Month: September 2024

Those driving in and around Montreal woke up on Friday to the lowest gas prices seen in 18 months.

Police have released video of an armed home invasion in Markham for the second time this week.

British Columbia’s independent forest-practices watchdog says there’s a risk that a coastal island won’t have enough old-growth trees in the future due to inadequate monitoring of harvesting.

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Costco Wholesale (COST) reported that its net sales rose an annualized 7.1% to $19.80 billion U.S. in August as consumers continue to flock to the warehouse club for groceries and other essential items. The August sales result follows a 7% year-over-year increase recorded by the company in July of this year. Costco is one of the few publicly traded companies that continues to report its financial results on a monthly as well as quarterly basis. Despite the strong overall results for August, Costco’s same-store sales dipped slightly due to lower gas prices. A decline in gas prices averaging 11…

Ventyx Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: VTYX) shares enjoy slight gains Friday. The San Diego-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing novel oral therapies that address a broad range of inflammatory diseases with significant unmet medical need, today announced that the first patient has been dosed in a Phase 2a trial of VTX3232 in patients with early Parkinson’s disease.“We are excited to initiate this trial of VTX3232 in patients with early Parkinson’s disease,” said Chief Medical Officer Mark Forman. “There is a compelling body of evidence from the literature…

The decline in the amount of oxygen in the seabed of the St. Lawrence River is of concern to researchers from the governments of Canada and Quebec, who on Thursday released the State of the St. Lawrence 2024.

Manitoba RCMP say back-to-school social media posts can contain safety issues for children if parents aren’t mindful.

With nearly two dozen current Saskatchewan Party, NDP and independent MLAs not seeking re-election, there will be a plethora of new members of the legislative assembly after the provincial election this fall.