CNW News Releases

Dec 08, 2023 10:18 ET
CITING THE MANY FDA ADVERSE EFFECTS TO KEYSTONE DENTAL - CHECK-CAP FOUNDER STRONGLY RECOMMENDS VOTING AGAINST THE KEYSTONE DENTAL MERGER ALSO RECOMMENDS VOTING FOR THE SYMETRYX BOARD NOMINEES
TORONTO, Dec. 8, 2023 /CNW/ - Further to its news release of November 28, 2023, Symetryx continues to urge its fellow Check-Cap Ltd. ("Check-Cap") (NASDAQ: CHEK) shareholders to VOTE AGAINST the Keystone Dental and FOR the Symetryx slate of highly qualified and independent director nominees. See Symetryx Today Issues Open Letter to Shareholders In Regard to the Upcoming Annual General Meeting (newswire.ca)...
Dec 08, 2023 09:37 ET
Toronto's Geary Factory Lofts Creates Ownership Opportunity for Entrepreneurs, Creatives and Small Business Owners in Vibrant Community Hub
TORONTO, Dec. 5, 2023 /CNW/ - Intentional Capital is pleased to announce their latest project–Geary Factory Lofts. These corporate condos will transform an underused, historic, button factory into a four-story, 40-unit hub of working condos for entrepreneurs, creatives, and small business owners in the city. ...
Dec 08, 2023 09:31 ET
Government of Canada improves railway freight and passenger train brake inspection and safety rules
OTTAWA, ON, Dec. 8, 2023 /CNW/ - The Government of Canada is taking action to improve railway safety to better protect Canadians living and working near rail corridors....
Dec 08, 2023 09:21 ET
Media Advisory - Deputy Prime Minister's itinerary for Friday, December 8, 2023
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Dec 08, 2023 09:15 ET
HH Global discloses environmental impact through CDP
LONDON, Dec. 8, 2023 /CNW/ -- HH Global has furthered its commitment to environmental transparency by completing a full assessment of the carbon footprint of our business for the fourth year in a row and disclosing our impact through CDP, the world's leading environmental disclosure platform. ...
Dec 08, 2023 09:14 ET
Agreement reached on retaining Medicago's strategic research and development assets in Canada and recovering payment from Medicago
Government of Canada also announces that Aramis Biotechnologies secured the assets needed to maintain, improve and expand Medicago's plant-based technology platform in Canada that will enhance pandemic preparedness capabilities ...
Dec 08, 2023 09:00 ET
Bison return to the landscape on Métis Nation-Saskatchewan land near Batoche National Historic Site
BATOCHE, SK, Dec. 8, 2023 /CNW/ - Parks Canada and First Nations, Métis and Inuit are partners in conserving natural and cultural heritage, sharing the stories of these treasured places. The Government of Canada is committed to a system of national heritage places that recognizes and honours the historic and contemporary contributions of Indigenous peoples, their histories, and cultures, as well as the special relationships Indigenous peoples have with ancestral lands and waters....
Dec 08, 2023 09:00 ET
Government of Canada Report Shows Climate Change Impacts -- and Adaptation Actions -- Are Evident in Sectors and Ecosystems in Canada
OTTAWA, ON, Dec. 8, 2023 /CNW/ - Across the country, Canadians are increasingly feeling the impacts of climate change. Higher temperatures, shifting rainfall patterns; extreme weather events, such as floods and heatwaves; and rising sea levels are just some of the changes already affecting our country. In short, climate change is impacting the very foundations of our communities. The Government of Canada is committed to advancing our knowledge about these and other aspects of climate change and mobilizing the research community to better understand adaptation actions....
Dec 08, 2023 08:48 ET
Menarini Group Presents New Progression-Free Survival Data from EMERALD Clinical Study of ORSERDU® (Elacestrant) in Clinically Relevant Subgroups of Patients with ER+, HER2- Metastatic Breast Cancer (
This new post hoc analysis of the Phase 3 EMERALD trial evaluated elacestrant in the endocrine-sensitive population (CDK4/6 inhibitor duration of at least 12 months) with tumors harboring ESR1 mutations.This analysis shows a clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free survival across the subgroups studied, including those patients with bone, liver and/or lung metastases, those with common concomitant mutations such as PIK3CA and TP53, as well as those with HER2-low expression.These results demonstrate that when ESR1 mutated tumors remain endocrine sensitive, the ER pathway could be...
Dec 08, 2023 08:44 ET
THE HONOURABLE J.MICHEL DOYON CONGRATULATES MANON JEANOTTE ON HER APPOINTMENT AS 30th LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR OF QUEBEC
QUEBEC CITY, Dec. 8, 2023 /CNW/ - The Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec, the Honourable J. Michel Doyon, would like to congratulate Manon Jeanotte on her appointment as the 30th Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec. ...
Dec 08, 2023 08:00 ET
FLIPPING FOR A CAUSE! STACKED PANCAKE HOUSE SERVED UP SMILES AND SUCCESS IN THEIR FIRST CHARITY CAMPAIGN, RAISING OVER $25,000!
TORONTO, Dec. 8, 2023 /CNW/ - Stacked Pancake & Breakfast House is thrilled to announce the success of its first Toonies for Tummies - Nourishing Young Minds Campaign, held from September 11th to 29th. This impactful initiative flipped over 13,000 stacks of pancakes, resulting in a remarkable fundraising achievement of $27,276....
Dec 08, 2023 08:00 ET
Media Advisory: Infrastructure Announcement in Lawrencetown, Halifax Regional Municipality
LAWRENCETOWN, NS, Dec. 8, 2023 /CNW/ - Members of the media are invited to an infrastructure announcement with Darrell Samson, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Rural Economic Development and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and Member of Parliament for Sackville–Preston–Chezzetcook, and the Honourable Kent Smith, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture and Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Eastern Shore....
Dec 08, 2023 08:00 ET
Two Ontario men arrested on Terrorism charges
TORONTO, Dec. 8, 2023 /CNW/ - Two Ontario men who are alleged to have participated in the creation of Terrorgram Collective manifestos and Atomwaffen Division (AWD) recruiting videos, in support of far-right extremism and the neo-Nazi terrorist movement, have been arrested by police....
Dec 08, 2023 07:46 ET
MEDIA ADVISORY - 75th Anniversary of Human Rights Day Will Bring Canadian Leaders Together to Advocate for the Restoration of Basic Universal Human Rights to Gaza
TORONTO, Dec. 8, 2023 /CNW/ - On the 75th Anniversary of Human Rights Day, Canadian public sector leaders will come together to advocate for the return of basic universal human rights for the people of Gaza. This event comes on the heels of the United Nations (UN) Secretary General invoking an Article 99, urging the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution for a ceasefire....
Dec 08, 2023 07:45 ET
OSFI maintains Domestic Stability Buffer at 3.5%
OTTAWA, ON, Dec. 8, 2023 /CNW/ - Today, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) announced that it will maintain the Domestic Stability Buffer (DSB) at 3.5% of total risk-weighted assets, a level announced in June 2023 and in effect since November 1, 2023. Accordingly, OSFI expects all systemically important banks to target a Common Equity Tier 1 ratio of at least 11.5% of risk-weighted assets. ...
Dec 08, 2023 07:26 ET
Public Health Notice: Outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to Malichita and Rudy brand cantaloupes
OTTAWA, ON, Dec. 7, 2023 /CNW/ - Update...
Dec 08, 2023 07:20 ET
RewirEd Summit at COP28 makes history by bringing education to the forefront of climate action to impact billions of children and youth globally
DUBAI, UAE, Dec. 8, 2023 /CNW/ -- RewirEd Summit, the first ever global education summit on climate brought together 1,000 participants, including 2 heads of state, 22 ministers, and 28 CEOs, with 260 speakers from diverse sectors, representing 209 entities and 76 countries, to address urgent gaps in education transformation and showcase powerful solutions that exist at the climate-education intersection....
Dec 08, 2023 07:00 ET
Carlsquare Advises on the Acquisition of Signpost's Software Division by Hibu, a Portfolio Company of H.I.G. Capital
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 8, 2023 /CNW/ -- Carlsquare announced its role as exclusive financial advisor to New York-based Signpost, Inc. ("Signpost"), in the acquisition of its software division by Hibu, Inc. ("Hibu"), a portfolio company of H.I.G. Capital ("H.I.G"). Signpost is a portfolio company of HighBar Partners and Georgian....
Dec 08, 2023 07:00 ET
Cboe Canada Continues Support of Critical Minerals Sector with Listing of LiTHOS Energy
TORONTO, Dec. 8, 2023 /CNW/ - Cboe Canada, the new business name of the NEO Exchange, is excited to welcome LiTHOS Energy Ltd. ("LiTHOS"), a critical minerals extraction technology company improving the sustainability of lithium mining, as they graduate their public listing. Following a voluntary delisting from the Canadian Securities Exchange, LiTHOS is now trading on Cboe Canada under the ticker symbol LITS....
Dec 08, 2023 07:00 ET
INTERNATIONAL BATTERY METALS LTD. ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF PRIVATE PLACEMENT
VANCOUVER, BC, and HOUSTON, Dec. 8, 2023 /CNW/ -- International Battery Metals Ltd. (the "Company") (CSE: IBAT), is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced private placement of units (the "Private Placement")....