Seven pro-democracy advocates were convicted Thursday for organizing and participating in an unlawful assembly during massive anti-government protests in 2019, as Hong Kong continues its crackdown on dissent.
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Ontario hits record-breaking number of people in ICU due to COVID-19
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Biden to announce $2-trillion infrastructure plan that would transform U.S. economy
U.S. President Joe Biden is to travel to Pittsburgh today to unveil his $2-trillion US plan to re-engineer America's infrastructure.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsHere's who got the last 2 seats for the 1st all-civilian space flight
A college science professor and an aerospace data analyst were named on Tuesday to round out a four-member crew for a SpaceX launch into orbit that's planned for later this year and billed as the first all-civilian space flight in history.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsBilingualism requirement for SCC justices creates 'needless barrier' for Indigenous candidates, critics say
As the first Indigenous justice appointed to a Canadian Court of Appeal in 2004, Harry LaForme seemed like an excellent candidate for the Supreme Court of Canada years later.
via CBC | Top Stories News'Disgusted, appalled, embarrassed': Video shows crowded restaurant party at B.C. resort community
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Ontario doctor accused of murdering 89-year-old man in hospital has medical licence suspended
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Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Wednesday
French President Emmanuel Macron scheduled a televised address to the nation for Wednesday night, a possible harbinger of tighter restrictions to combat surging coronavirus hospitalizations.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsCollege suspends doctor's licence after murder charge following death of hospital patient
Brian Nadler, 35, was charged last Friday in the death of 89-year-old Albert Poidinger. Ontario Provincial Police have been investigating multiple suspicious deaths at the Hawkesbury and District General Hospital, where he worked.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsThe National On Demand: Ontario’s COVID-19 crisis; Rising vaccine supply | March 30, 2021
No new measures for Ontario, despite rising cases and packed ICUs. Plus, the urgent situation in Saskatchewan. And how her mother’s hurdles inspired World Champion track athlete Perdita Felicien.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsPerdita Felicien draws strength from the hurdles her mother faced
Perdita Felicien is one of Canada’s most decorated female track athletes, but her memoir focuses on the hurdles her mother faced and how that became her inspiration.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsB.C. ski resort says all staff who attended rowdy restaurant party will be fired
At least two staff members at B.C.'s Big White ski resort will be fired and a local restaurant's lease could be in danger, after a raucous party was held there on Monday evening.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsCanada among nations calling for further, transparent COVID-19 origin probe after WHO report release
Canada, the United States and 12 other countries expressed concerns Tuesday that the released World Health Organization report on the origins of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 was delayed and lacked access to complete data, according to a joint statement.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsHow, exactly did COVID-19 begin?
The release of a WHO report on the origins of COVID-19 is drawing both international curiosity and concern over China’s transparency. Nature senior reporter Amy Maxmen explains the investigation’s findings as well as criticisms over its access and independence.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsFederal Court approves class-action lawsuit claiming RCMP doctors sexually assaulted recruits
A Federal Court judge has approved a class-action lawsuit against the federal government alleging the RCMP's physicians sexually assaulted applicants during mandatory physical examinations.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsNew round of inflation fears as investors demand higher rates
The Bank of Canada and the U.S. Federal Reserve have repeatedly reassured us that interest rates will stay low and inflation will be temporary, but rising bond rates signal investors are demanding a better return on long-term lending, nudging rates toward pre-pandemic levels.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsTrans Mountain pipeline expansion will lead to $11.9B in losses for Canada, study says
A new study from researchers in B.C. estimates that Canada will lose $11.9 billion because of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsWorkers at baby formula plant claim harassment by managers
Employees at the Canada Royal Milk plant in Kingston, Ont., say management treated them like “minions” — denying them safety gear that fit, harassing employees by accusing them of being “overpaid” and less hardworking than workers in China and — in one case — unnecessarily touching a worker during a heated dispute.
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Winnipeg police issue Amber Alert for missing boy, 2
Winnipeg police have issued an Amber Alert for a missing two-year-old boy.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsManslaughter charges dropped against man who was zip-tied and held at gunpoint in own home
The Crown withdrew manslaughter charges on Tuesday against a Collingwood, Ont., man who killed two masked men who invaded his townhouse, zip-tied him and held him at gunpoint in January 2019.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsPolice arrest woman after disturbance outside Drake's mansion in Toronto
A woman is in custody after what Toronto police are calling a disturbance outside a mansion that belongs to Canadian rap star Drake.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsG. Gordon Liddy, ex-FBI agent who helped orchestrate Watergate break-in, dead at 90
G. Gordon Liddy, a brash former FBI agent who helped orchestrate the 1972 Watergate break-in, a crime that began the unraveling of Richard Nixon's presidency, died on Tuesday, the Washington Post reported. He was 90.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsAlberta education groups call out 'concerning areas' in proposed curriculum revamp
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Pilots may need simulation time before hitting the sky after pandemic grounding
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2 separate early morning fires burn at Masonic halls in North Vancouver
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When a Filipino worker got pregnant, her dreams were crushed — until 2 kind small-town Albertans stepped in
When Dixie Marie Judilla became pregnant while a temporary foreign worker at an Alberta Dairy Queen, she thought she'd have to leave her child half a world away — until an extraordinary act of kindness. She's not the only Filipino immigrant to find joy, friendship and kindness in Alberta's small towns.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsSpaceX sees another failed test of rocket that will take people to the moon
It appears that SpaceX just can't stick the landing. The launch of the latest Starship, which CEO Elon Musk hopes will take humans to the moon or Mars in the near future, once again ended in another explosion, though it's unclear what happened.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsSenior charged after allegedly striking man in wheelchair after rally in Calgary
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