Category Archives: Economy
New Merck pneumonia vaccine OK’d in US weeks after Pfizer’s
U.S. regulators have approved a new pneumonia vaccine from Merck, more than a month after OK'ing an improved version of rival Pfizer’s shot.
Shell, British Columbia, Ottawa team up on clean energy centre
VANCOUVER — British Columbia, Ottawa and Shell Canada are joining together to open a centre that will invest in low-carbon technologies. Premier John Horgan says each of them will contribute seed money of $35 million to stimulate other investment from...
Visitors welcomed back to indoor Niagara Falls attractions as restrictions ease
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. — Visitors returned to long-shuttered tourist attractions and restaurant dining rooms in Ontario's Niagara Region on Friday, where local leaders have been calling for the reopening of the Canada-U.S. border to support the area's eco...
Government body sets deadline for grocery code of conduct
OTTAWA — Canada's agriculture ministers have given the country's grocers until the end of the year to propose measures to regulate the industry. It comes after the ministers heard from a working group created to improve transparency and fair dealings ...
Maryland House speaker supports cannabis referendum
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland’s House speaker announced her support Friday for a referendum to legalize marijuana on next year’s ballot.
MPs on finance committee to discuss timing for changes to small business tax rules
OTTAWA — A parliamentary committee will hold a rare summer meeting next week about when Ottawa plans to change tax rules on the sale of small businesses between family members. Conservative MP Larry Maguire's private member's bill passed amended the In...
The Latest: Britain tops 50K cases ahead of easing rules
LONDON — Britain has recorded more than 50,000 new coronavirus cases for the first time in six months. Government figures showed
‘He was our eye’: Reuters photographer killed in Afghanistan
LONDON (AP) — A Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer for the Reuters news service was killed Friday as he chronicled fighting between Afghan forces and the Taliban near a strategic border crossing amid the continuing withdrawal of U.S. and NATO troops. ...
Rescuers race to prevent more death from European floods
BERLIN (AP) — In one flooded German town, the ground collapsed under family homes. In another, floodwaters swept through an assisted living center, killing 12.
UK daily infections top 50,000 days before virus rules eased
LONDON (AP) — The U.K. recorded more than 50,000 new coronavirus cases in one day Friday for the first time in six months, as the British government’s top medical adviser warned that the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 could
