WEDNESDAY, Dec. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Maintenance therapy using low-dose peginterferon doesn't help patients with advanced chronic hepatitis C who haven't responded to an initial round of treatment, new research suggests.
John McCallum, a Liberal Party of Canada legislator and the senior economic adviser to the party's leaders, said on Wednesday that the economic stimulus that would be put forward by a proposed coalition government would be "substantially lower" than the C$30 billion ($24 billion) reported by various media.
An opposition coalition seeking to replace Canada's minority Conservative government would deliver a fiscal stimulus package worth C$30 billion ($24 billion), some Liberal Party members said this week.
The D.C. Council voted unanimously yesterday to give preliminary approval to legislation that would require gun owners to renew their registrations every three years and to notify police annually whether they still own guns.
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion said on Wednesday it plans to offer C$1.50 a share in cash to buy encryption software company Certicom Corp in a deal worth about C$66 million ($52 million).
