Canada News

Canada stops use of one batch of flu vaccine

Reuters - Mon Nov 23, 12:58 PM ET

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Some Canadian provinces have stopped using a particular batch of the H1N1 flu vaccine after six people experienced severe allergic reactions, the country's health agency said on Monday.

  • N.Y. sentencing of Canadian insider trader delayed Reuters - Mon Nov 23, 4:11 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Canadian attorney behind what U.S. prosecutors describe as the largest insider trading scheme in Canadian history was denied entry to the United States and could not be sentenced on Monday.

  • Canadian retail sales continue climb in September Reuters - Mon Nov 23, 4:14 PM ET

    OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian retail sales grew twice as much as expected in September as consumers ramped up spending on a wide range of goods, suggesting the economy grew at a healthy clip in the month.

  • TSX opens higher as resource stocks rally Reuters - Mon Nov 23, 9:43 AM ET

    TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index shot higher at the open on Monday as stronger prices for Canadian exports like oil and gold supported the resource-heavy index.

  • Tories, Liberals slip as NDP surges: poll Reuters - Fri Nov 20, 9:00 PM ET

    TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's ruling Conservatives and the main opposition Liberals both lost ground in a poll published on Friday as the left-leaning New Democrats enjoyed a surprising surge in public support.

  • TD Bank hit with lawsuit in Florida Ponzi case Reuters - Fri Nov 20, 9:01 PM ET

    MIAMI (Reuters) - TD Bank was hit with a multimillion-dollar lawsuit on Friday calling it the "financial epicenter" of an alleged Ponzi scheme run by disgraced Florida lawyer Scott Rothstein.

  • Ciena beats NSN to buy Nortel's businesses for $769 mln Reuters - Mon Nov 23, 12:31 PM ET

    HELSINKI/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ciena Corp agreed to buy the optical networking and ethernet equipment businesses of bankrupt Nortel Networks for $769 million after trumping a bid from Nokia Siemens Networks.

  • Strike unlikely at Canada Chrysler supplier: union Reuters - Fri Nov 20, 5:04 PM ET

    TORONTO (Reuters) - Workers at a Johnson Controls plant in Canada that makes parts for Chrysler minivans are unlikely to go on strike this weekend, even if labor negotiations go past the Friday deadline, the union said.

  • Canada will stay the course on stimulus: Flaherty Reuters - Fri Nov 20, 3:29 PM ET

    TORONTO (Reuters) - Finance Minister Jim Flaherty on Friday vowed to resist big, new spending measures in his next budget, but said it was too early to pull stimulus away from a still shaky economy.

  • Lesbian U.S. deserter to get new Canada hearing Reuters - Fri Nov 20, 3:48 PM ET

    OTTAWA (Reuters) - A Canadian court ordered a new refugee hearing on Friday for a U.S. Army deserter who claimed she would face persecution because of her homosexuality if returned to the United States.