Reading Time: 2 minutes Post Views: 230 “Mr. Scheer disqualified himself from constructive discussions with his unacceptable speech earlier today,” said Prime Minister Trudeau when asked why he didn’t invite Andrew Scheer to a meeting of party leaders to discuss a resolution to the protests and blockades. The House was back in session yesterday to discuss key issues affecting […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Post Views: 150 Chinese pharmaceutical company Zhejiang Hisun Pharmaceutical said that it received permission from the country’s authorities to sell the drug Favipiravir as a potential drug for coronavirus. Free News reported with reference to Reuters. The company said that it will continue clinical trials of the drug after it appears on the market in […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Post Views: 39 Today, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau convened the Incident Response Group to discuss the Government of Canada’s engagement to resolve infrastructure disruptions caused by blockades across Canada as soon as possible. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Finance Bill Morneau, Minister of Transport Marc Garneau, Leader […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Post Views: 23 The Government of Canada has chartered a plane to repatriate Canadians on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship docked in Yokohama, Japan. This decision was taken because of the extraordinary circumstances faced by passengers on the Diamond Princess and to lighten the burden on the Japanese health-care system. The Canadian Government has been working closely with […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Post Views: 76 The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Burundi, Ghana and Zambia have licensed an Ebola vaccine, just 90 days after World Health Organization (WHO) prequalification. Registration of the vaccine is expected in additional countries in the coming weeks. The approval of the Ebola vaccine by these countries is another milestone in the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Post Views: 61 Lac Seul, Treaty 3 Territory, ON The Government of Canada and First Nations communities are working in partnership to improve water infrastructure on reserves and support access to safe, clean and reliable drinking water. The Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Indigenous Services, together with Chief Derek Maud and the community of Lac Seul First […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Post Views: 42 The Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces have identified Lieutenant John Gordon Kavanagh, a Canadian soldier of the Second World War who was buried as an unknown soldier in 1947 in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s section of the Steenderen General Cemetery in the Netherlands. Lieutenant John Gordon Kavanagh […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Post Views: 23 Former US Vice-President Joe Biden takes only the fifth place. WASHINGTON-Senator Bernie Sanders, who calls himself a democratic socialist, has surged ahead in the race among Democrats who took part in the New Hampshire presidential primary on Tuesday. After counting nearly 90 percent of the ballots, Sanders, the leader of the progressive […]