Sep 21 2021 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be returning to Ottawa without the majority government mandate Liberals had hoped for when he called the early election last month. Early Tuesday, the Liberals were hovering between 155 and 157 seats. The former is the number they had when Trudeau called the election in August, and the […]
Sep 19 2021 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The federal election campaign entered its final hours on Sunday with party leaders making last-minute appeals in whirlwind tours of swing ridings, all while still trying to convince voters to buy into their version of what this vote is all about. NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, who is hopping around seven ridings in the […]
Sep 19 2021 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The federal election campaign entered its final hours on Sunday with party leaders making last-minute appeals in whirlwind tours of swing ridings, all while still trying to convince voters to buy into their version of what this vote is all about. NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, who is hopping around seven ridings in the […]
Sep 14 2021 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Calgary-based Providence Therapeutics says it has signed two contracts to have its developmental mRNA vaccine for COVID-19 manufactured in Canada. The company says it has signed a $90-million, five-year contract with Emergent Biosolutions to make part of the drug substance, and also to fill and finish the vaccine, at its Winnipeg manufacturing plant. […]
Sep 7 2021 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Police in London, Ont., say they are investigating after someone threw gravel at Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau during a campaign event Monday. A spokesman for the police service in the southwestern Ontario city said they are asking the public for information about the incident. Trudeau told reporters Tuesday he felt the gravel hit […]
Sep 7 2021 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said he will leave it to police to decide whether charges are warranted after he was pelted with gravel at a campaign stop in London, Ont., on Monday. Trudeau said he felt the stones hit him but that he wasn't hurt. "The RCMP will make decisions about followups," he […]
Sep 3 2021 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Canada's chief public health officer says there is an urgent need for more people between 18 and 39 to get vaccinated against COVID-19 to reduce the impact of the Delta variant. "This is a crucial moment," Dr. Theresa Tam said Friday at her first in-person COVID-19 briefing since Aug. 12. "We have a […]
Sep 3 2021 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Canada's chief public health officer says there is an urgent need for more people between 18 and 39 to get vaccinated against COVID-19 to reduce the impact of the Delta variant. "This is a crucial moment," Dr. Theresa Tam said Friday at her first in-person COVID-19 briefing since Aug. 12. "We have a […]
Aug 29 2021 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — An angry crowd of agitators surrounded Justin Trudeau's campaign buses and screamed profanity at the Liberal Leader during a campaign event in Cambridge, Ont., Sunday. The event was delayed more than hour as the throng of people blocked the entrance to the local sheet metal business where Trudeau made the first big climate […]
Aug 29 2021 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — An angry crowd of agitators surrounded Justin Trudeau's campaign buses and screamed profanity at the Liberal Leader during a campaign event in Cambridge, Ont., Sunday. The event was delayed more than hour as the throng of people blocked the entrance to the local sheet metal business where Trudeau made the first big climate […]
Aug 28 2021 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Green Party of Canada Leader Annamie Paul says she got into politics knowing it would bring a constant barrage of the unexpected into her life, and there is no denying that it has delivered. "It definitely is as advertised, which is a one of a kind experience that you really can never fully […]
Aug 28 2021 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Green Party of Canada Leader Annamie Paul says she got into politics knowing it would bring a constant barrage of the unexpected into her life, and there is no denying that it has delivered. "It definitely is as advertised, which is a one of a kind experience that you really can never fully […]
Aug 27 2021 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Health Canada has finally given the green light for Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine to be used to inoculate kids as young as 12. The original approval for Moderna in December 2020 was only for people at least 18 years old. Moderna applied for authorization for youth in early June, citing a clinical trial of […]
Aug 25 2021 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Canada's main political parties say they are putting your pocketbook at the top of their agendas, with varying promises to help make everything from housing to food to mobile phone bills less costly. Affordability was already a concern for many Canadians before the pandemic hit, but COVID-19 lockdowns and supply-chain constraints exacerbated many […]
Aug 25 2021 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Canada's main political parties say they are putting your pocketbook at the top of their agendas, with varying promises to help make everything from housing to food to mobile phone bills less costly. Affordability was already a concern for many Canadians before the pandemic hit, but COVID-19 lockdowns and supply-chain constraints exacerbated many […]