Tag Archives: Health
Canadian producers hoping U.S. eases cannabis prohibitions nervously eyeing calendar
WASHINGTON - Canada's cannabis industry, banking on the chance to expand into the United States, is nervously eyeing the American political calendar and the Biden administration's narrow legislative w...
Jun 14, 2021
Canada to receive 9.5M vaccine doses this week thanks to influx of Moderna shots
OTTAWA - Canada is poised to receive around 9.5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses this week thanks to a massive infusion of shots from Moderna. The federal government says the Massachusetts-based pharmac...
Jun 14, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Monday, June 14, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Monday June 14, 2021. There are 1,402,126 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 1,402,126 confirmed cases (16,955 active, ...
Jun 14, 2021
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Monday, June 14, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Monday June 14, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 383,285 new vaccinations administered for a total of 29,008,156...
Jun 14, 2021
Canada donating 13M surplus COVID-19 vaccine doses to poor countries
CARBIS BAY, United Kingdom - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged 13 million surplus vaccines to help the world get immunized against COVID-19 as he and other G7 leaders wrapped up a weekend summit i...
Jun 13, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for June 13, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Sunday June 13, 2021. There are 1,401,006 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 1,401,006 confirmed cases (17,599 active, ...
Jun 12, 2021
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on June 13, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Sunday June 13, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 398,766 new vaccinations administered for a total of 28,624,871...
Jun 12, 2021
Alberta launches COVID vaccine lottery with million-dollar prizes to encourage uptake
EDMONTON - Alberta is launching a multimillion-dollar lottery in a bid to encourage more residents to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Premier Jason Kenney unveiled some details of the "Open for Summer Vaccine...
Jun 12, 2021
Canada paid a premium to get doses from Pfizer earlier than planned
OTTAWA - Canada paid a premium to get more than 250,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine delivered last December, weeks earlier than planned. The detail is contained in heavily redacted contracts ...
Jun 12, 2021
Canadian drug companies want new pricing regs delayed again until after pandemic
OTTAWA - Almost three dozen Canadian pharmaceutical companies made a direct appeal to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last month to delay the new drug pricing regulations for a third time. The companies...
Jun 12, 2021