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Health Canada delays drug-pricing reforms, citing COVID challenges for manufacturers
Health Canada says it's delaying the implementation of long-awaited changes to Canada's drug-pricing regime by another six months. A spokesman for the department says the amendments to patented medici...
Jan 07, 2021
In wake of chaotic day on Capitol Hill, talk turns to expediting Donald Trump's exit
WASHINGTON, D.C. - As an uneasy peace settles over Capitol Hill, talk in the U.S. capital has turned to expediting Donald Trump's departure. Overnight, just hours after Trump supporters forced their w...
Jan 07, 2021
National group launches legal action to increase abortion access in New Brunswick
FREDERICTON - A national civil liberties group is launching a legal action against New Brunswick in order to increase abortion access in the province.The Canadian Civil Liberties Association filed a s...
Jan 07, 2021
US services sector grows for seventh consecutive month
SILVER SPRING, Md. - The U.S. services sector, where most Americans work, grew for the seventh consecutive month in December even as coronavirus cases surged through the holidays. The Institute for Su...
Jan 07, 2021
Man with gang ties is victim of targeted shooting in Surrey, B.C., say police
SURREY, B.C. - Investigators are appealing for witnesses, dashcam video or other surveillance tape as they investigate the first homicide of the year in Surrey, B.C. A statement from the Integrated Ho...
Jan 07, 2021
Biden win confirmed after pro-Trump mob storms US Capitol
WASHINGTON - Congress confirmed Democrat Joe Biden as the presidential election winner early Thursday after a violent mob loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol in a stunning attempt...
Jan 07, 2021
South Africa buys 1.5 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa says it will import 1.5 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to inoculate the country's health workers. This is South Africa's first announcement of the purchase of a C...
Jan 07, 2021
US trade deficit jumps to $68.1 billion in November
WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade deficit jumped to $68.1 billion in November as a surge in imports overwhelmed a smaller increase in exports. The November gap between what America buys from abroad compared...
Jan 07, 2021
Multi-family projects pace active downtown Nanaimo construction sector
NANAIMO - It doesn't take long to find a construction crew busy working away in Nanaimo, especially downtown.Numerous active projects are infilling under-utilized properties with four-to-five storey r...
Jan 07, 2021
Officials: Attacks around Afghanistan kill at least 23
KABUL - Attacks in Afghanistan left at least 23 civilians and security forces dead, officials said Thursday, even as Afghan negotiators were in Qatar to resume talks with the Taliban aimed at finding ...
Jan 07, 2021