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Russian law aimed at curbing Ukraine war criticism casts chill over critics

11-03-2022 23:31 via cbc.ca

After almost eight hours sitting in a police station and court, Vera Kotova became one of the first people to be judged and fined just under $240 US under a new Russian law to punish anyone deemed to have discredited the armed forces.

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Queen Elizabeth to miss Commonwealth Service

11-03-2022 22:57 via cbc.ca

Queen Elizabeth will miss next week's Commonwealth Service, Buckingham Palace has said, in what was due to have been the 95-year-old's first in-person public engagement since being advised to rest by her doctors.

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Why some global fast-food chains remain open for business in Russia

11-03-2022 21:24 via cbc.ca

Some restaurant chains such as Burger King continue to face public scrutiny for keeping stores open in Russia. The chains say they don't directly control these independently-run franchise operations.

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Permanent daylight time shift remains on hold as clocks set to move ahead Sunday

11-03-2022 20:36 via cbc.ca

There is public support for a switch to permanent daylight time in British Columbia and Ontario, which have passed laws to allow the change, but the potential costs and risks of going it alone are holding up the move, say business and political experts.

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No evidence to back unproven Russian claim of Ukraine bioweapons program, UN says

11-03-2022 20:04 via cbc.ca

The United Nations on Friday said it was not aware of any biological weapons program in Ukraine while Washington and its allies voiced concerns Russia was spreading the unproven claim in order to launch its own biological or chemical attacks.

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Uncle says N.S. mass shooting gunman was a sociopath with a history of crime

11-03-2022 19:16 via cbc.ca

The uncle of the gunman responsible for the murders of 22 people in April 2020 paints a disturbing picture of the man and his family.

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207 lives lost to illicit toxic drugs in B.C. in first month of 2022: coroner

11-03-2022 19:12 via cbc.ca

According to the B.C. Coroners Service, the 207 deaths is the third highest ever recorded in the province in a calendar month, an average of more than six deaths per day.

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Unvaccinated MLB players won't be allowed into Canada to play Blue Jays

11-03-2022 18:51 via cbc.ca

Major League Baseball players who are not vaccinated against the coronavirus won't be allowed to travel into Canada to face the Blue Jays in Canada and won't be paid for those games.

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Quebec family of blogger Raif Badawi says he's been freed from Saudi prison

11-03-2022 18:15 via cbc.ca

The Quebec family of Raif Badawi tweeted that the Saudi blogger had been released from Saudi prison, 10 years after he was jailed for criticizing religious figures and promoting liberal views of Islam.

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Ontario removes more than 400 deaths from official COVID-19 count

11-03-2022 17:40 via cbc.ca

Ontario has removed more than 400 deaths from its official COVID-19 count after further analysis revealed the causes of those deaths weren't related to the disease.

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Side hustle, self-employed and personal support workers among Canadians feeling gas price pinch

11-03-2022 17:01 via cbc.ca

The higher fuel prices seen in recent weeks are impacting all Canadians, but particularly those who need to use their cars for work, such as delivery drivers, cleaners and personal support workers.

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Right whale protection measures to return ahead of migration into Canadian seas

11-03-2022 16:24 via cbc.ca

The federal government announced speed restrictions and fisheries closures will once again be implemented this year to protect North Atlantic right whales.

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Toronto landlord accuses tenants of fraud, forgery and not paying thousands in rent

11-03-2022 16:17 via cbc.ca

A Toronto landlord’s months-long quest to evict two tenants he accuses of fraud, forgery and non-payment of rent is heading to an eviction hearing today at Ontario’s Landlord and Tenant Board.

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Canada added 337,000 jobs last month, twice what was expected

11-03-2022 14:44 via cbc.ca

Canada's job market bounced back in a big way in February, shaking off the losses brought about from the Omicron variant with a hiring surge that was enough to push the unemployment rate below where it was before the pandemic started.

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The world needs Canadian oil and gas — it just doesn't know it yet

11-03-2022 14:00 via cbc.ca

Canadian energy has not been able to build a presence beyond the continental borders, due in part to challenges building infrastructure and complacency.

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Rising wheat prices not a silver bullet for Alberta farmers

11-03-2022 14:00 via cbc.ca

Wheat prices have been climbing but so have the expenses of Alberta farmers recovering from last year's drought.

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Gas prices fuel already hot electric vehicle demand in B.C. as waitlists grow longer

11-03-2022 14:00 via cbc.ca

Some buyers can expect to wait upwards of one year for a new vehicle, according to the Vancouver Electric Vehicle Association. Prospective drivers are encouraged to buy used, but even those can be tough to come by.

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Gas prices fuel already hot electric vehicle demand in B.C. as wait-lists grow longer

11-03-2022 14:00 via cbc.ca

Some buyers can expect to wait upwards of one year for a new vehicle, according to the Vancouver Electric Vehicle Association. Prospective drivers are encouraged to buy used, but even those can be tough to come by.

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China locks down city of 9 million amid new spike in COVID-19 cases

11-03-2022 13:59 via cbc.ca

China on Friday ordered a lockdown of the nine million residents of the northeastern city of Changchun amid a new spike in COVID-19 cases in the area attributed to the highly contagious omicron variant.

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Canadians fighting proposed condo development at Juno Beach D-Day site

11-03-2022 13:08 via cbc.ca

A group of Canadians is organizing to stop a proposed condo development at Juno Beach in France, the site of the D-Day landing that resulted in the deaths of hundreds of Canadian soldiers.

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'It means everything': How descendants of historic settlement are connected to land, Métis roots

11-03-2022 12:00 via cbc.ca

What role do your ancestors and their stories play in your life? Maybe you dedicate yourself to researching and documenting that history. If so, you're like the people we're visiting in this edition of CBC's virtual road trip series 'Land of Living Stories.'

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Délı̨nę elder says local health centre failed to detect tumour that nearly killed him

11-03-2022 12:00 via cbc.ca

“If it wasn’t for myself, I wouldn’t be here today,” said Morris Neyelle, who says staff at the health centre in Délı̨nę declined to medevac him for abdominal pain. He arranged his own flight to Yellowknife.

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A landlord hiked rents again and again. Canada's housing agency rewarded him every time

11-03-2022 11:00 via cbc.ca

The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation has been playing a role in renovictions by helping some property owners secure rock-bottom interest rates, even as the federal minister who oversees the agency has been tasked with finding ways to curb 'excessive' rent hikes and evictions due to renovations.

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What one N.W.T. town can teach us about dealing with future floods

11-03-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at how Fort Simpson, N.W.T., recovered from the 2021 floods and the consumer choices that make rising gas prices an even bigger problem for Canadians.

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We are seeing what a serious response to a crisis looks like, let's apply this focus to energy transition

11-03-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca

An urgent crisis creates the incentive for action. Even though we claim that we are in a climate crisis, people don’t really believe it. Its impact seems less urgent, writes Yrjo Koskinen.

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The war in Ukraine threatens to stall progress on tackling the climate crisis

11-03-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine does not change the fact of climate change – a reality brought home again by another stark report from the UN’s climate change panel two weeks ago.

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The war in Ukraine threatens to distract us from the climate crisis

11-03-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine does not change the fact of climate change – a reality brought home again by another stark report from the UN’s climate change panel two weeks ago.

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Teen who pleaded guilty in stabbing death of Hamilton's Devan Selvey sentenced to 7 years

11-03-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca

The teenager who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of 14-year-old Devan Selvey behind their Hamilton, Ont., high school has been sentenced to seven years in custody.

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Teen who pleaded guilty in stabbing death of Hamilton student Devan Selvey sentenced to 7 years

11-03-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca

The teenager who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the stabbing of 14-year-old Devan Selvey behind their Hamilton high school has been sentenced to seven years in custody, and will get credit for two years of time served.

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Sunflowers, soup and art: How Canadians are fundraising for Ukraine

11-03-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca

Canadians are finding creative ways to raise money for charities assisting in the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and neighbouring countries.

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Some new doctors who trained during the pandemic worry about gaps in their knowledge

11-03-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca

Many students entered medical school to help and provide care to others, but COVID-19 restrictions and public health measures have impacted how and what they are learning, which impacts patient care.

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Russia's invasion of Ukraine threatens the long-standing global co-operation in space, experts say

11-03-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca

From saying the space station will drop out of the sky over the U.S. to pulling out of multiple space partnerships, Russia's actions during the invasion of Ukraine is threatening decades of peaceful international relations.

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Rural Manitoba renters struggle with some of Canada's greatest housing challenges

11-03-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca

Forty per cent of people renting in rural Manitoba are considered to be in “core housing need" — they're either paying too much, living in spaces that are too small for the number of residents or in housing that's in a poor state of repair.

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'It didn't have to end this way': How the police search for Norah and Romy Carpentier took a wrong turn

11-03-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca

Veteran police searchers, some now retired, gave Radio-Canada's Enquête their assessment of a disorganized search that started late, with too few officers. They concluded the precious hours lost might have cost the sisters, 11 and 6, their lives.

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Indigenous drama Wildhood is more than a two-spirit love story

11-03-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca

Wildhood, which opens in Canadian theatres on Friday, is part of a wider emergence of two-spirit themes in mainstream Indigenous cinema.

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'Freedom Convoy' cost downtown Ottawa millions per day, experts estimate

11-03-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca

Experts estimate businesses in Ottawa's downtown core lost millions each day in sales and wages during the so-called Freedom Convoy protest, which caused nearly a month of partial and complete closures of businesses.

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Federal department gave money to magazine publishing pandemic misinformation

11-03-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca

As the federal government was promising to tackle harmful online disinformation about the pandemic, it was giving thousands of dollars to a magazine spreading conspiracy theories — including unsubstantiated claims that COVID-19 vaccines could cause cancer in children.

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Design experts rethink the workspace as pandemic restrictions ease across Canada

11-03-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca

Workplace design and safety engineers and experts say the pandemic has forced a societal rethink about what people want from a work space and how to make it safe, inviting and productive.

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Anxious Russians flee by the hundreds each day into neighbouring Finland

11-03-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca

Hundreds of Russians are crossing into Finland every day, one of the few remaining routes out of Russia for those looking to escape the economic uncertainty over sanctions or the effects of a new law tracking the spread of what the Kremlin deems as "fake news" about the war in Ukraine.

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2 years into the pandemic, burning questions remain about COVID-19 — and how we fight it

11-03-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca

Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists have learned a lot about how this coronavirus operates. But burning questions remain over how it will evolve long-term, where it will show up next and how humanity can fight back against this still-mysterious pathogen.

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Canadians Jepsen, Hudak, Arendz earn medals to return to podium at Beijing Paralympics

11-03-2022 06:18 via cbc.ca

Canada's Mollie Jepsen, Mark Arendz and Brittany Hudak earned more medals at the Beijing Paralympics on Friday.

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What a ban on Russian oil means for Canada

11-03-2022 06:00 via cbc.ca

Oil prices in Canada skyrocketed this week as sanctions on Russian energy effectively shut the world’s third largest oil supplier out of the market following its invasion of Ukraine. The United States and the United Kingdom moved to ban Russian oil imports. Even the European Union, Russia’s biggest oil customer, announced its plan to slash Russian oil imports by two-thirds this year.Although Canada has never really relied on Russian oil, the impact of sky-high oil prices is already b

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Jean Charest formally launches Conservative Party leadership bid from Calgary

11-03-2022 05:29 via cbc.ca

Jean Charest, the former Quebec Premier and federal cabinet minister, has formally announced he's running for leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.

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Gov. Gen. Mary Simon's appointment did not violate official languages act, commissioner rules

11-03-2022 05:02 via cbc.ca

The Commissioner of Official Languages has ruled that the nomination process of Gov. Gen. Mary Simon did not violate federal legislation concerning bilingualism.

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Military readiness 'one of the things that keeps me awake at night,' says Canada's top soldier

11-03-2022 03:35 via cbc.ca

Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Wayne Eyre says that while Russia's naked aggression in Ukraine has given NATO new energy, he's concerned about the Canadian Armed Forces' state of readiness if Canada is drawn into a wider war.

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Sesame Street actor Emilio Delgado, who played fix-it shop owner Luis, dead at 81

11-03-2022 03:27 via cbc.ca

Emilio Delgado, the actor and singer who for 45 years was a warm and familiar presence in children's lives and a rare Latino face on American television as fix-it shop owner Luis on Sesame Street, died Thursday.

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The National | Ukraine-Russia deadlock, COVID-19, At Issue

11-03-2022 03:00 via cbc.ca

March 10, 2022 | Ukraine-Russia talks to secure humanitarian corridors hit another deadlock. Plus, At Issue weighs in on the Conservative leadership race.

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Jussie Smollett sentenced to 150 days in jail, $120K fine for staging hate crime

11-03-2022 02:34 via cbc.ca

Jussie Smollett was sentenced Thursday to 150 days in jail for lying to police about a racist and homophobic attack that the former Empire actor orchestrated himself.

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B.C.'s plan to protect old-growth trees is rolling out too slowly, say conservationists, First Nations

11-03-2022 01:00 via cbc.ca

A year and a half after the province pledged to dramatically change how B.C.'s old-growth trees were logged, conservationists and First Nations say action on the issue is lagging and details about what is being done are obscure.

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'I'm not going to let my child die': Woman runs into burning home to save son

11-03-2022 00:59 via cbc.ca

Latoya Martin and her husband Christie Young were asleep when the fire started after midnight, and woke to the sound of beeping, heavy billowing smoke and flames. They say it's a 'miracle' all 11 family members escaped.

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