and U.K. bombed more than … Read more