Category Archives: The Canadian Press
'Would you dare take it?': Critics fear B.C. is deregulating Chinese medicine
VANCOUVER - Tom Whitfield takes a ferry from Nanaimo to a traditional Chinese medicine clinic in downtown Vancouver every Monday for acupuncture and other treatment. The excursion sometimes consumes t...
Jan 06, 2026
'Would you dare take it?': Critics fear B.C. is deregulating Chinese medicine
VANCOUVER - Tom Whitfield takes a ferry from Nanaimo to a traditional Chinese medicine clinic in downtown Vancouver every Monday for acupuncture and other treatment. The excursion sometimes consumes t...
Jan 06, 2026
Eby pitches 'pivot' from oil pipeline to refinery talks after Maduro capture
VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier David Eby said Canada needs to "pivot" from talk of a potential new pipeline carrying oil bound for Asia and instead think about building a new refinery. Eby said ...
Jan 06, 2026
BR-Chinese-Medicine
VANCOUVER - Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners and students are protesting against plans by the B-C government to deregulate the prescribing, compounding, and dispensing of Chinese medicine. D...
Jan 06, 2026
Ukraine's allies praise major progress on defense guarantees if a peace deal is struck with Russia
PARIS (AP) - Ukraine's allies said they made major progress Tuesday toward agreeing on how to defend the country if a peace deal is struck with Russia, saying they were ready to provide international ...
Jan 06, 2026
Trump says US to get 30 million to 50 million barrels of oil from Venezuela at market price
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - President Donald Trump said Tuesday on his social media site that "Interim Authorities" in Venezuela would be selling 30 million to 50 million barrels of "High Quality" oil t...
Jan 06, 2026
Doctors fear CDC vaccine recommendation changes will fuel vaccine hesitancy in Canada
TORONTO - Sweeping changes to the childhood vaccine schedule in the U.S. are concerning doctors who say Canadian parents might get the false impression that it's unsafe to immunize their children. Ont...
Jan 06, 2026
Nova Scotia child attacked by three dogs has died, school officials say
HALIFAX - A child who was attacked by three large dogs on Saturday in Nova Scotia has died, according to local school and municipal officials. The Tri-County Regional Centre for Education says the los...
Jan 06, 2026
Israel clears final hurdle to start settlement construction that would cut the West Bank in two
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel has cleared the final hurdle before starting construction on a contentious settlement project near Jerusalem that would effectively cut the West Bank in two, according to a gov...
Jan 06, 2026
Quantum computing firm Photonic raises $180M in latest financing round
VANCOUVER - Quantum computing company Photonic Inc. says it has raised $180 million in its latest financing round which included Royal Bank of Canada and Telus as new investors. The Vancouver-based co...
Jan 06, 2026
