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Child dies, another seriously injured in Quebec after school bus hits truck

14-12-2021 23:38 via cbc.ca

Quebec provincial police say a five-year-old boy has died and a 10-year-old boy was seriously injured after a collision between a school bus and a truck in Lyster, on Tuesday.

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Trudeau, premiers to discuss new measures to contain omicron variant this evening

14-12-2021 23:00 via cbc.ca

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to speak with Canada's premiers tonight at 6 p.m. ET to discuss the possibility of stricter public health measures in response to the omicron coronavirus variant.

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Ottawa to toughen international travel restrictions as omicron concerns escalate

14-12-2021 23:00 via cbc.ca

The federal government will announce new and expanded travel measures on Wednesday in a bid to limit the spread of the omicron coronavirus variant.

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Car in Niagara Falls rescue attempt went over brink

14-12-2021 22:37 via cbc.ca

A car that was stuck partly submerged near the brink of Niagara Falls after a daring rescue attempt last week went over the falls this weekend and cannot be seen from the shore, state parks officials said Monday

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Canada's energy regulator criticized for not modelling a net-zero future

14-12-2021 22:20 via cbc.ca

The federal agency tasked with projecting Canada's supply and demand of energy for the next few decades is drawing criticism for what's missing in its latest annual report: A roadmap for the sector to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

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Liberals offer up to $742 million to low income seniors whose GIS was clawed back this year

14-12-2021 22:08 via cbc.ca

Pressed by its critics to help vulnerable seniors whose Guaranteed Income Supplement payments were cut after they accepted pandemic supports, the federal government is offering cash payments to blunt the effect of the clawback.

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Freeland tables 'omicron-centric' fiscal update that pledges billions in support as COVID-19 cases rise

14-12-2021 22:05 via cbc.ca

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tabled a fiscal and economic update today that commits billions of dollars in new spending to help Canada ride out a relentless health crisis.

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Freeland tables 'omicron-centric' fiscal update, pledges billions of dollars in support as COVID-19 cases rise

14-12-2021 22:05 via cbc.ca

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tabled a fiscal and economic update today that commits billions of dollars in new spending to help Canada ride out a relentless health crisis.

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Freeland pledges billions in new COVID-19 supports as omicron cases rise

14-12-2021 22:05 via cbc.ca

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tabled a fiscal and economic update today that commits billions of dollars in new spending to help Canada ride out a relentless health crisis.

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Cancer diagnosis adds urgency to gardening project, and friends pitch in to help

14-12-2021 21:37 via cbc.ca

"I desperately wanted him to see his garden," said Dave Whiteside, whose partner in life, and gardening, learned his cancer had metastasized before they got to finishing their xeriscape project. Peeter Lepson was able to watch it come to life while in palliative care.

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D.C. attorney general sues Proud Boys, Oath Keepers over Capitol attack

14-12-2021 20:48 via cbc.ca

The city of Washington, D.C., sued far-right groups the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers on Tuesday, seeking to collect on the financial costs of the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and its aftermath.

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Quebec to roll out rapid tests in pharmacies, urges people to work from home as omicron looms

14-12-2021 19:39 via cbc.ca

Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé says the province is asking employers to once again prioritize working from home as cases and hospitalizations have seen a sharp rise in the past week.

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OPP officer who fatally shot Fergus man in crisis 'acted reasonably' and won't face charges: SIU

14-12-2021 18:56 via cbc.ca

An Ontario Provincial Police officer who fatally shot a Fergus, Ont., man in August will not be charged, the Special Investigations Unit director says. That's because the SIU found the officer 'acted reasonably to defend himself' in the situation.

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Syarhei Tsikhanouski, Belarus activist who challenged president, sentenced to 18 years in jail

14-12-2021 18:54 via cbc.ca

A court in Belarus sentenced the opposition leader's husband to 18 years in jail on Tuesday after he was arrested during an attempt to run for president against incumbent Alexander Lukashenko, a verdict his wife called political revenge.

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Belarus activist who challenged president sentenced to 18 years in jail

14-12-2021 18:54 via cbc.ca

A court in Belarus sentenced the opposition leader's husband to 18 years in jail on Tuesday after he was arrested during an attempt to run for president against incumbent Alexander Lukashenko, a verdict his wife called political revenge.

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Ontario premier expected to make COVID booster shot announcement in bid to curb omicron

14-12-2021 16:40 via cbc.ca

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is expected to make an announcement about COVID-19 booster doses Wednesday, a government official told CBC News on background.

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Ford expected to make booster announcement as Ontario logs 1,429 new COVID-19 cases

14-12-2021 16:40 via cbc.ca

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is expected to make an announcement about COVID-19 booster doses Wednesday, a government official told CBC News on background. The update is set to come just as the province's chief medical officer of health has recommended a consistent, provincewide approach to deal with the omicron variant.

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Liberals to give update on health of public finances, future of economy

14-12-2021 16:04 via cbc.ca

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland plans to release an updated accounting of federal finances today and provide the government's economic outlook for the coming months.

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Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland delivering fiscal update remotely after staffers test positive for COVID-19

14-12-2021 16:04 via cbc.ca

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland plans to release an updated accounting of federal finances today and provide the government's economic outlook for the coming months.

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Thomus Donaghy saved many lives from overdoses. His killer wants to ensure his life 'wasn't lost for nothing'

14-12-2021 15:00 via cbc.ca

As a man dedicated to preventing overdoses, Thomus Donaghy was in the business of giving troubled people second chances. People just like Maximus Roland Hayes — the man who killed him.

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More than 50 dead in gasoline truck explosion in Haiti

14-12-2021 14:52 via cbc.ca

A truck carrying gasoline exploded in northern Haiti, killing more than 50 people and injuring dozens of others, officials said Tuesday.

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Death toll rising in gas-tanker explosion in Haiti as hospital struggles to treat burn victims

14-12-2021 14:52 via cbc.ca

A gasoline tanker overturned and exploded in northern Haiti, unleashing a fireball that swept through homes and businesses on its way to killing at least 60 people in the latest tragedy to befall the Caribbean nation.

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38 C temperature in Siberia smashed Arctic heat record, UN agency confirms

14-12-2021 14:18 via cbc.ca

The UN weather agency said Tuesday it has certified a 38-degree Celsius (100.4 Fahrenheit) reading in the Russian town of Verkhoyansk last year as the highest temperature ever recorded in the Arctic, the latest in a string of "alarm bells about our changing climate."

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'Warrior' sturgeon displaced by B.C. floods rescued from pump station

14-12-2021 14:00 via cbc.ca

Volunteers helped save several sturgeon which ended up at the Barrowtown Pump Station after the Sumas dike breached in Abbotsford, B.C., during the floods.

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Liberals open to amending paid sick leave bill they want passed by week's end

14-12-2021 13:51 via cbc.ca

Labour Minister Seamus O'Regan says the government is open to amending legislation that would provide 10 days of paid sick leave for federally regulated workers.

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Toronto police release video of suspect in killings of Toronto billionaires Barry and Honey Sherman

14-12-2021 13:39 via cbc.ca

Toronto police are seeking the public's help in identifying a suspect caught on video near the home of billionaire philanthropists Barry and Honey Sherman on the night police believe they were killed.

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Police release video of suspect in killings of Toronto billionaires Barry and Honey Sherman

14-12-2021 13:39 via cbc.ca

Toronto police are seeking the public's help in identifying a suspect caught on video near the home of billionaire philanthropists Barry and Honey Sherman on the night police believe they were killed.

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Six Nations in Ontario overhauling how it fights opioid crisis — and that includes changing policing

14-12-2021 12:54 via cbc.ca

Six Nations of the Grand River in Ontario is overhauling its response to the opioid crisis, and it includes plans for a new team pairing police with crisis workers.

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Big earthquakes are rare in Alberta, but small ones happen often — even if you don't feel them

14-12-2021 12:00 via cbc.ca

CBC News analyzed publicly available data from Earthquakes Canada, which has tracked natural and induced earthquakes since Jan. 1, 1985. Since then, about 1,000 quakes have occurred in Alberta or on its borders, data shows.

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Meet the First Nations TikTok creators from northern Ontario making waves online

14-12-2021 11:00 via cbc.ca

Crystal Harrison Collin and Sean Morriseau are in the first ever TikTok accelerator program for Indigenous creators, check out some of their work.

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Why an Operation Warp Speed-like effort may be needed for a universal 'holy grail' vaccine

14-12-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca

With new coronavirus variants continuing to emerge, the development of a so-called universal vaccine offering broad, long-term protection needs to be the focus of an intense effort, one that may share characteristics of the widely hailed Operation Warp Speed, scientists suggest.

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This is what it could look like to produce a vaccine that works on all COVID-19 variants

14-12-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca

With new coronavirus variants continuing to emerge, the development of a so-called universal vaccine offering broad, long-term protection needs to be the focus of an intense effort, one that may share characteristics of the widely hailed Operation Warp Speed, scientists suggest.

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Quebec woman loses thousands after clicking on a Facebook ad

14-12-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca

Harpreet Sahota was looking for a way to earn some extra income so she could work a little less and invest in her home. She had heard plenty of cryptocurrency success stories, so she decided to give it a go. Now she is in debt, and trying warn others.

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Quebec entrepreneur, 93, donates cherished island after protecting it from city sprawl

14-12-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca

For most of his adult life, Thor Vikström watched the seasons change and the birds come and go from the small island he owned. At 93, he says he's at peace knowing the land nestled between Montreal and Laval will remain protected long after he's gone.

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Owner of Kabul law firm that worked for Canadian Embassy pleads for help for employees left behind

14-12-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca

Saeeq Shajjan’s law firm was contracted by the Canadian embassy in Kabul eight years ago. Many of his employees remain stuck in Afghanistan, waiting desperately to hear from immigration officials. They fear for their lives given the firm’s long-time relationship with Canada.

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Mere steps from the EU, hundreds of migrants remain stranded in Belarusian warehouse

14-12-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca

A CBC crew visited a Belarusian warehouse near its border with Poland, where migrants are hoping that the European Union will let them in.

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If we continue waiting for more evidence about omicron, it will already be too late

14-12-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca

The time to act was yesterday. Delta already poses a grave risk on its own, and now we face both delta and omicron, write Blake Murdoch and Christopher McCabe from the University of Alberta.

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Former space agency engineer charged by Mounties claimed to have overseen major Canadian projects

14-12-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca

Wanping Zheng, who was charged last week in what police are calling "a matter of foreign actor interference," claimed publicly to have overseen a number of major Canadian aerospace projects.

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Economic showdown this week will set the tone for 2022

14-12-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca

An exciting week of economic events points the way to 2022, as Canada's finance minister takes the field amidst a flood of data, while the U.S. is expected to finally fire a shot at soaring inflation.

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Canada's lawyers in Kabul have been left behind, and are losing hope

14-12-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca

Saeeq Shajjan’s law firm was contracted by the Canadian embassy in Kabul eight years ago. Many of his employees remain stuck in Afghanistan, waiting desperately to hear from immigration officials. They fear for their lives given the firm’s long-time relationship with Canada.

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After she lost her hair from COVID-19, 7-year-old Regina girl excited for 1st vaccine dose

14-12-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca

Cedar Herle was eager to get the pediatric COVID-19 vaccine after experiencing first-hand the long-term effects of the disease. She lost all of her hair after contracting COVID-19 a year ago, while her mother suffered a COVID-related stroke.

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Quebec teacher removed from classroom over hijab

14-12-2021 06:00 via cbc.ca

The debate over Quebec’s controversial secularism law, known as Bill 21, has been reignited after a teacher was told she can no longer teach her Grade 3 class, because she wears a hijab.Fatemeh Anvari was hired this fall at Chelsea Elementary School, during a period of confusion over whether English school boards had to enforce the religious symbols ban. Now, in the wake of a recent court decision on the ban, Anvari has been forced out of classroom teaching. Today, we’re speaking to

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U.S. panel probing Jan. 6 insurrection recommends contempt charges against Trump chief of staff

14-12-2021 02:49 via cbc.ca

The U.S. House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection has voted to recommend contempt charges against former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, as lawmakers demand his testimony about then-president Donald Trump's actions before and during the attack.

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