Monday, 30 November 2020

Couple hopes adopted daughter's citizenship ordeal will trigger policy change


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More than a year after Derek and Emilie Muth left Calgary to adopt their daughter in Nigeria, they're finally returning home. They say their ordeal contains lessons for improving the citizenship process for those in urgent need.

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B.C. driver escapes with minor injuries after violent collision with snow plow


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A driver walked away with only minor injuries after his pickup truck was hit by an oncoming snow plow on a central B.C. highway.

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Trump COVID-19 adviser Scott Atlas resigns from White House job


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Dr. Scott Atlas, a science adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump who was skeptical of measures to control the coronavirus outbreak, is leaving his White House post. Atlas has been sharply criticized by public health experts, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, for providing Trump with misleading or incorrect information on the pandemic.

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Airlines disappointed by the lack of a bailout plan in federal fiscal update


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Groups representing the airline industry say they’re disappointed the federal government’s economic update failed to offer the sector — hit hard by the pandemic — new aid to help it survive the crisis.

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B.C. records 46 COVID-19 deaths over the weekend


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The last three days have seen 46 people die of COVID-19 in B.C., as more than 2,000 additional cases of the disease were confirmed, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said.

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Don't want the COVID-19 vaccine? You could lose access to normal life, says U.K. minister


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People who refuse a COVID-19 vaccine could find normal life curtailed as restaurants, bars, cinemas and sports venues could block entry to those who don’t have proof they've been vaccinated, Britain’s new minister in charge of vaccine rollout said on Monday.

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Liberal government delays gun marking regulations until 2023


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The Trudeau government is delaying the enactment of gun marking regulations for the third time since being elected — despite promising to bring them into force immediately following the 2015 election.

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B.C. report on anti-Indigenous racism in the health-care system to be released Monday


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An independent investigation into the extent of racism against Indigenous people in the health-care system in B.C. is complete, and the findings are set to be released on Monday at 11 a.m. PT.

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CBC News journalists deported from Uganda, despite having press credentials


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A CBC News crew was deported from Uganda this weekend, despite following protocols laid out for foreign journalists entering the country. The deportation happened about a month before the country's elections, which critics say won't be free or fair.

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Senators ponder how far to go to protect charter rights in assisted-dying bill


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Some senators are pondering how far they should go to protect the rights of Canadians seeking access to medically assisted death, as they consider a bill introduced to bring the Liberal government's law on the matter into compliance with a Quebec Superior Court ruling from last fall.

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Moderna asking U.S., European regulators to OK its virus shots


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Moderna Inc. said it would ask U.S. and European regulators Monday to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine as new study results confirm the shots offer strong protection — ramping up the race to begin limited vaccinations as the coronavirus rampage worsens.

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COVID-19 has sucked the oxygen out of the room on the climate economy


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An essential debate over tree planting, carbon pricing and building a low carbon economy has been delayed by the COVID-19 crisis.

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A vaccine is coming to Canada, but when?


A vaccine is coming to Canada, but when?

As Pfizer and Moderna's vaccine candidates get closer to being approved in countries around the world, many Canadians are wondering when they might be able to get a shot here. Prime Minister Trudeau has said most Canadians could be vaccinated by next September, but the details on when those vaccines may arrive in the country — and how they'll be distributed — remain hazy. The government is also facing questions about whether other countries could be way ahead of Canada. Two parliamentary reporters — CBC's J.P. Tasker and the Globe and Mail's Marieke Walsh — break down everything we know, and don't know, about Canada's vaccine rollout plan.

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Families say valued possessions still missing years after bank emptied their safety deposit boxes


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Two families say they are still missing their most valued possessions years after TD Canada Trust drilled open and emptied their safety deposit boxes. Experts say banks operate the boxes "as a side business" with no rules except those they set for themselves. 

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Freeland to deliver Liberal plan to revive Canada's post-pandemic economy today


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The federal government will release its long-awaited fiscal update today — a spending plan to help Canadians cope with COVID-19 while recharging the national economy and key sectors battered by the global crisis.

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Biden chooses all-female senior White House press team


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President-elect Joe Biden will have an all-female senior communications team at his White House, naming longtime Democratic spokesperson Jen Psaki as his White House press secretary and campaign spokesperson Kate Bedingfield as communications director.

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Sunday, 29 November 2020

The National for November 29


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The National for November 29: Police block churchgoers in one of Canada’s COVID-19 hotspots. Plus, businesses struggle to adapt to lockdown rules.

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Thousands forced to flee after volcano erupts in eastern Indonesia


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A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted Sunday, sending a column of ash as high as 4,000 metres into the sky and forcing thousands of people to leave their homes.

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Facing racism in the oilsands; the push for better masks in schools: CBC's Marketplace Cheat Sheet


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CBC's Marketplace rounds up the consumer and health news you need from the week.

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Here's why everyone is putting up Christmas lights so early this year


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Your urge to pull those Christmas decorations out of storage a little earlier this year may be about more than just the need for holiday cheer in a difficult pandemic year, psychiatry professor says.

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