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Discussions are underway to arrange an in-person meeting between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, U.S. President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador as soon as next week, according to a senior source with direct knowledge of the situation.Trudeau and Biden, seen here together in Ottawa in 2016, could take part in their first Three Amigos…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a study on cake decorating “luster dust” associated with toxic metal poisonings. Decorating foods with luster dust and similar products is a current trend, popularized on television programs, instructional videos, blogs and in magazine articles, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Luster dusts…

sponsored content Biofilm, which is a cluster of pathogens encased in a protective matrix, is a common enemy across diverse food manufacturing industries. From dairy, produce, meat, poultry, ready-to-eat deli foods and other products, biofilm is a concern at the farm level and at processing and manufacturing plants. The protective layers generated by pathogens that…

Poisonous mushrooms remain a major problem in China as they caused the most outbreaks and deaths in the country in this past year. In 2020, there was a total of 7,073 foodborne outbreaks reported, resulting in 37,454 illnesses and 143 deaths. The study published in the journal China CDC Weekly used data on cases reported through the…

Advocates from the Tigrayan community in Canada are calling on Ottawa to open its embassy in Addis Ababa to their relatives, who are seeking protection amid a conflict with the Ethiopian government that is feared to have killed thousands.Ethiopian military parade with national flags attached to their rifles at a rally in downtown Addis Ababa…

In a rare move, the federal government’s number two elected official is asking the chair of Air Canada’s board of directors to demand that company CEO Michael Rousseau step up his efforts to learn French.Air Canada’s new CEO, Michael Rousseau, spoke only 20 seconds of French during a speech in Montreal on Nov. 3. Now, the…

Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole said today he expects his party’s MPs to promote vaccines and leave talk about their efficacy to the health experts — a comment that comes after a Conservative caucus member made some eyebrow-raising comments about COVID-19 shots over the weekend.Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole holds a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on…

Lauren Hedges was among Canadians excited to be heading across the U.S. land border from Windsor, Ont., on Monday — and she isn’t coming back for a month.Lauren Hedges of Windsor, Ont., and her boyfriend Phil were reunited on Nov. 8, after the U.S. border reopened to Canadian non-essential travellers. (Courtesy Lauren Hedges)Lauren Hedges can see the United States from her street in Windsor,…

Dancing With the Stars competitor and star Peloton trainer Cody Rigsby tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, September 30, 2021. That’s just four days after his Dancing With the Stars partner Cheryl Burke announced she was also diagnosed with a breakthrough COVID-19 infection. “Hi friends, I wanted to check in with you to share some news.…

A few months after popular Neutrogena and Aveeno SPFs were recalled, there’s another spray sunscreen recall. This one affects five products from Coppertone, all of which are spray sunscreens.This week Coppertone initiated a voluntary recall of 12 lots of products, which includes five varieties of spray sunscreen. They have manufacturing dates between January 1 and…