Third Harmonic Bio, once worth $1 billion, has been developing a treatment for chronic spontaneous urticaria, or hives. San Francisco-based biopharmaceutical company Third Harmonic Bio has decided to shut down operations and liquidate assets, the company announced April 14. Third Harmonic Bio, which began operating in 2019, is a clinical-stage biotech operation focused on treating
Industry sales data indicate that new and used vehicle sales shot up as buyers prepared for anticipated automotive tariff related price increases. Americans are heading to dealerships to buy cars ahead of projected price hikes caused by a series of new tariffs affecting the automotive industry, according to new sales data. In an April 15
Today’s Hamas sympathizers echo the 1930s ‘Bund’ movement in North America. Commentary Since the Hamas invasion of Israel to massacre Jews on Oct. 7, 2023, there has been an eruption of public Jew-hatred in Canada. The most recent example occurred this past weekend, at the start of Passover, when “pro-Palestinian” demonstrations took place on Parliament
Most U.S. stocks rose, but the worst drop for UnitedHealth Group in a quarter of a century kept Wall Street in check. The S&P 500 edged up 0.1 percent Thursday even as three-quarters of the stocks within the index climbed. Another drop for Nvidia helped pull the Nasdaq composite down 0.1 percent. The Dow Jones
Commentary The April 17 English-language debate ran smoothly and covered various issues. Participants were controlled for the most part, and moderator Steve Paiken kept the pace running smoothly. The media room erupted into disorder and clashes, however, leading to the cancellation of the traditional post-debate scrums with the leaders. The journalists in attendance were in
Commentary Last fall, Ottawa responded to a surge in public support for immigration restriction with a cut to immigration levels that it promised would “pause population growth in the short term” to ease “pressures on housing, infrastructure and social services.” But a curious question about this policy U-turn is beginning to emerge: Is Canada’s population
Police in Quebec have called off a land search for three migrants thought to be missing in woods near the U.S. border southwest of Montreal after learning they may have actually been picked up by a vehicle. Provincial police say they received the new information suggesting the woman and two young children are no longer
Armoured dinosaurs with clubbed tails once roamed in what is now northeastern British Columbia, a new study suggests, leaving three-toed footprints across the landscape when the Rocky Mountains were still in their infancy. The study published this month in the peer-reviewed Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology analyzed fossilized footprints dating back about 100 million years in
During the April 17 English-language debate, incumbent Liberal Leader Mark Carney was the main target of the other party leaders, although NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh especially targeted Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre with multiple debate interruptions. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre (L) and Liberal Leader Mark Carney speak during the English-language leaders’ debate in Montreal on April
Liberal Leader Mark Carney attempted to fend off attacks from the other party leaders at the English-language debate on April 17, as Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre tried to link the prime minister to former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s nine years in power. Responding to the debate organizers’ topics, the four party leaders—Carney, Poilievre, NDP Leader