Category: Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory

Parliamentary Committee Begins Probe Into Firing of Winnipeg Lab Scientists: Report

An ad hoc committee of parliamentarians has begun its probe into previously withheld documents related to the firing of two infectious-disease scientists from Canada’s highest-security lab in Winnipeg, according to a report. “Work is underway and documents are available to the committee members. They work independently,” said Mark Kennedy, communications director for Government House Leader Mark Holland,…


Former Senior Judges to Rule on Disclosure of Records on Fired Winnipeg Lab Scientists

Three former senior judges will have the final say on the public disclosure of documents related to the firing of two scientists from Canada’s highest-security laboratory. The Liberal government says former Supreme Court justices Ian Binnie and Marshall Rothstein, along with Eleanor Dawson, who sat on the Federal Court of Appeal, will assist an ad…


Covering for Dr. Xiangguo Qiu: ‘Nothing to Steal’ From Canada’s National Microbiology Lab?

Commentary Dr. Xiangguo Qiu and her husband Keding Cheng have not been seen publicly since February 2020, six months after they were stripped of their security clearances at Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Former colleagues are now speaking out on Dr. Qui’s behalf, as the mystery points to “larger issues” at the…


Winnipeg to Wuhan Mystery Deepens

Commentary Xiangguo Qiu, the former program director at Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) who transferred deadly pathogens to the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), and her husband Keding Cheng, are missing from Winnipeg and may no longer even be in Canada, according to John Woods of the Canadian Press. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)…