A photo taken on February 8, 2022 shows a box of Evusheld, a drug for antibody therapy developed by AstraZeneca for the prevention of COVID-19 in immunocompromised patients at the AstraZeneca facility for biological medicines in Södertälje, south of Stockholm, Sweden. (AFP)The European Medicines Agency’s human medicines committee has recommended granting a marketing authorisation for…Continue Reading

Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating two cases where police tried to clear protesters from Ottawa streets on Friday and Saturday.Police clear protesters near Parliament Hill on Friday, Feb. 18, 2022. Ontario’s police watchdog is now investigating two instances from Friday and Saturday in which police tried to remove protesters from the scene. (Brett Gundlock/The New York Times)Ontario’s police…Continue Reading

Watchdog slams ad criticizing COVID border restrictions for comparing travellers to hostages

Canada’s advertising watchdog has slammed a commercial paid for by a Florida man with a home on Vancouver Island for suggesting Canadians were held “hostage” by rules preventing them from crossing the U.S. border.This image is taken from an ad created by Florida resident John Adams to protest border restrictions. Canada’s advertising watchdog says ads…Continue Reading