3 h. ago Zymeworks Appoints Scott Platshon as Acting Chief Investment Officer

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Zymeworks Inc. (Nasdaq: ZYME), a biotechnology company managing a portfolio of licensed healthcare assets, while developing a diverse pipeline of novel, multifunctional biotherapeutics today announced the appointment of Scott Platshon as Acting Chief Investment Officer. Mr. Platshon will report directly to Zymeworks’ Chair and Chief Executive […]

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7 h. ago Report states SFU athletics would save $850,000 coming back to Canada, but includes cutting teams

Decision on next steps expected by 'end of the month,' but women's softball and men's and women's golf would be cut if move to leave NCAA goes forward

Economics

8 h. ago Rubicon Organics Celebrates Multiple Wins at KIND Awards 2025

Award Highlights: Simply Bare™ Organic – Craft Brand of the Year (2nd year running) Simply Bare™ Organic BC Organic Pink Drip (Gastown Genetics) – Budtender Choice: Weed of the Year Simply Bare™ Organic BC Organic Pink Drip (Gastown Genetics) – Flower of the Year 1964 Supply Co.™ – Brand of the Year (2nd year running) 1964 Supply Co.™ – Blue […]

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8 h. ago Ottawa police ask for help to ID suspect in Rideau Street stabbing

At about 2:30 p.m. on Oct. 24, Ottawa police officers were called to the scene in the 0-100 block of Rideau Street

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9 h. ago WARMINGTON: These bandits were armed with hammers and pepper spray

The problem is in addition to robbing a jewellery store in Newmarket they also assaulted a police officer and a security guard

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10 h. ago Blood Tribe police investigating crash in Alberta they say targeted pedestrians

Police on the Kanai Nation in Alberta accuse driver of pickup truck of intentionally targeting and seriously injuring pedestrians in crash on Oct. 10.

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10 h. ago Disappearance of Nanaimo missing woman considered ‘highly suspicious’ police say

RCMP said they believe Sherry Shelley has been in the area between Walmart and the logging road, off Ware Road in Lantzville, sometime overnight from Nov. 13 to Nov. 14.

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11 h. ago Police treating ‘deplorable’ Yorkville fire as targeted homicide

Just after 8 p.m., police and fire responded to calls for an incident at a home in the area of Avenue Road and Boswell Avenue, just north of Bloor Street. 

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11 h. ago Toronto police treating ‘deplorable’ Yorkville fire as targeted homicide

Just after 8 p.m., police and fire responded to calls for an incident at a home in the area of Avenue Road and Boswell Avenue, just north of Bloor Street. 

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12 h. ago Talk of hiking highway speed limits sends wrong message to motorists, say Calgary police

Calgary police officer says some drivers will always speed above the limit

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12 h. ago Ford government open to using notwithstanding clause to publish sex offenders registry

Currently, the Ontario Sex Offender and Sex Trafficker Registry is accessible to police enforcement agencies but not to members of the public. 

Politics

13 h. ago Soaring number of fatal collisions in Calgary, Edmonton prompts plea from police

The number of motorists and pedestrians killed this year in Calgary and Edmonton is soaring and has prompted police to issue a public plea for help reducing the number of deaths.

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14 h. ago Global EV Alliance Releases EV Driver Survey Results: Myths Are Slowing EV Market

LOS ANGELES — In a groundbreaking survey of more than 26,000 EV drivers across 30 countries, an overwhelming 77% say persistent myths about electric cars are the single biggest obstacle to EV adoption in their nations. 77% of EV drivers say myths are the biggest obstacle to EV adoption. 83% say they believe policy measures […]

Transport

15 h. ago London police seek help solving 'targeted' property damage in 3 locations

London police say investigators believe property damage at three different spots in the city may be connected.

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16 h. ago This is Mark Sutcliffe's chance to stand up for free speech | Opinion

Mohammed Adam: The police board shouldn't be able to do vet speakers – especially when a court said the policy infringes on the right to freedom of expression.

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16 h. ago Plan to transform Toronto office building into huge tower slapped down by City

An ambitious plan to plop a tower on top of an existing office building has been slapped down by planners.The late 2021 proposal from Slate Asset Management, seeking to add new levels above the Modernist-style 1968-built Padulo Building at 1 St. Clair W., has hit a snag. A new report recommends that City Council refuse the proposed 49-storey development, throwing a wrench in the Gensler-designed development.And the impending refusal actually has nothing to do with height.First tabled in December 2021, the plan calls for the current 12-storey office building to be retained, expanded, and modernized, while two neighbouring low-rises at 11 and 13 St. Clair W. — home to Shenanigans Pub and a Pizzaiolo location — would be razed to make way for the new building.The office building would be renovated and expanded, while the two retail properties on the right would be torn down. Image via Google Street View.However, a Nov. 10 report recommending refusal of the project cuts the p...

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16 h. ago Has notorious Colonial Parkway serial killer been identified?

Virginia State Police announced that Alan Wilmer Sr. was responsible for the 1988 murder of 19-year-old Laurie Ann Powell

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16 h. ago Two in N.S. seriously injured after collision with driver going wrong way

Halifax police say two people were seriously injured in a highway collision involving a driver going the wrong way.

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17 h. ago Jets cornerback Kris Boyd clinging to life after NYC shooting

Boyd told police he had been inside the restaurant with friends but decided to leave because the “vibe” was off and he sensed tension, sources told the Post.

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17 h. ago Ontario cemetery thieves would steal jewelry containing remains, discard them: police

Two people are facing dozens of charges in relation to more than 300 thefts from mausoleums and cemeteries in Ontario, Halton Regional Police say.

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