72 m. ago OBI Pharma Announces U.S. FDA Clearance of IND Application for a Phase 1/2 Study of OBI

OBI-902 is the first ADC utilizing OBI’s proprietary GlycOBI® ADC enabling technology TAIPEI, Taiwan, May 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — OBI Pharma, Inc. (“OBI”), a clinical stage oncology company（4174.TWO), today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA） has cleared an investigational new drug （IND） application for OBI-902, to conduct a Phase 1/2 study. […]

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3 h. ago FBI reassigns agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest

WASHINGTON — The FBI has reassigned several agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, two people familiar with the matter said Wednesday. The reasons for the moves were not immediately clear, though they come as […]

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4 h. ago GOLDSTEIN: Carney’s claim he wants to make Canada energy superpower is suspect

The problem with Prime Minister Mark Carney saying he wants to make Canada an “energy superpower” in both conventional and clean energy is that Canada is already a superpower in conventional energy. We’re the world’s four largest producer of oil and fifth largest producer of natural gas. The problem is that when it comes to […]

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4 h. ago US and Ukraine Sign Agreement on Access to Natural Resources

The US and Ukraine reached a deal over access to Ukraine’s natural resources Wednesday, according to a person familiar with the accord, a move that Kyiv sought to solidify President Donald Trump’s backing in ceasefire talks with Russia.

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5 h. ago Direct Energy Regulated Services Announces Natural Gas Rates for May 2025

CALGARY, Alberta, April 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Direct Energy Regulated Services has announced default natural gas rates for May 2025. These rates will apply to customers who do not currently have a competitive supplier within the ATCO Gas North and South service territories. The method DERS uses to calculate the rates has been verified […]

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5 h. ago Police watchdog investigating man’s death at James Smith Cree Nation in Saskatchewan

The Saskatchewan Serious Incident Response Team is investigating the death of a man on the James Smith Cree First Nation after RCMP attempted to arrest him.

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6 h. ago Jeff Sperbeck, former agent for John Elway, dies after injury at 62

LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) — Jeff Sperbeck, a business partner and former agent for NFL Hall of Famer John Elway, died Wednesday after suffering an injury last weekend at a Southern California golf resort community. He was 62. No cause of death was released, but the Riverside County coroner’s office said Sperbeck was injured Saturday […]

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6 h. ago Prosecutor says officer killed in gunman’s Pennsylvania hospital attack was hit by cops

YORK, Pa. — An officer killed while responding to a Pennsylvania hospital siege was struck by a shotgun blast fired by police that also killed an armed man holding hostages, a prosecutor disclosed at a news conference Wednesday. West York Patrolman Andrew W. Duarte was killed in the gunfire in York on Feb. 22, while […]

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6 h. ago Hamilton hospital patient’s death under investigation: ‘Not due to natural causes’

The death of a patient at a hospital in Hamilton is now under investigation. Hamilton Police say a female patient, whose identity has not been released, was found “unresponsive” at St. Joseph’s Healthcare, West 5th Campus, around 4 p.m. on April 23. “At first, it was believed the patient had died from a medical episode,” […]

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7 h. ago American Kitchen Cabinet Alliance Submits Comments Urging Strong Action in Section 232 Investigation to Save 250,000 American Jobs

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — As part of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Section 232 investigation, the American Kitchen Cabinet Alliance (AKCA) recently submitted formal comments to the U.S. Department of Commerce as part of the Section 232 investigation on Timber, Lumber and Derivatives (including cabinets). Unfairly traded cabinet imports many of […]

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7 h. ago Security officers who attended UVic overdose death to testify at inquest

Testimony at Day 3 of the Sidney McIntyre-Starko coroner's inquest to include student witness, two security guards who treated the victims.

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7 h. ago UVic security officer defends actions on day of overdose death

Security guard Nikolas Murphy thought it was possible the two patients had been exposed to toxic drugs, but didn't act on that hunch after asking several student witnesses who said they knew nothing about drug use.

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7 h. ago UVic security officer defends actions on day of student overdose death

Security guard Nikolas Murphy thought it was possible the two patients had been exposed to toxic drugs, but didn't act on that hunch after asking several student witnesses who said they knew nothing about drug use.

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8 h. ago Man found dead in vehicle in west Edmonton, 2 others arrested

Edmonton Police Service homicide detectives are investigating a suspicious death after a man was found dead in The Hamptions area of west Edmonton around midnight Tuesday.

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8 h. ago Surgeries cancelled at one of Quebec’s largest hospitals after violent storm

MONTREAL — A series of violent storms that swept through Quebec on Tuesday knocked out power to more than 144,000 clients, including one of the largest hospitals in the province, and badly injured a teenager in Montreal. Montreal’s Maisonneuve-Rosemont hospital — its rapidly aging infrastructure in serious need of major renovations — was hit with […]

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9 h. ago Accused was 'a dupe' in killing of drug dealer: Defence lawyer

The woman on trial for the first-degree murder of a drug dealer whose body was found in a barrel near the Thames River was used as a “dupe” for the actual perpetrators of the crime, defence counsel said Wednesday. Defence counsel for Ashley Bourget, who pleaded not guilty in the death of Grant Norton, a […]

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10 h. ago Man charged with arson in fire that disrupted Western University exams

London police have charged a man with arson following a fire that disrupted exams at Western University. Emergency crews were called to campus around 2:30 p.m. on April 24 to reports of a fire at the Social Sciences Centre, where firefighters doused a blaze, police said. Nobody was injured. Investigators ruled the fire suspicious and […]

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10 h. ago Toronto man captured on video attacking delivery driver with shopping cart

A shocking video making the rounds on social media shows a pedestrian attacking a delivery driver using a shopping cart in what appears to be a completely unprompted assault.Video captured just before 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Apr. 29, 2025 shows a pedestrian launch a shopping cart into a bike lane along Danforth Avenue near Monarch Park, striking and injuring a food delivery driver on an e-bike.The food courier was reportedly hospitalized due to the attack.The clip, which is circulating in the Danforth East York Woodbine Community Facebook group, has generated much discussion. Among those shocked by the incident is personal injury lawyer and cyclist rights advocate David Shellnutt, who issued a statement on the seemingly random assault.Trigger Warning: Person on an E-Bike Assaulted yesterday morning on the Danforth near Monarch.We are asking the community to help identify this individual & report to TPS. Please be vigilant out there, stay safe & look out for each other....

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10 h. ago Ukraine and US Working on Last Details of Critical Minerals Deal

Negotiators from Ukraine are in Washington ironing out the final details of an agreement to develop the country’s natural resources that they hope will strengthen their economic partnership with the US, according to people familiar with the discussions.

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11 h. ago SIU probe underway after alleged gunman shot by Ottawa police

SIU probing police shooting in downtown Ottawa after a 24-year-old man was shot by officers near Rideau Centre. The man was taken to hospital and is in stable condition.

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