The Canadian government awarded two of the largest medical supply contracts of the pandemic to importers participating in an invitation-only federal program rather than to Canadian manufacturers offering lower prices, according to a Global News investigation. The Toronto-area suppliers, BTNX and Switch Health, received contracts adding up to an estimated $2 billion for BTNX and $365 … Read more
The rising cost of living appears to be dragging down Canada’s birth rate, which recently hit its lowest level in recorded history. Ipsos polling done exclusively for Global News found most Canadians are having fewer children than they would like because it’s too expensive to raise them. The poll looked at responses from 1,001 Canadians … Read more
A deadly salmonella outbreak linked to cantaloupes that killed nine Canadians appears to be over, health officials say. The outbreak, which sent 68 Canadians to hospital between October and December last year, ended in January, Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) officials said in a health notice. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … Read more
Roughly 10,000 patients in rural Ontario could lose their doctor due to a provincial funding decision that splits a small town into haves and have-nots, according to the local clinic’s medical director. “To have half of our patient population go without those extra supports that we all desperately need right now is a major blow,” Dr. … Read more
Pushing a grocery cart up and down the aisles of Loblaws, Jagmeet Singh has to admit it’s all a little bit awkward. After all, the NDP leader has lambasted the grocery giant and its former president Galen Weston Jr. — famous among Canadians for his 30-second COVID-era TV and radio ads — for “ripping people … Read more
The head of Boeing‘s troubled 737 MAX program is leaving the company immediately as pressure mounts for the planemaker to address issues with production and safety after a door panel blew off one of its planes mid-air last month. The departure also comes ahead of the five-year anniversary next month of the deadly 737 MAX … Read more
Just hours before then-transportation minister Marc Garneau announced the grounding of Boeing 737 MAX-8 jets in March 2019, staff at his department prepared three very different speeches. They outlined three different scenarios: restricting the aircraft from Canadian airspace, as many countries already had, declaring the MAX-8 safe to fly, as the Americans did, or allowing … Read more
The federal government’s evolving plan to help protect Canadians from harm online could include a new ombudsperson to field public concerns and a regulator that would oversee the conduct of internet platforms. The new positions would be established as a part of the forthcoming online-harms legislation, which the government is currently hoping to announce by … Read more
A controversial bill proposing that porn sites should have an age verification requirement is coming up for study from the House of Commons amid concerns about its effectiveness in protecting minors and other privacy concerns. The owners of Pornhub, one of the largest porn sites on the internet, have opposed the bill, calling it the … Read more
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 16, 2024 5:06 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The House of Commons committee studying food prices is urging Loblaw and Walmart to sign on to the grocery code of conduct or risk having it made law. In a letter Friday, the … Read more
