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Banks are moving to freeze accounts linked to convoy protests. Here's what you need to know

16-02-2022 21:50 via cbc.ca

Using powers granted under the Emergencies Act, the federal government has directed banks and other financial institutions to stop doing business with people associated with the anti-vaccine mandate convoy occupying the nation's capital.

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Kenney, Moe, join U.S. governors urging end to trucker COVID-19 vaccination rules

16-02-2022 21:27 via cbc.ca

The premiers of Alberta and Saskatchewan have joined more than a dozen U.S. governors in calling for an end to mandated COVID-19 vaccines for cross-border truckers.

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Ontario science table shows COVID-19 levels dropping in wastewater, except in the north

16-02-2022 21:06 via cbc.ca

Ontario’s Science Advisory Table shows COVID-19 levels in wastewater data are steadily declining in all regions except in northern areas of the province.

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Thawing permafrost can expose northerners to cancer-causing gas, study says

16-02-2022 20:44 via cbc.ca

Radon is an odourless, tasteless gas that comes from the ground. A new study out of the U.K. says people in the Arctic might be exposed to plumes of the cancer-causing gas as a protective layer of permafrost continues to thaw.

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Ottawa has secured exit routes for Canadians still in Ukraine, minister's office says

16-02-2022 19:46 via cbc.ca

The federal government says it has secured escape routes through four neighbouring countries to allow Canadians to evade a Russian military incursion into Ukraine.

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Police intercepted Ottawa convoy suspected of heading to Windsor, Ont.

16-02-2022 19:26 via cbc.ca

A convoy of several transport trucks from Ottawa that were believed to be heading to Windsor, Ont., was "successfully intercepted" by police, according to police and Windsor's mayor.

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Sask. Health Authority accidentally outs employees who were part of mandatory COVID testing program

16-02-2022 19:00 via cbc.ca

About 200 Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) employees were accidentally identified by name in an email as participants of the organization’s now-scrapped mandatory testing program.

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Toilet humour and penis jokes: Carol Off's funniest interviews

16-02-2022 17:18 via cbc.ca

Carol Off says she loves to channel her “inner 10-year-old” at work.

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Manitoba border blockade to end soon, RCMP say

16-02-2022 16:44 via cbc.ca

The last of the protesters involved in the week-long Canada-U.S. border blockade at Emerson, Man., will be escorted away by noon on Wednesday, RCMP say.

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Manitoba border blockade ends as RCMP escort protesters away

16-02-2022 16:44 via cbc.ca

The last of the protesters involved in the week-long Canada-U.S. border blockade at Emerson, Man., have been escorted away by RCMP and all lanes have been reopened to traffic.

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Manitoba border blockade coming to an end, RCMP say

16-02-2022 16:44 via cbc.ca

The last of the protesters involved in the weeklong Canada-U.S. border blockade at Emerson, Man., will be escorted away by noon on Wednesday, RCMP say.

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'A perfect solution': Manitoba border blockade coming to an end, RCMP say

16-02-2022 16:44 via cbc.ca

The last of the protesters involved in the weeklong Canada-U.S. border blockade at Emerson, Man., will be escorted away by noon on Wednesday, RCMP say.

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Death of Pierre Coriolan shows police lack training, Quebec coroner finds

16-02-2022 16:36 via cbc.ca

A report by Coroner Luc Malouin into the 2017 death of the 58-year-old, who was shot and killed by Montreal police in his apartment building while in the midst of a mental-health crisis, found that officers lack sufficient training in de-escalation and communication techniques.

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Bob Saget's family sues to block public release of death records

16-02-2022 16:27 via cbc.ca

The family of comedian and actor Bob Saget has filed a lawsuit to block Florida officials from publicly releasing photographs and other records from an investigation into his death last month, court documents showed.

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Search ends for 12 missing crew members of Spanish fishing vessel off Newfoundland coast

16-02-2022 15:16 via cbc.ca

The search for the missing crew members of the Spanish fishing vessel Villa de Pitanxo, which sank 460 kilometres off the eastern coast of Newfoundland early Tuesday morning, has been called off.

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Search continues off N.L. coast for 11 missing crew members of Spanish fishing vessel

16-02-2022 15:16 via cbc.ca

The search continues for the missing crew members of the Spanish fishing vessel Villa de Pitanxo, which sank 460 kilometres off the eastern coast of Newfoundland early Tuesday morning, killing at least 10 people.

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Woman faces removal from Canada after college admission letter turned out to be fake

16-02-2022 15:00 via cbc.ca

An immigrant who has lived and worked in Edmonton since 2018 is facing removal from Canada after officials discovered a college admission letter that helped her get a study permit turned out to be fake.

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Canada's inflation rate rises to 5.1% — highest since 1991

16-02-2022 14:41 via cbc.ca

Canada's inflation rate hit 5.1 per cent in January, its highest level since 1991.

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Weekly WHO report says COVID cases have dropped by 19% globally, deaths stable

16-02-2022 13:09 via cbc.ca

The number of new coronavirus cases globally fell by 19 per cent in the last week, while the number of deaths remained stable, according to the World Health Organization.

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Number of new coronavirus cases continue to fall globally

16-02-2022 13:09 via cbc.ca

The number of new coronavirus cases globally fell by 19 per cent in the last week, while the number of deaths remained stable, according to the World Health Organization.

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Student pleads guilty to filming woman in campus washroom after RCMP allegedly hesitated to pursue charge

16-02-2022 13:00 via cbc.ca

A student at the University of British Columbia's Okanagan (UBCO) campus has admitted he filmed a fellow student in the washroom on campus, pleading guilty to a criminal charge the victim believes was almost never laid because of the RCMP's initial response to the case.

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Olympic wake-up call: Brad Gushue will play for another Olympic curling medal

16-02-2022 12:42 via cbc.ca

Catch up on everything else you missed overnight on Day 12 of the 2022 Beijing Olympic Winter Games.

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Discovery of 54 potential graves at Keeseekoose a sad reminder of truth of residential schools: leaders

16-02-2022 12:00 via cbc.ca

First Nations leaders and politicians called Tuesday a "sombre" day, following the announcement that what are believed to be 54 unmarked graves were found at two former residential school sites in Saskatchewan. But the discovery is essential to revealing the truth about the schools, they said.

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RCMP accused of using ammunition charge to deflect from N.S. mass shooting failures

16-02-2022 11:00 via cbc.ca

The lawyer for one of three people charged with giving ammunition to the gunman behind Nova Scotia's April 2020 mass shooting is accusing RCMP of using his client as a "scapegoat" in order to deflect attention away from the force's own failings during the 13-hour killing rampage.

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Inside this 1840s N.B. barn is a dream hockey rink

16-02-2022 11:00 via cbc.ca

Overlooking fields in Sainte-Marie-de-Kent, an unassuming 1840s barn has wowed young hockey players, who appreciate the elaborate ice rink tucked inside.

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'You must leave the area now,' police warn remaining protesters

16-02-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca

On Wednesday, Ottawa police began distributing written notices to remaining protesters telling them to leave the downtown area immediately.

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'You must leave the area now,' Ottawa police warn remaining protesters

16-02-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca

On Wednesday, Ottawa police began distributing written notices to remaining protesters telling them to leave the downtown area immediately.

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Toronto author's bestselling novel The Maid started as an idea on a napkin

16-02-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca

Canadian author Nita Prose's debut novel The Maid became a New York Times and Canadian bestseller just a few weeks after its release on January 4.

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This Montreal gym owner uses kickboxing to promote kindness

16-02-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca

The owner of Hard Knox Gym in Montreal's Saint-Henri district encourages women to take up boxing and gives back to the neighbourhood in any way he can.

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Ottawa city council meets amid ongoing protest, police transition

16-02-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca

On Wednesday, Ottawa police began distributing written notices to remaining protesters telling them to leave the downtown area immediately.

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My husband was diagnosed with dementia at 48, and I felt like fleeing

16-02-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca

We watched his mother break under the burden of caring for his father. Then John was diagnosed, writes Cindy McCaffery.

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Economic development officials invited Reptilia to London, Ont., despite zoo ban, says zoo boss

16-02-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca

Brian Child, president of Reptilia, said he was invited to London by the Ontario city's economic development corporation even though private zoos have been banned within city limits since 2011.

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Anti-mandate protest outside B.C. high school leads to confrontation, protester hurling insults at student

16-02-2022 06:46 via cbc.ca

An anti-mandate protest outside a South Okanagan high school resulted in a verbal confrontation between adults and students and, in one case, a protester yelling a racially charged insult and profanity at a student.

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Peter Sloly takes the hit for loss of public trust in Ottawa police

16-02-2022 05:09 via cbc.ca

Many have questioned Peter Sloly’s ability to end the downtown occupation and Tuesday he took the fall for this loss of trust in police. Whether that’s fair is almost beside the point at the moment.

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Peter Sloly takes the hit for city's loss of public trust in Ottawa police

16-02-2022 05:09 via cbc.ca

A week ago, dozens of officers were prepared to raid the protest supply camp at Coventry Road, but it was called off at the last moment due to significant disagreements within the police leadership, according to CBC sources. Many have questioned Peter Sloly’s ability to end the downtown occupation and Tuesday he took the fall for the public’s loss of trust in police. Whether that’s fair is almost beside the point at the moment.

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Alberta to toughen oilsands emissions standards that reward big Canadian polluters

16-02-2022 02:20 via cbc.ca

The province of Alberta will toughen its greenhouse gas emissions standards for oilsands mines, closing a loophole that rewarded some of Canada's highest-emitting facilities with millions of dollars worth of tradeable credits, its environment ministry told Reuters.

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Alberta Premier Jason Kenney calls March 15 byelection, UCP candidate campaigning to oust him

16-02-2022 01:19 via cbc.ca

Elections Alberta has announced the launch of the four-week campaign in Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche, with voters in the northern Alberta riding heading to the polls March 15.

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Author and commentator P.J. O'Rourke dead at 74

16-02-2022 00:01 via cbc.ca

P.J. O'Rourke, the prolific author and satirist who re-fashioned the irreverence and Gonzo journalism of the 1960s counterculture into a distinctive brand of conservative and libertarian commentary, has died at age 74.

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