A condemned rapist who is considered at risk to reoffend was caught in Vancouver just hours after being discharged from a New Burnswick prison house on Friday.

Thane Moore has completed a 14-year prison term for beating up and sexually assaulting a 21-year old woman in Prince Edward Island.

A representative for B.C. Attorney General Wally Oppal, on Saturday affirmed that Thane was apprehended in Vancouver, hours after he left Dorchester prison at the country’s other end.

Quebec: Health Minister Tony Clement has said that Canada is ready to tackle any worldwide pandemic outbreak as a Quebec City-based influenza vaccine production facility is near completion.

Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK), owns the facility, which is in the final stages of the nearly $200-million expansion.

Clement said that in past few years the fast efforts to get ready for an outbreak have been made.  

Toronto: The Canadian researchers are launching a large multi-year international study, in order to find a way to help the men diagnosed with prostate cancer.

Mumbai: Ess Dee Aluminium Ltd has joined the battle to get hold of Canadian Alcan Inc's packaging unit in a transaction projected at $1 billion.

Mumbai: Ajanta Pharmaceuticals has signed an licensing contract with Canada-based Prollenium Medical Technologies to exclusively market the latter’s dermal filler ‘Revanesse’ in the Indian market.

A message from Ajanta Pharmaceuticals said that the Prollenium Technologies has its proficiency in “medical aesthetics.”

The note added that revanesse adds volume and polishes out deficiencies in the skin and also helps protect delicate skin areas from maturating.