The Ontario government polled addiction, health and safety advocates about its alcohol expansion plan in early 2023. They unanimously told the province to go slowly. As Global News' Queen's Park Bureau Chief Colin D'Mello reports, the government did the opposite.
High levels of lead were found in a dozen brands of cinnamon powder and spice blends, according to testing by Consumer Reports.
"It’s very hard for people to wrap their heads around death, especially someone choosing death."
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A state judge struck down North Dakota's abortion ban Thursday, declaring that broad guarantees of personal liberty in the constitution of his conservative, Republican-dominated state create a fundamental right to abortion before a fetus is viable.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is cracking down on cheap products sold out of China by companies such as Temu and Shein by saying that companies are no longer exempt from tariffs simply by shipping goods that they claim to be worth less than $800.
Russian officials and managers are perplexed by President Vladimir Putin's surprise threat to limit exports of strategic commodities in response to Western sanctions, and wonder if it can be realised without hurting Russia more than the West. Putin made the suggestion 23 minutes into a routine government meeting on Wednesday, asking Prime Minister Mikhaihttp://content.reuters.com/auth-server/content/tag:reuters.com,2024:newsml_RC24Z9A26PRA:1651302994/tag:reuters.com,2024:binary_RC24Z9A26PRA-BASEIMAGE?action=download&mediatype=picture&mex_media_type=picture&token=%2B854P35RKMFcPgXO4KIVcHhaOn2JnI3LImvrSv5CoSE%3Dl Mishustin to come up with some ideas that would not harm Russia's interests. Yet many of Russia's commodities such as oil, gas, nickel, titanium, gold and diamonds are already subject to various levels of voluntary or mandatory import restrictions or even bans imposed by the West itself.
China's commerce ministry has warned the country's carmakers of the risks of making auto-related investments overseas at a recent meeting, said two people briefed about the matter, as they seek global expansion to counter slowing growth in their home market. At a meeting held in early July, the ministry told local carmakers not to invest in India, citing a directive from the central government, "strongly advised" against investing in Russia and Turkey, and used a more gentle tone to highlight risks in building factories in Europe and Thailand, one of the people said. It also encouraged carmakers to use overseas factories for final vehicle assembly with knock-down components exported from China to mitigate potential risks stemming from geopolitical issues, said the person.
Chinese electric-vehicle (EV) makers' drive to go global hit a snag after Beijing urged them to avoid investing in countries like India and Turkey. The Ministry of Commerce convened executives from more than a dozen electric car makers in July, under so-called "window guidance", to discuss the risks of building plants abroad, according to Bloomberg. Two industry officials with knowledge of the situation confirmed the meeting took place and said the ministry told carmakers to better protect their
A newly revealed patent from Chinese lithography systems maker Shanghai Micro Electronics Equipment (SMEE) shows how domestic firms could progress in the local advanced lithography tools market despite US sanctions. The "extreme ultraviolet [EUV] radiation generators and lithography equipment" patent, filed in March 2023, was published publicly on Tuesday and is still being vetted by the China National Intellectual Property Administration, according to a record from company registry website Qich
TORONTO — BMO Financial Group says it has won the reversal of a 2022 jury verdict against the bank in a lawsuit related to a Ponzi scheme in the United States.
Ottawa Public Health (OPH) says a resident who died in August of brain inflammation had the eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus, a mosquito-borne disease that's rarely spread to humans.Like the West Nile virus, EEE is typically transmitted between wild birds and mosquitoes, according to OPH. It sometimes infects horses, hence its name, but is seldom passed on to people.Last month, OPH said there had only been three confirmed human cases in Ontario. As recently as Monday, Health Canada report
Arthritis Research Canada's Scientific Director Dr. Diane Lacaille discusses how advances in research are critical in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of the disease.
An Ontario hospital network says it will conduct an "extensive review" of an incident in which an elderly Sikh patient was shaved last month without permission.
F2G said on Thursday it has raised $100 million from investors including AMR Action Fund, backed by large drugmakers such as Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer, to help it develop treatments for infections caused by drug resistant "superbugs" or microbes. The funding also includes investment from Novo Holdings that holds a controlling stake in Novo Nordisk. The drug is being developed to treat invasive fungal infections including aspergillosis - a rare infection that is resistant to antifungal medication.
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Shares in Roche dropped to a two-month low on Thursday after an experimental weight-loss pill that carries high market hopes was linked to an elevated rate of temporary side effects in its initial test phase on humans. Roche shares were trading 3.5% down by 0940 GMT, the second biggest faller on the pan-European STOXX 600 index, after the company presented details on the trial with once-daily pill CT-996 late on Wednesday. According to a presentation at a meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes in Madrid, all 25 trial participants experienced mild or moderate side effects, or adverse events in industry parlance, including those that only received an ineffective placebo.
It’s a new name for a time-tested treatment to sculpt the jaw and define the neck.
Former Air Canada COO Duncan Dee says a pilot strike would have an impact on more than 600 flights every day and travellers would have limited options to re-book travel plans.
STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) — To Ruth Breeden, who assembles Ram trucks in this Detroit suburb, a simmering dispute between the United Auto Workers and Stellantis isn't merely about whether her employer will reopen a distant factory in Illinois. To her, the standoff is a danger sign for all UAW workers.
Weaker-than-expected demand is set to tip the oil market into a surplus over the next five quarters, Macquarie said in a Friday note
The manufacturer of Ozempic is testing amycretin, an experimental weight-loss pill that appears to help people quickly shed pounds.
Apple is bringing sleep apnea detection and hearing aid capabilities to its Apple Watch and AirPods Pro 2.
