Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Kelly Grant
Publication Date: October 6, 2024 - 19:25
Vaccine manufacturer won’t be making COVID shots at Montreal plant this winter
October 6, 2024
At the height of the pandemic in February of 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced he had found a partner to make millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccines in a new factory his government was building to assuage concerns that Canada didn’t have enough manufacturing capacity to make its own shots.More than three years later, that partner, Novavax Inc., won’t be making vaccines at the publicly owned plant in Montreal for the 2024-2025 season, which is part of the reason the federal government isn’t ordering any of the company’s shots for Canadians.
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Global Affairs Canada says it has now helped more than 1,000 passengers leave Lebanon as the conflict between Israel and the Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah intensifies.The department says one flight on Saturday open to Canadians in Lebanon carried 126 passengers, and another on Sunday carried 139 out of the country.
October 6, 2024 - 22:32 | | The Globe and Mail
Hometown favourite Chris Boucher produced 13 points and six rebounds as the Toronto Raptors defeated the Washington Wizards 125-98 in their pre-season opener at the Bell Centre on Sunday.
October 6, 2024 - 22:11 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Ottawa
Hundreds of Jewish Canadians and their allies gathered Sunday on Parliament Hill to remember the victims of the Hamas attacks on Israel on Oct. 7 of last year.Carrying the flags of Israel and Canada, and yellow balloons to commemorate those who were kidnapped by Hamas militants that day and are still being held hostage in Gaza, the group gathered at Ottawa City Hall and then marched to Parliament Hill, where members of the victims’ families, religious leaders and Canadian politicians addressed the crowd.
October 6, 2024 - 21:29 | John Ibbitson | The Globe and Mail
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