Unpublished Newswire
Conservative MPs are calling for a parliamentary investigation into Spanish drugmaker Grifols’s GIFOF use of Canadian-donated blood plasma to make medicines for sale abroad.The call follows a Globe and Mail investigation that found Canadian Blood Services is selling some blood components to Grifols to manufacture a product called albumin, as part of a complex arrangement between the international pharmaceutical company and the Canadian charity to collect and process blood plasma.
August 13, 2025 - 19:38 | Chris Hannay | The Globe and Mail
Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner says the federal government needs to do more to fight Canada’s devastating forest fires.Speaking to reporters Wednesday in Ottawa, the Alberta MP accused Ottawa of “inaction” on wildfires. She also blamed that lack of action for new measures restricting activities in the forests of two provinces — even though those bans were imposed by the provinces themselves.
August 13, 2025 - 18:26 | Nick Murray | The Globe and Mail
A raging wildfire that has forced evacuations on south-central Vancouver Island has shown some of the most severe levels of fire behaviour, a display that is “unusual” for the region, the British Columbia Wildfire Service said.An update posted by the service said the blaze, located about 12 kilometres south of Port Alberni, has been burning at rank four and five on a six-point scale.
August 13, 2025 - 18:09 | Brenna Owen | The Globe and Mail
Did you hear the story about the OC Transpo bus that took a wrong turn at Bayshore Shopping Centre? Well, it somehow got wedged underneath a shopping mall sign, and it left a giant mess near the parking garage. On the plus side, nobody was hurt, mainly because no passengers were on board the bus when it happened. CTV’s Dave Charbonneau delivers the details. Later in Hour 4, CTV’s Katie Griffin explains how a brand-new landscaping project quickly turned into a horrific nightmare for one Kanata couple. And finally, we preview tonight’s CTV Ottawa supper-hour newscast with...
August 13, 2025 - 18:03 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Sante Quebec, the Crown corporation that oversees the province’s healthcare network, is planning to launch a pilot project next year. It would examine the possibility of doctors incorporating the use of A.I. into their day-to-day practices, moreso tackling the unnecessary mountain of paperwork that today’s physicians have to deal with. Plume A.I. – one of the approved platforms – would also assist in taking notes during patient-doctor appointments. And at the start of each appointment, doctors would have to explain this A.I. process to each patient, requiring...
August 13, 2025 - 18:02 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Expensive rent prices, dirty apartments in a state of disrepair, and irresponsible landlords resemble just a handful of the localized student-levied complaints that Canada’s Capital has seen over the past year. And with Ottawa currently housing a pair of high-in-demand universities, not to mention a large college system, that’s not the picture you want to paint. However, according to a recent report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, this crisis isn’t an isolated emergency, nor is it sudden. Kristy Cameron investigates further with Nir Hagigi, who is...
August 13, 2025 - 18:01 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
