Andrew McIntosh

1 month ago | globalnews.ca | Andrew McIntosh |Andrew Mcintosh

The RCMP has launched an investigation into the circumstances of a suspicious fire that saw a derelict former BC Ferries ship catch fire and burn wildly overnight near Mission, B.C.A statement from the City of Mission said its emergency operations centre was activated early Saturday after a fire aboard the Queen of Sidney ferry, which is currently sitting in the waters of the Fraser River, approximately two kilometres from the municipality of 41,500 people.

1 month ago | globalnews.ca | Andrew McIntosh |Andrew Mcintosh

A union representing close to 400 workers at Ikea’s Montreal store walked off the job early Saturday, saying the Swedish company’s proposed wage deal offered no protection from inflation. The CSN union said in a statement that Ikea has offered its members a five per cent wage increase over the next four years, but members rejected it because that won’t even cover inflation during the contract period.

2 months ago | nature.com | Christina Dardani |Hannah J. Jones |Evie Stergiakouli |Jakob Grove |Andrew McIntosh |Andrew Mcintosh | +3 more

AbstractImmune dysfunction is implicated in the aetiology of psychiatric, neurodevelopmental, and neurodegenerative conditions, but the issue of causality remains unclear impeding attempts to develop new interventions. Using genomic data on protein and gene expression across blood and brain, we assessed evidence of a potential causal role for 736 immune response-related biomarkers on 7 neuropsychiatric conditions by applying Mendelian randomization (MR) and genetic colocalisation analyses.

2 months ago | globalnews.ca | Andrew McIntosh |Andrew Mcintosh

New questions have surfaced about relations between a federal Liberal candidate running in Markham-Unionville and China’s consulate in Toronto, including his presentation of an award of appreciation to a consul-general and appearing to salute the Communist flag at an event celebrating the establishment of the People’s Republic of China.

2 months ago | globalnews.ca | Andrew McIntosh |Andrew Mcintosh

Delta Air Lines has suffered “a significant drop” in travel bookings from Canada during its first quarter and is considering flight capacity cuts to this country, a top company executive said Wednesday. “In Canada, we have seen a significant drop off in bookings. In Mexico, it’s kind of a mixed, a mixed bag. Some of the markets are performing better, some are performing worse,” Delta president Glenn Hallenstein told investment analysts on a conference call.