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Toronto’s public health officer to step down at the end of the year
Toronto's Medical Officer of Health Dr. Eileen de Villa speaks to the media at city hall in Toronto, on Wednesday, April 24, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
canada
What Canadians need to know about AstraZeneca withdrawing its COVID-19 vaccine
Vials of the AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid-19 vaccine, also called Vaxzervria, are pictured at Stubley Medical Centre near Chesterfield, England on April 14, 2021. Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images
world
AstraZeneca pulls COVID-19 vaccine from European market
FILE - Medical staff prepares an AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine during preparations at the vaccine center in Ebersberg near Munich, Germany, Monday, March 22, 2021. The pharma giant AstraZeneca has requested that its European authorization for its COVID vaccine be pulled, according to the EU medicines regulator on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, FILE)
international business
AstraZeneca says it will withdraw COVID-19 vaccine globally as demand dips
FILE PHOTO: A vial labelled "AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine" is seen in this illustration taken January 16, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
opinion
The unlearned lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic
The Editorial Board
canada
Canada’s vaccine advisory committee releases new guidance on COVID-19 shots
Toronto Public Health nurse Jennifer Gadiwan, draws a dose Moderna into a syringe, at a Toronto vaccination clinic on Feb 3 2022. Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail. The clinic was held at a TCHC residence in Toronto’s Parkdale neighbourhood.
report on business
Business insolvencies rising to levels not seen since Great Recession
<div>Insolvencies in November were 5.1 per cent higher than in October, and 24.4 per cent higher than a year earlier. Shoppers walk past a boarded up storefront on Saint-Catherine Street in downtown Montreal, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi</div>
u.s. business
U.S. labour market still tight; productivity falters in first quarter
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 07: A now hiring sign is posted in the window of a Walgreens store on June 07, 2019 in San Francisco, California. According to a report by the U.S. Labor Department, The U.S. economy added 75,000 jobs in May compared to the 224,000 jobs that were added in April. The unemployment rate remained at 3.6 percent, a five decade low.(Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
world
Chinese scientist who first published COVID sequence stages protest after being locked out of lab
Virologist Zhang Yongzhen, the first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus, walks down a street in Shanghai, China on Dec. 13, 2020. Zhang was staging a sit-in protest after authorities locked him out of his lab. Zhang wrote in an online post on Monday, April 29, 2024, that he and his team were suddenly notified they were being evicted from their lab, the latest in a series of setbacks, demotions and ousters since he first published the sequence in early January 2020.(AP Photo/Dake Kang)
opinion
Canadians deserve a transparent report into the COVID-19 pandemic
Lynora Saxinger and Braden Manns
alberta
Alberta review of COVID-19 led by doctors who challenged vaccine policies expected next month
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith responds to a question during a news conference after a meeting of western premiers, in Whistler, B.C., on Tuesday, June 27, 2023. CBC News is retracting a report from January alleging someone in Premier Danielle Smith’s office emailed prosecutors to question the handling of cases involving a COVID-19 protest at a U.S. bordering crossing. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
film
Caitlin Cronenberg slashes her way into the family business with dark comedy Humane
Humane movie still Peter Gallagher feature on Caitlin Cronenberg, daughter of David and first-time filmmaker with dystopian thriller Humane
report on business
RBC chief economist Craig Wright to retire after 23 years in the role
TORONTO.JAN.11.2007 Craig Wright, Chief Economist, RBC Financial Group was one of the speakers at the Economic Club of Ontario's Economic Outlook 2007 breakfast. PHOTO BY FRED LUM/THE GLOBE AND MAIL DIGITAL IMAGE
british columbia
B.C. judge rejects bid to throw out Ibrahim Ali’s conviction for teen girl’s murder
A judge has rejected an application to to throw out the conviction of Ibrahim Ali for the murder of a 13-year-old in Burnaby, B.C. The Law Courts building, which is home to B.C. Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal, is seen in Vancouver, on Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
report on business
Unifor applies to represent two Amazon fulfilment centres in Metro Vancouver
<p>In this Feb. 14, 2019 file photo, people stand in the lobby for Amazon offices in New York. Unifor says it has filed two applications to represent Vancouver-area Amazon workers to the B.C. Labour Relations Board. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Mark Lennihan</p>
british columbia
B.C. launches spring COVID-19 booster program, targeting vulnerable and unvaccinated
New data suggest that COVID-19 activity in British Columbia continues to decrease, while influenza and RSV are on the rise. This colourized electron microscope image made available by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in November 2022, shows cells, indicated in purple, infected with the omicron strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, orange, isolated from a patient sample, captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Md. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-HO, NIAID/NIH
alberta
Jury selection begins in mischief trial over Coutts border blockade
A truck convoy of anti-COVID-19 vaccine mandate demonstrators block the highway at the busy U.S. border crossing at Coutts, Alta., Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. Jury selection has started in a trial for three men charged in connection with the blockade. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
basketball
Canada’s Aaliyah Edwards declares for 2024 WNBA Draft
UConn forward Aaliyah Edwards pulls in a rebound during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against South Carolina in Columbia, S.C., Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
world
Brazil’s Bolsonaro is indicted for first time over alleged falsification of his vaccination status
Former President Jair Bolsonaro addresses supporters during a rally in Sao Paulo., Brazil, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024. Bolsonaro and some of his former top aides are under investigation into allegations they attempted plotted a coup to remove his successor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
canada
‘Like 35-year-old woman in the body of a 70-year-old lady’: Four years into the pandemic, Canadians with long COVID are still struggling
Laurie Woelfle, 61, who has long Covid, photographed at her home in Calgary, Alberta on March 09, 2023 in Calgary, Alberta. (Photo by Leah Hennel / The Globe and Mail)