A vehicle struck multiple pedestrians in a crash at a major intersection in London, Ont., on Tuesday night, authorities said, leaving some with life-threatening injuries.
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Tuesday, 30 November 2021
No immediate plans to shut border with Canada over omicron variant, U.S. says
The White House says it has no immediate plan to tighten the border with Canada again after new COVID-19 cases involving the omicron variant.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsLululemon accuses Peloton of being a 'copycat' as fitness giants trade lawsuits
An alliance between fitness giants has dissolved into a nasty court battle as Lululemon and Peloton traded lawsuits this week in a fight over alleged patent infringement.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsNORAD commander warns Canadian officials about the threat posed by hypersonic missiles
NORAD commander Gen. Glen VanHerck warned top Canadian government and military leaders Tuesday about the threat hypersonic missile technology poses to North American security, saying it's making it "very challenging" for him to carry out his mission.
via CBC | Top Stories News3,000 wreaths, destined for veterans' headstones in Ottawa, stolen
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5 Quebec City police officers suspended after video shows violent treatment of Black youth
Quebec City's police department says it's suspended five of its officers who were involved in the violent detention of two young Black people over the weekend.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsOpposition parties call out Trudeau over slow restart of Parliament
With the newly re-elected Liberal government more than a month into its third term and Parliament still not up and functioning as normal, the Opposition Conservatives are accusing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of dragging his heels.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsCNN suspends news anchor Chris Cuomo citing proof he helped his politician brother
CNN on Tuesday suspended news anchor Chris Cuomo indefinitely over his role in defending his brother, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo regarding sexual harassment allegations.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsDikes 'as ready as they can be' for incoming rain, mayor says as rain falls in flood-damaged Abbotsford
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Disgraced Calgary teacher admitted abusive behaviour 15 years before charges: ATA ruling
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Meth hidden in painting replaced with placebo in B.C. police plot to bust alleged smuggler
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Josephine Baker becomes 1st Black woman honoured at France's Pantheon
Josephine Baker — the U.S.-born entertainer, anti-Nazi spy and civil rights activist — was inducted into France's Pantheon on Tuesday, becoming the first Black woman to receive the nation's highest honour.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsPolice investigating after protesters harass families as children get their vaccines in North Bay
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'Buying time': How Canada came around on pandemic travel bans
Countries are acting swiftly to isolate regions where COVID-19 variants of concern have emerged. Many scientists are not convinced that travel bans actually work. Some say bans encourage countries to downplay outbreaks or hide new variants. Others say bans can buy time.
via CBC | Top Stories News3 killed, 6 wounded in Michigan high school shooting
A 15-year-old student opened fire at his Michigan high school about 50 kilometres north of Detroit Tuesday, killing three students and wounding six people, including a teacher.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsHead of Alberta's beleaguered police watchdog agency resigns
The head of Alberta’s police watchdog agency has resigned, signalling what critics say is a long-foreshadowed breakdown in the chronically underfunded agency.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsCBSA has intercepted hundreds of fake COVID-19 tests, vaccine documents
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Desmond inquiry: official says review needed on how N.S. serves African Nova Scotians
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Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Tuesday
The omicron variant was already in the Netherlands when South Africa alerted the World Health Organization about it last week, Dutch health authorities said Tuesday, adding to fear and confusion over the new version of the coronavirus in a weary world hoping it had left the worst of the pandemic behind.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsAs omicron piles on economic fears, Canadian outlook offers glimmer of bland optimism
With the new omicron variant, market instability, inflation and supply chain fears, Canada expects a pleasantly bland economic outlook on jobs and GDP.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsNew exchange-traded crypto funds launching in Canada today will be 1st to pay monthly yield
A Toronto-based money manager that launched the world's first bitcoin exchange-traded fund earlier this year is unveiling three new funds on the TSX Tuesday that will be the first to pay out a monthly yield.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsWidow alleges Toronto company duped her dying husband into selling their home
A Kitchener, Ont., widow is suing to get her house back after two companies and their directors allegedly duped her and her dying husband into selling their house for under market value — by telling them they could live there rent free for the rest of their lives.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsAs Canada's coat of arms turns 100, is it time for an overhaul?
Canada's coat of arms was adopted by royal proclamation 100 years ago. But some say its design, which is based on the four "founding nations" of European setters - England, Scotland, Ireland and France - is overdue for a revamp that would recognize the role of First Nations, Inuit and Métis.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsNew Indigenous healing space offers 'a place where people can talk about their brokenness,' founder says
Clarence Cachagee founded Crow Shield Lodge, an Indigenous land-based education and healing space in southwestern Ontario, and says there's such a need for healing in the Waterloo region that he wants to set up a second site.
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B.C. store owner who offered employee cash for sex and then fired her ordered to pay $99K
A shopkeeper in a small B.C. community has been ordered to pay nearly $99,000 to a former employee he repeatedly harassed and offered cash for sex.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsHanukkah in pictures from around the world
Jewish communities around the world celebrated the first of eight days of Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, on Sunday, closing another year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsProposed law would change some of the rules overseeing Manitoba police
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Defence minister and Canada's top soldier to apologize to sexual misconduct victims
Canada’s defence minister will join the country’s top soldier in delivering a formal apology to survivors of sexual misconduct in the armed forces on December 13.
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