National Microbiology Lab

• Liberals plan committee to review docs on fired lab scientists — with or without Tories

  Government House leader Mark Holland said Wednesday the NDP has agreed to the idea, and he hopes the Tories and Bloc Quebecois will also participate.

  Politics

  Apr 27, 2022
  
• Tories continue boycott of national security committee over Winnipeg lab documents

  Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole pulled his party's MPs from the committee last spring to protest the Liberal government's refusal to hand over unredacted documents.

  Canada

  Jan 20, 2022
  
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• Want emails? Wait five years, Public Health Agency of Canada tells access requestor

  The Access to Information request was prompted by curiosity about Iain Stewart's refusal to provide a committee with unredacted documents about the firing of two scientists.

  Canada

  Jul 28, 2021
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• House of Commons issues first formal rebuke to non-MP in nearly 110 years over Winnipeg lab docs

  The president of the Public Health Agency of Canada became the first non-MP in more than 100 years to be summoned to the bar of the House of Commons for a rare formal reprimand

  Canada

  Jun 21, 2021
• The House of Commons is about to use a power it hasn’t invoked on non-MPs in more than a century

  The Conservative motion to find the Public Health Agency of Canada in contempt of Parliament also invoked a rarely used power to reprimand a private citizen.

  Canada

  Jun 17, 2021
• Coronavirus: Two employees at National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg test positive for COVID-19

  Two employees at Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg are in self-isolation after testing positive for COVID-19.

  Apr 9, 2020
• Winnipeg’s microbiology lab playing pivotal role in the fight against COVID-19

  Winnipeg is home to the only Level 4 lab in Canada and it's the battleground when it comes to the fight against infectious diseases and deadly viruses like COVID-19.

  Health

  Mar 24, 2020
• University of Manitoba cuts ties with Ebola researcher amid RCMP investigation

  The University of Manitoba has cut ties with a prominent medical researcher, pending an RCMP investigation.

  Politics

  Jul 16, 2019
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• NATO chief warns of threat of industrial espionage from other nations

  Canada and its NATO allies are facing a growing threat from espionage, said NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg.

  Politics

  Jul 15, 2019
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• Manitoba RCMP investigate possible policy breach at National Microbiology Lab

  The Public Health Agency said no employees from the lab have been arrested or are confined to their homes, and it is working to resolve the matter “expeditiously.”

  Investigations

  Jul 13, 2019