Press Digest: Canada - May 18

Grifols SA

18/05/2026 13:04

May 18 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories from selected Canadian newspapers. Reuters has not verified all these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

THE GLOBE AND MAIL

** Laboratory testing has confirmed the presumptive positive case of the Andes strain of hantavirus reported in British Columbia, Canada.

** Health Canada flagged multiple deficiencies at a Grifols GRLS.MC plasma collection centre in Winnipeg after a donor died, including concerns about how staff responded to alarms from donation machines.

** After organizing Uber drivers in Victoria, United Food and Commercial Workers union officials aim to expand efforts nationwide.

 (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)

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