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Canada condemns Russian troop movements near Ukraine, mulls weapons supplies to Kyiv

Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly condemned Russia massing troops near Ukraine's borders on Tuesday and said Ottawa would take a decision at the appropriate time on supplying military hardware to Ukraine.

Reuters · Jan 18, 2022

Blink Charging To Supply Electric Vehicle Chargers To GM Car Dealerships

Blink Charging Co (NASDAQ:BLNK) said it is deploying EV chargers at General Motors Co (NYSE:GM) dealerships in the U.S. and Canada. Blink said it supplies IQ 200 Level 2 chargers to participating GM dealerships. Working with ABM Industries Inc (NYSE:ABM), Blink has already started shipping chargers to selected GM dealerships. The Blink IQ 200 chargers are the…

Benzinga · Jan 18, 2022

Farmmi Wins Follow-On Product Order For Canada Export

Farmmi Inc (NASDAQ:FAMI) said its subsidiary Zhejiang Farmmi Biotechnology Co Ltd won another follow-on product order. The financial terms were not disclosed. The latest order for dried Shiitake is from one of the company's long-term customers, which will export Farmmi's products to Vancouver, Canada. "We are seeing a higher level of customer…

Benzinga · Jan 18, 2022

China urges caution opening overseas mail after Omicron case

China is urging people to wear masks and gloves when opening mail, especially from abroad, after authorities suggested the first case of the Omicron coronavirus virus variant found in Beijing could have arrived via a package from Canada.

Reuters · Jan 18, 2022

Travel Woes as Winter Storm Blankets Eastern US and Canada

A major winter storm blanketed a swathe of North America in snow Monday as it sliced up the US east coast into Canada, disrupting travel and cutting power to thousands of homes. Many Americans who had been without electricity -- about 120,000 of them Monday afternoon -- seemed to be…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 18, 2022

UK gives Ukraine anti-tank weapons as Canada sends special forces

Moves come as Russia denies US claims that the country is looking for a pretext to invade Ukraine.

Al Jazeera · Jan 18, 2022

Trucker vaccine rule is making freight and fruit pricier

(Bloomberg) — New rules requiring truckers to show proof of vaccination when crossing the Canada-U.S. border are cutting into shipping capacity and boosting the cost of hauling everything from broccoli to tomatoes.

Tribune News Service · Jan 18, 2022

Canada deploys small contingent of special forces operators to Ukraine -Global News

Canada has deployed a small contingent of special forces operators to Ukraine, Canada's Global News reported on Monday, after security talks last week ended without a breakthrough in resolving tensions between Moscow and Kyiv.

Reuters · Jan 17, 2022

'Never' or just 'not yet?' How timing affects COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy

As COVID-19 case counts continue to rise across Canada, it is clear that we’re far from out of the woods with this pandemic. While much is still unknown about the Omicron variant, it seems very likely that existing vaccines will offer protection against severe cases of COVID-19, and Canada is…

The Conversation · Jan 17, 2022

Canada's pandemic recovery urgently needs a national school meal program

COVID-19 has exposed yet again the critical importance of Canada catching up with other G7 nations by developing and implementing a national school meal program.

The Conversation · Jan 17, 2022