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Number of Atlantic Canadians over age 75 will double in 20 years, report says

21-01-2021 23:58 via cbc.ca

Atlantic Canada's population is already the oldest in Canada, and a new report estimates that by 2040, there will be three seniors for every two young people in the region.

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Kenney wants 'reprisals' for blocking Keystone — but what are Canada's options?

21-01-2021 23:43 via cbc.ca

When U.S. President Joe Biden signed an executive order revoking the presidential permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney suggested the project could still be up for negotiation, if only the federal government would get tough. What's the best strategy?

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'Almost non-existent' cold, cough season costs 30 jobs at P.E.I. lozenge plant

21-01-2021 23:10 via cbc.ca

Island Abbey Foods, makers of Honibe cough and cold lozenges, is eliminating 30 temporary staff at its Charlottetown production plant.

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Florida cracks down on vaccine tourism, requires proof of residency to get vaccinated for COVID-19

21-01-2021 22:56 via cbc.ca

Following news reports that out-of-state residents — including Canadians — are flocking to Florida to get the COVID-19 vaccine, the state is now requiring proof of residency for vaccine recipients.

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Payette stepping down as governor general after blistering report on Rideau Hall work environment

21-01-2021 21:35 via cbc.ca

Gov.-Gen. Julie Payette and her secretary, Assunta di Lorenzo, are resigning after an outside workplace review of Rideau Hall found that the pair presided over a toxic work environment.

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At least 50,000 flight reservations have been cancelled since mandatory COVID-19 testing was introduced

21-01-2021 21:31 via cbc.ca

Airlines have seen at least 50,000 flight reservations cancelled since the federal government introduced mandatory pre-departure COVID-19 testing for travellers returning to Canada.

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How climate action can benefit from Indigenous tradition of '7th-generation decision-making'

21-01-2021 20:29 via cbc.ca

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at how 'seventh-generation' thinking can inform climate action and how the transition away from fossil fuels can be made to benefit all of society.

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OPINION | Hey Alberta, how is it going so far?

21-01-2021 19:52 via cbc.ca

The Keystone XL cancellation is just the latest piece of proof that the UCP spun a fantasy in 2019 that it now can't make real, says Jen Gerson.

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Manitoba to allow 2 visitors in homes starting Saturday for all but northern region

21-01-2021 19:44 via cbc.ca

After two months of partial lockdown, Manitoba on Thursday announced loosened rules that will take effect this weekend and allow people in most of the province to have two designated individuals over for a visit.

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COVID-19 could shutter more than 200,000 Canadian businesses forever, CFIB says

21-01-2021 17:23 via cbc.ca

More than 200,000 Canadian businesses could close permanently during the COVID-19 crisis, throwing millions of people out of work as the resurgence of the virus worsens across much of the country, according to new research.

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Independent panel completes probe into claims of 'toxic' environment at Rideau Hall

21-01-2021 17:00 via cbc.ca

An independent consulting firm has completed its review into claims of a toxic environment and workplace harassment at Rideau Hall and sources say the report is scathing.

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Independent firm completes review into claims of 'toxic' environment at Rideau Hall

21-01-2021 17:00 via cbc.ca

An independent consulting firm has completed its review into claims of a toxic environment and workplace harassment at Rideau Hall and sources say the report is scathing.

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Giant predatory worm's ancient fossil burrows discovered

21-01-2021 17:00 via cbc.ca

Millions of years ago, giant worms as long as an adult human with sharp, slicing jaws were terrorizing the ocean, as they do today, recently discovered fossils suggest.

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Report into Marylène Levesque's murder by parolee coming this morning

21-01-2021 15:33 via cbc.ca

The federal government is poised to release its findings into the circumstances of the death of Marylène Levesque, who was murdered by a parolee last year.

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Correctional services missed signs leading up to Marylène Levesque murder, says report

21-01-2021 15:33 via cbc.ca

The Correctional Service of Canada missed warning signs while supervising a parolee with a history of violence against women who went on to kill Marylène Levesque last year, according to the findings of a federal investigation.

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Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Jan. 21

21-01-2021 13:34 via cbc.ca

U.S. President Joe Biden has outlined his COVID-19 strategy to ramp up vaccinations and testing, reopen schools and businesses and increase the use of masks — including a requirement that Americans mask up for travel. International travellers entering the U.S. will need to quarantine on arrival.

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Biden mandates masks and quarantines for travellers to U.S. under new COVID-19 strategy

21-01-2021 13:34 via cbc.ca

U.S. President Joe Biden's top medical adviser on COVID-19, Dr. Anthony Fauci, says the United States will cease reducing U.S. staff counts at the World Health Organization and pay its financial obligations to it as it vows to stay fully engaged with the UN health agency to help fight the coronavirus pandemic.

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'So many challenges': How COVID-19 outbreak is impacting one tiny Cree town

21-01-2021 13:00 via cbc.ca

Since Jan. 7, there have been 27 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Oujé-Bougoumou, a tight-knit Cree community, located more than 730 kilometres north of Montreal.

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Manitoba family devastated after being asked to dig up father following burial plot mix-up

21-01-2021 12:00 via cbc.ca

A Manitoba family is heartbroken after being asked to exhume their loved one’s body after he was mistakenly buried in the wrong cemetery plot earlier this month.

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With Keystone XL back on the shelf, oilpatch pressure mounts on Trudeau and Trans Mountain

21-01-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca

With U.S. President Joe Biden cancelling the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, attention turns to the Trans Mountain expansion project — from those for and against. It's owned by the federal government and is under construction, but many wonder if the oil pipeline will ever be completed.

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StatsCan undertakes hiring spree ahead of 'contact-free' census

21-01-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca

Canada's national statistical agency is hiring tens of thousands of employees as it prepares for the challenge of conducting a physically-distanced census during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Little fear of rate hikes despite expected economic surge: Bank of Canada

21-01-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca

Real estate industry and borrowers can likely count on low rates persisting as economy climbs out of deep hole, says central bank governor.

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Life after curfew for Montreal's homeless means lineups, fear of fines and few empty beds

21-01-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca

After 8 p.m., when most of the city shuts down due to Quebec's COVID-19 curfew, many homeless people are still trying to find a place to stay. Here is a look at one night outside the city's overwhelmed shelters.

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How a criminal charge laid in Calgary was linked to a Toronto woman who's never been there

21-01-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca

Last year Joyce Obaseki discovered that the RCMP's national police database listed her and another woman as the same person for nearly two decades and as a result had linked the other woman's criminal charges to Obaseki.

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Donald Trump leaves office as a diminished force in the Republican Party

21-01-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca

Donald Trump could have spent his final weeks in office boasting about his Republican administration's achievements and trying to solidify his status as the party's voice and likely front-runner for the next presidential nomination. He chose a different approach that yielded a much different result.

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COVID-19 is hitting First Nations in Western Canada especially hard

21-01-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca

While Ontario and Quebec are the epicentres of COVID-19 outbreaks in Canada, people in First Nations are being hit the hardest in Western Canada, where they make up half the number of hospitalizations in some provinces.

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Out of the Dark: Alone...together

21-01-2021 06:00 via cbc.ca

The pandemic has pushed young people apart at a point in life where social networks are the most important.

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Biden’s unity message soon put to the test

21-01-2021 06:00 via cbc.ca

Besides the police presence, the inauguration of Joe Biden on Wednesday as 46th president of the United States was a paired-down affair, thanks to the pandemic and the recent violence at the Capitol. CBC Washington correspondent Paul Hunter covered the inauguration from the roof of the Canadian Embassy. Today he joins Front Burner to report on the meaning behind the day’s pageantry, Donald Trump’s last day in power, and the most pressing problems facing this new administration.

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Inauguration day highlights in 8 minutes

21-01-2021 05:24 via cbc.ca

Didn’t catch the whole day’s worth of inauguration events in the U.S.? Here’s a recap — and how the new administration’s policies are already affecting Canadians.

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World leaders welcome new U.S. president Joe Biden, with hopes of repairing frayed alliances

21-01-2021 04:22 via cbc.ca

World leaders welcomed U.S. President Joe Biden into their ranks Wednesday, noting that their most pressing problems — including the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change — require multilateral co-operation, an approach Biden's predecessor, Donald Trump, largely rejected.

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World leaders welcome Biden to the U.S. presidency, raise their own concerns and hopes

21-01-2021 04:22 via cbc.ca

World leaders welcomed U.S. President Joe Biden into their ranks Wednesday, noting their most pressing problems.

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Doctor who caught COVID-19 variant vows to 'vigorously defend' charge she obstructed contact tracing

21-01-2021 04:06 via cbc.ca

An Ontario physician and her husband — the first people in Canada known to have caught the new coronavirus strain originally detected in the U.K. — have been charged with hindering efforts to trace their contacts both before and after it was randomly discovered they had it.

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Doctor who caught COVID-19 variant vows to 'vigorously defend' against charge she obstructed contact tracing

21-01-2021 04:06 via cbc.ca

An Ontario physician and her husband — the first people in Canada known to have caught the coronavirus variant originally detected in the U.K. — are vowing to fight public health charges alleging they provided false information to health officials about their contacts.

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The National On-Demand: Biden becomes 46th U.S. president | Jan. 20, 2021

21-01-2021 04:00 via cbc.ca

Special edition: In the shadow of the global COVID-19 pandemic and in the aftermath of a deadly riot on Capitol Hill just two weeks ago, Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States.

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Skier questions why Ontario travel agency won't cancel B.C. bookings during pandemic

21-01-2021 03:53 via cbc.ca

A Kelowna, B.C., man is questioning why the ski trip he booked with several friends in Ontario to Sun Peaks Resort is being allowed to go ahead as pandemic numbers soar in other provinces and with the B.C. government advising that people avoid all non-essential travel into and within the province.

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Skier questioning why Ontario travel agency won't cancel B.C. bookings during pandemic

21-01-2021 03:53 via cbc.ca

A Kelowna, B.C., man is questioning why the ski trip he booked with several friends in Ontario to Sun Peaks Resort is being allowed to go ahead as pandemic numbers soar in other provinces and with the B.C. government advising that people avoid all non-essential travel into and within the province.

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Twitter locks account of Chinese Embassy in U.S. over 'dehumanization' of Uighurs in Tweet

21-01-2021 03:49 via cbc.ca

Twitter has locked the account of the Chinese Embassy in the U.S. for a tweet that defended China's policies in the Xinjiang region, which the U.S. social media platform said violated the firm's policy against "dehumanization" of a group of people.

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'Anything is possible:' Women of colour inspired to dream big by Kamala Harris

21-01-2021 03:15 via cbc.ca

Thousands of people on both sides of the border watched history in the making on Wednesday as Kamala Harris became the first woman of colour to be vice-president of the United States.

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How one note from Lady Gaga tells the story of Joe Biden's inauguration

21-01-2021 03:06 via cbc.ca

In his inaugural address, Joe Biden spoke of the perennial challenges of racism, nativism and fear that the U.S. has faced and appealed to a unity he acknowledged seemed to some "like a foolish fantasy these days." Moments earlier, Lady Gaga set the stage for that message by putting particular emphasis on a line in the U.S. national anthem celebrating the endurance of the republic.

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B.C. man wanted in connection with Manitoba murder arrested after months on the run

21-01-2021 01:49 via cbc.ca

RCMP say a man wanted in connection with a murder investigation in Winnipeg and a kidnapping and assault probe in Surrey, B.C., has been arrested after months on the run.

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How one note from Lady Gaga told the story of Joe Biden's inauguration

21-01-2021 01:41 via cbc.ca

In his inaugural address, Joe Biden spoke of the perennial challenges of racism, nativism and fear that the U.S. has faced and appealed to a unity he acknowledged seemed to some "like a foolish fantasy these days." Moments earlier, Lady Gaga set the stage for that message by putting particular emphasis on a line in the U.S. national anthem celebrating the endurance of the republic.

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Canada Basketball blindsided by FIBA sanctions, $227K fine for missing qualifiers on advice of medical experts

21-01-2021 01:25 via cbc.ca

Canada Basketball president and CEO Glen Grunwald and men's head coach Nick Nurse said they were "disappointed" Wednesday after FIBA levied sanctions against the program for skipping a FIBA AmeriCup qualifier on advice of medical experts.

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Biden's 1st call to foreign leader will be to Trudeau Friday, says press secretary

21-01-2021 00:30 via cbc.ca

White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters in the White House briefing room tonight that U.S. President Joe Biden will speak to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Friday.

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Canada Post begins testing entire shift at Mississauga, Ont., site after outbreak infects 121

21-01-2021 00:02 via cbc.ca

Canada Post says it has begun testing an entire shift of employees for COVID-19 at a Mississauga, Ont., facility after 121 workers there tested positive in the last three weeks.

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