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Covid-19: India receives consignment of 300 ventilators from Canada

Amid a devastating second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, India received another consignment of 300 ventilators from Canada

Canadian province halts AstraZeneca first doses over blood clot concerns

Canada's largest province said Tuesday it will stop giving out first doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine due to concerns over its link to rare blood clots

Canada authorises Pfizer coronavirus vaccine for age 12 and older

The vaccine was previously authorised for anyone 16 or older

Canada to provide $10 mn to help India fight against Covid-19: Trudeau

Canada will provide $10 million to India to support the country in its fight against the unprecedented second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced

Canada joins list of countries to ban flights from India over coronavirus

Canada has said it would ban all flights from India and Pakistan for 30 days due to the growing wave of Covid-19 cases in that region

Canada considers China as top concern to its national security: Report

China is one of Canada's chief national security concerns, the country's National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP) said on Monday in a report

Coronavirus variants spread leads to surge of new cases in Canada

The rapid spread of more contagious Covid-19 variants is believed to have driven a devastating third wave in Canada

Canada's Ontario to go into four-week lockdown amid coronavirus cases rise

The Canadian province of Ontario will go into a four-week lockdown effective Saturday amid a steady rise in variant cases of the coronavirus disease, Premier Doug Ford announced on Thursday

BlackBerry misses 4th-quarter revenue est despite rebound in software sales

Canada's BlackBerry Ltd missed Wall Street estimates for fourth-quarter revenue on Tuesday, even as the company said sales of its QNX car software showed improvement

Canada halts AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine for adults under 55 years

Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) has recommended that the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine should not be used in adults under 55 years of age at this time

Canadian panel recommends AstraZeneca vaccine pause for under 55

Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunisation is recommending a pause on AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccinations for people under 55 for safety reasons

HCL Technologies launches digital acceleration center in Canada

HCL will provide next-gen services including digital and analytics solutions, cloud consulting and migration, cybersecurity, IT infrastructure and application services

Huawei lawyer challenges cop's claim he didn't share information with FBI

The refusal of the officer to testify at an extradition hearing for senior Huawei executive should cast doubt on credibility of his affidavit saying he didn't share with the FBI, defence lawyers said

US, UK, Canada call on China to end 'repressive practices' against Uyghurs

The United States, the UK and Canada slammed China for human rights violations and abuses against Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang

Second Canadian citizen goes on trial in China over spying charges

A second Canadian citizen held for more than two years on spying charges in apparent retaliation for Canada's arrest of a senior executive of the telecoms giant Huawei went on trial in Beijing

China's treatment of Canadians threatens respect for rule of law: Trudeau

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau slammed China's treatment of two of its nationals there, saying it threatens both 'respect for the rule of law' and Beijing's relationships with Western nations

US looks to Canada for minerals to build electric vehicles, documents show

The US government is working to help American miners and battery makers expand into Canada, part of a strategy to boost regional production of minerals used to make EVs and counter Chinese competitors

Land monetisation lessons: Canadian firm could be model for unlocking land

In the Union Budget, Finance Min­i­s­ter Nirmala Sitharaman had outlined the government's intent to monetise surp­lus public lands by way of direct sales, concessions or other means

Canada changes tack, recommends use of Astra vaccine in people over 65

The National Advisory Committee on Immunization said it was basing its new guidelines on three recent real-world studies that examined the effectiveness of the vaccine

Canada lags in Covid-19 vaccinations but expects to catch up quickly

Canada once was hailed as a success story in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, faring much better than the United States in deaths and infections because of how it approached lockdowns. But the trade-dependent nation has lagged on vaccinating its population because it lacks the ability to manufacture the vaccine and has had to rely on the global supply chain for the lifesaving shots, like many other countries. With no domestic supply, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government bet on seven different vaccines manufactured elsewhere and secured advance purchase agreements enough to get 10 doses for each of Canada's 38 million people. Regulators have approved the Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson vaccines. While acquiring them has proven difficult, that gamble appears to be about to pay off. Although Canada's economy is tightly interconnected with the US, Washington hasn't allowed the hundreds of millions of vaccine doses made in America to be exported, and ...