WATCH: Erin O'Toole, Conservative party of Canada Gets New Leader | FDA Approves Plasma Therapy Covid19
Darpan News Desk Darpan, 24 Aug, 2020 07:59 PM
Conservative Party of Canada has a new face. Andrew Scheer is replaced by Erin O' Toole as the new party leader under the Conservative banner.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the use of blood plasma for what's called “emergency use” during the coronavirus pandemic, but the World Health Organization (WHO) cautioned that using blood plasma from COVID-19 survivors to treat other patients is still considered an experimental therapy.
The Canucks take a major whipping at the hands of the Vegas Golden Knights during Sunday's game.
Canada is negotiating deals with pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and U.S.-based biotech firm Moderna to secure millions of doses of their experimental COVID-19 vaccines, in case either is approved for wide-scale use.
The federal government has announced details of a $469-million program aimed at helping Canada's fish harvesters deal with the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lebanese-Canadians who watched in horror as an explosion tore through Beirut turned their attention to fundraising on Wednesday, saying it was one of the few things they could do to feel useful from the other side of the world.
Nearly half of Canadians would support an election being called if the federal watchdog finds Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to have violated the Conflict of Interest Act again over the WE charity affair, a new poll suggests.
The federal government is moving ahead with plans to make it easier for provinces and territories to spend billions of dollars on infrastructure projects to address the challenges posed by COVID-19.
The British Columbia government and the City of Vancouver are trying a new way to help get homeless people off the streets with the country's first-ever navigation centre.
