The Province is providing $195M in funding in life sciences
Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 02 Mar, 2022 05:03 PM
The province is providing 195-million dollars in grant funding to help attract and retain top researchers in the life sciences field.
Jobs Minister Ravi Kahlon says Michael Smith Health Research B-C will get 116-million dollars while Genome BC will get the rest in order to spur innovation.
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Kahlon says the province wants to leverage B-C's contributions to developing and manufacturing COVID-19 vaccines towards learning how to deal with future pandemics.
He says the funding could also help advance research in a range of areas including the development of new medications, rapid diagnostic tests for diseases and clean technology.Â
In a statement, the province says with a large and steady vaccine supply after most people have had their first jab, officials will be able to consider how they might be able to accelerate the delivery of second shots.
Sgt. Steve Addison said advancements in science, in combination with people's interest in learning about their ancestry, have opened a door to discovering who may have killed two boys, ages seven and eight.
The Ministry of Agriculture says two other mink on the farm, which has about 25,000 animals, are suspected to be positive for the virus. It says in a statement that the quarantine prohibits the movement of animals and materials from the property.
Police agencies throughout the Lower Mainland are aware of several conflicts involving numerous crime groups that have resulted in murders and attempted murders in recent weeks in public places. Police are expecting the violence to continue and escalate.
There are 4,890 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. A further 133,383 people who tested positive have recovered. There have been two new COVID-19 related deaths, for a total of 1,650 deaths in British Columbia.
Trudeau acknowledges that discussions about the border are ongoing, but he's tamping down any expectations that travel restrictions could be lifted soon.
