News about Canada

TORONTO (Canada) (March 2): The National Advisory Committee on Immunisations (NACI) said it is not recommending AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine for Canadians age 65 and older, Sputnik news agency reported.

TRENTON (Dec 24): Canada approved its second Covid-19 vaccine Wednesday, with the first doses expected from American pharmaceutical company Moderna this month, reported Anadolu Agency.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 14): Legendary martial artist Ip Man had many disciples and many have passed on but a few lived on to old age.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 1): Palm oil and property player Keck Seng (Malaysia) Bhd (KSM) said its hotel operations located in the US and Canada have temporarily closed, following the enforcement of citywide lockdowns.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 23): The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) said they will not send athletes to compete in Tokyo if the Games — set to begin July 24 — go ahead as scheduled, the CBC reported yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 13): Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, wife of Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau, had tested positive for COVID-19, the BBC reported citing a statement from the prime minister's office today.

GEORGE TOWN (July 11): A man here recently stumbled upon a kettle filled with a “stack of” C$100 (RM314) notes, reported The Star today.

Due to policy proposals by opposition Labor party, who are currently set to win government, Australia is likely to weaker property prices and diminished productivity, says the Royal Bank of Canada.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 1): As Khazanah Nasional Bhd moves to implement the second programme to revamp government-linked companies (GLCs), it hopes to accelerate the level of technological adoption by its portfolio of companies under the five-year Transformation 2.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 7): The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) is negotiating with Malton Bhd on the purchase of a 49% stake in Pavilion Bukit Jalil mall, The Edge weekly reported in its July 9, 2018 issue.