41 h. ago FDA to offer faster drug reviews to companies promoting ‘national priorities’

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators will begin offering faster reviews to new medicines that administration officials deem as promoting “the health interests of Americans,” under a new initiative announced Tuesday. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary said the agency will aim to review select drugs in one to two months. FDA’s long-standing accelerated approval […]

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2 w. ago Opinion: It's time to rebuild a strong public health presence in Alberta

Public health services in Alberta are increasingly sidelined and alarmingly diminished. Today, those of us with decades of service in the field are speaking out because core elements of Alberta’s public-health system are being quietly dismantled. Alberta’s health restructuring has split oversight of health-care services into siloed ministries for acute care, primary care, assisted living, […]

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3 w. ago Here's what it will be like on Toronto's new direct train to Muskoka

After more than a decade without passenger rail service, the long-anticipated Northlander is officially returning to Ontario's rail network next year. Operated by the provincially owned Ontario Northland Railway, the service was discontinued in 2012 and replaced with express buses. Now, it's set to relaunch sometime next year with expanded service and new trains, and here's a peek into what the experience will look like. The reinstated Northlander will run a bi-directional route between Toronto's Union Station and Timmins, with a rail connection to Cochrane.The route is set to include 16 stops in total, including Toronto (Union Station), Langstaff, Gormley, Washago, Gravenhurst, Bracebridge, Huntsville, South River, North Bay, Temagami, Temiskaming Shores, Englehart, Kirkland Lake (Swastika), Matheson, Timmins, and Cochrane.  The Northlander will operate using new Siemens Venture trainsets, which are currently in production and...

Transport

3 w. ago Liberals request auditor general investigation into collapsed Metrolinx deal

In mid-May, Metrolinx confirmed it had ended an agreement it signed with a consortium to provide "faster, more frequent" service across its GO train network.

Economics

3 w. ago Thousands mark 5th anniversary of George Floyd’s murder as they call for justice

MINNEAPOLIS — Police reform and civil-rights activists joined thousands of ordinary people Sunday to mark the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s murder and decry the Trump administration for setting their efforts back decades. The Rev. Al Sharpton said at a graveside service with the dead man’s family in Houston that Floyd, 46, represented all of […]

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4 w. ago Metrolinx partnership to offer ‘faster, more frequent’ train service ends 2 decades early

In January 2024, Metrolinx announced it had partnered with ONXpress, made up of Deutsche Bahn and Canadian Aecon Concessions, to plan and run its rail system.

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