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Here’s a blood clot doctor’s advice for those hesitant about the AstraZeneca vaccine

Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — As the federal government ramps up its mass inoculation campaign, one Canadian hematologist is reassuring people that the benefits of receiving the COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine still outweigh the risks, despite a rare risk of blood clots. Dr. Menaka Pai, an associate professor of

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Canada on ‘solid footing’ in negotiations for more AstraZeneca vaccines from U.S.: Anand

Click here for updates on this story     OTTAWA, Ont. (CTV Network) — Procurement Minister Anita Anand says she is in continuous communication with her American counterparts about securing more doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine manufactured in the U.S., following an initial loan of 1.5 million. In an interview with CTV’s Question Period airing Sunday, Anand

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‘Funky pickles’ seized by Border Protection turn out to be $4 million worth of meth

Customs and Border Protection officers recently seized more than $4 million worth of suspected methamphetamine at the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge cargo facility, the agency said. On April 17, CBP officers examined a tractor-trailer hauling a commercial shipment of fresh cucumber pickles into Texas with a non-intrusive imaging system and found it was hiding 114 packages

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Enron Fast Facts

Here’s a look at Enron, an energy trading company that collapsed after a massive accounting fraud scheme was revealed. Its 2001 bankruptcy filing was the largest in American history at the time. Estimated losses totaled $74 billion. Facts Enron was ranked as America’s fifth largest company by Fortune magazine in 2002, despite its 2001 bankruptcy

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