TORONTO - Shares of Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corp. (TSX:TKM) shot up about 46 per cent Friday following a U.S. regulatory decision that relaxes safety precautions on the Vancouver-based company's experimental drug for treating Ebola.
VANCOUVER - Four months after B.C.'s public auto insurer identified a multimillion-dollar billing error, cheques are being mailed to customers reimbursing them for the mix-up.
VANCOUVER - Carl Robinson needs a little bit extra from the Vancouver Whitecaps. The rookie head coach has watched his team earn points in seven of its last Major League Soccer games but with just one win over that span Vancouver has tumbled out of a Western Conference playoff position.
OTTAWA - Trouble in Canada's anemic jobs market continued into July as a paltry 200 jobs were added during the month, falling spectacularly short of expectations.
MONCTON, N.B. - A New Brunswick man pleaded guilty today to three first-degree murder charges in the fatal shootings of three RCMP officers in Moncton.
MELVILLE, Sask. - She isn't from the culinary centres of Canada, but a Saskatchewan woman has taken the cake in a national baking contest.