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TOP HEADLINES:
-- Border tragedy: accused to appear in court Monday
-- Quebec, Ontario log dip in COVID hospitalizations
-- Canada flags unexplained illnesses to global staff
-- Ontario to hold meeting on rural housing issues
-- Canadian scientist studies Antarctic glacier melt
-- Navy commander says golfing with Vance was mistake
-- Shapovalov upsets Zverev in Aussie Open 4th round
TOP NEWS STORIES:
Border tragedy: accused to appear in court Monday
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Fargo, North Dakota, United States -- Under cover of darkness, strafed by bitter winds and obscured by a swirling blizzard, they plodded through deep snow and deadly cold, aiming to cross an invisible threshold that held the promise of a better life. By James McCarten. Words: 1289
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Quebec, Ontario log dip in COVID hospitalizations
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Montreal, , -- Sunday shoppers streamed back into Quebec stores for the first time in three weeks as a measure meant to curb soaring COVID-19-related hospitalization rates in the province came to an end amid declining patient numbers. Words: 600
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Canadian Trucking Alliance condemns vax protests
Trucker-Protest
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada -- A Canadian federation of provincial trucking groups is speaking out against planned protests by unvaccinated truckers opposed to a vaccine mandate for cross-border travel. Words: 209, Photos: 1. Will be writethru.
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Study finds some fish get old but don't age
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Research in a set of unique Canadian lakes is backing up a strange consequence of evolutionary theory often predicted but never before shown. By Bob Weber. Words: 753, Photos: 1
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Ontario to hold meeting on rural housing issues
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford is set to meet Sunday with leaders of rural, remote and northern communities to discuss their housing challenges as issues of rapid price growth and lack of supply are felt far beyond urban borders. By Allison Jones. Words: 854, Photos: 1
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Canada flags unexplained illnesses to global staff
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada -- Canada's foreign ministry has advised staff serving around the world to watch for mysterious illness symptoms following unexplained health incidents among diplomats in Cuba and U.S. personnel in various countries. By Jim Bronskill. Words: 802, Photos: 1
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Canadian scientist studies Antarctic glacier melt
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Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada -- As icebergs drifted by his Antarctica-bound ship, David Holland spoke this week of how the melting glacier he's cruising towards may contain warning signals for the coasts of far-off Canada. By Michael Tutton. Words: 990, Photos: 1
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Navy commander says golfing with Vance was mistake
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Ottawa, , -- Royal Canadian Navy commander Vice-Admiral Craig Baines admits he made a mistake by golfing with retired general Jonathan Vance last summer while the former chief of the defence staff was being investigated for alleged sexual misconduct. By Lee Berthiaume. Words: 1129, Photos: 1
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Canadians using apps to reduce food bills, waste
Food-Rescue-Apps
Toronto, Ontario, Canada -- When Gillian Pulfer picked up roasted sweet potato soup, flank stank and chicken salad from a Toronto Pusateri’s Fine Foods for $10 last weekend, the deal was too good not to brag about. By Tara Deschamps. Words: 820, Photos: 1
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Five things to watch for in Canadian business
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada -- Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Words: 307, Photos: 1
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Shapovalov upsets Zverev in Aussie Open 4th round
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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia -- As the 2022 Australian Open began, Denis Shapovalov talked about wanting to bring the “Rafa mentality” to the court. By Stephanie Myles. Words: 751, Photos: 1
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TOP STORIES
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RUSSIA-UKRAINE — Russia’s Foreign Ministry has rejected a British claim that Russia was seeking to replace Ukraine’s government with a pro-Moscow administration, and that former Ukrainian lawmaker Yevheniy Murayev was being considered as a potential candidate. By Jim Heintz. SENT: 440 words, photos.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-RACE CRITERIA — Some conservatives are taking aim at policies that allow doctors to consider race as a risk factor when allocating scarce COVID-19 treatments, saying the protocols discriminate against white people. The wave of infections brought on by the omicron variant and a shortage of treatments have focused attention on the policies. By Todd Richmond. SENT: 1,225 words, photos. This story is the Monday Spotlight.
TAX-FILING-SEASON — Tax filing season starts Monday and people can expect the task to be more cumbersome than usual this year thanks to an overloaded and understaffed IRS workforce and new complications from pandemic-related programs. By Fatima Hussein. SENT: 790 words, photos. SENT: 840 words, photos.
KASHMIR-JOURNALISTS UNDER SIEGE — Journalists in Indian-controlled Kashmir have long contended with threats and found themselves caught between the authorities and rebels. But their situation has gotten dramatically worse since India revoked the region’s semi-autonomy in 2019, throwing Kashmir under a security and communication lockdown. Journalists have been arrested, interrogated and investigated under harsh anti-terror laws. Fearing reprisals, most of the local press has wilted under pressure. By Aijaz Hussain and Sheikh Saaliq. SENT: 1,210 words, photos.
BURKINA-FASO-MILITARY — Mutinous soldiers seized control of a military base in Burkina Faso’s capital Sunday, raising fears of a coup attempt in the West African nation as gunfire rang out for hours amid growing frustration with the government’s handling of the Islamic insurgency. The defense minister denied that President Roch Marc Christian Kabore had been detained, though his whereabouts remain unknown. By Sam Mednick. SENT: 580 words, photos.
POLICE-OFFICERS-SHOT — A city reeling from a spate of violence is preparing to lay to rest a rookie police officer being hailed as an inspiration to his immigrant community, as investigators sought to make sense of a domestic dispute that left another officer “fighting for his life.” Funeral services for 22-year-old New York City Police Officer Jason Rivera were being finalized. By Bobby Caina Calvan. SENT: 880 words, photos.
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TRENDING NEWS
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CRUISE-SHIP-SEIZURE — A cruise ship with hundreds of passengers has diverted to the Bahamas after a U.S. judge granted an order to seize the vessel as part of a lawsuit over unpaid fuel. SENT: 260 words.
DENMARK-VIKING SHIPS — UNESCO has added Nordic “clinker boats” to its list of traditions that represent the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. SENT: 645 words.
EMIRATES — The United Arab Emirates has banned the flying of drones in the country for recreation after Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed a fatal drone attack on an oil facility and major airport in the country. SENT: 230 words, photo.
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MORE ON THE VIRUS OUTBREAK
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EUROPE-VACCINE PROTESTS — Police in Brussels have fired water cannons and tear gas to disperse violent demonstrations against COVID-19 vaccinations and restrictions. The protest Sunday drew tens of thousands of people, some traveling from France, Germany and other countries. SENT: 420 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-NEW ZEALAND — New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is postponing her wedding after announcing new COVID-19 restrictions following the discovery of nine cases of the omicron variant in a single family that flew to Auckland to attend a wedding. SENT: 435 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-RUSSIA — New coronavirus infections in Russia have reached an all-time high, the third consecutive daily record as the highly contagious omicron variant spreads through the country. SENT: 330 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-CHINA — People in a Beijing district with some 2 million residents have been ordered to undergo mass coronavirus testing following a series of infections as China tightened anti-disease controls ahead of the Winter Olympics. SENT: 260 words, photos.
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WASHINGTON/POLITICS
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BIDEN-BLACK VOTERS — Some Black voters in South Carolina, a state that rescued Joe Biden’s presidential campaign in 2020, say they’re unimpressed or even dispirited one year into his term. And while that’s not a universal view, it is a worrisome sign for a president whose approval ratings are falling among Black Americans, the most reliable Democratic constituency. SENT: 1,070 words, photos.
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NATIONAL
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SCHOOLS-OVERDOSE-ANTIDOTE — The death of a Connecticut seventh grader from an apparent fentanyl overdose has renewed calls for schools to carry the opioid antidote naloxone. The 13-year-old student in Hartford died Jan. 15 after falling ill in school two days earlier. SENT: 1,100 words, photos.
MICHAEL AVENATTI-STORMY DANIELS — The porn star who catapulted Michael Avenatti to fame four years ago will get a starring role in a New York courtroom when prosecutors try to prove the California lawyer cheated her of $300,000 in book proceeds. SENT: 500 words, photos.
HOUSE PARTY SHOOTING-CALIFORNIA — Authorities say four people were killed and one was wounded when multiple shooters opened fire at a house party near Los Angeles early Sunday. SENT: 210 words.
CONSTABLE-DEPUTY-FATALLY SHOT — Authorities say a driver shot and killed a Houston-area deputy during an early-morning traffic stop and then got back in his vehicle and drove off. SENT: 210 words.
CHICAGO VIOLENCE-GIRL SHOT — A gunman targeting someone else on Chicago’s southwest side instead shot an 8-year-old girl in the head, killing her, police said. SENT: 250 words.
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INTERNATIONAL
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CAMEROON-FIRE — Authorities in Cameroon say at least 17 people have died after a fire broke out at a nightclub and spread to an area where cooking gas was stored. A government statement Sunday says a series of loud explosions erupted amid the blaze in the Bastos neighborhood of Yaounde, the capital. SENT: 270 words, photos.
MIGRATION-HUNGARY — Hungary’s nationalist leader is keen to use the threat of migrants at his country’s southern border to give him an advantage in the upcoming general election. But the scale of migration pressure claimed by Prime Minister Viktor Orban is drawn into question by statistics from neighboring Serbia and the European Union’s border agency. SENT: 1,040 words, photos.
MIDEAST-SEIZURES — The U.S. Navy has announced it seized a boat in the Gulf of Oman carrying fertilizer used to make explosives that was caught last year smuggling weapons to Yemen. The British royal navy said it confiscated 2,295 pounds of illegal drugs in the same waters. SENT: 440 words.
NORWAY-AFGHANISTAN-TALIBAN — A Taliban delegation led by acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi has started three days of talks in Oslo with Western government officials and Afghan civil society representatives amid a deteriorating humanitarian situation in Afghanistan. SENT: 500 words, photos.
TONGA-VOLCANO-ERUPTION-AUSTRALIA — Aid flights from Australia, Japan and New Zealand carrying food, water, medical supplies and telecommunications equipment landed in Tonga over the weekend, as the Pacific nation grapples with the aftermath of an underwater volcanic eruption and tsunami. SENT: 430 words, photos.
YEMEN — Workers in war-wrecked Yemen recovered five more bodies from the rubble of a prison facility hit by a Saudi-led coalition airstrike, bringing the death toll to at least 87, an international aid group says. SENT: 200 words, photo.
IRAN-SOUTH KOREA — Using Iranian bank funds freed from American sanctions, South Korea has paid Iran’s $18 million in delinquent dues owed to the United Nations, Seoul said Sunday. The step was apparently approved by Washington to restore Tehran’s suspended voting rights at the world body. SENT: 630 words.
ISRAEL-SUBMARINES — Israel’s Cabinet has approved the launch of a state investigation into the purchase of submarines and other warships from Germany, a case that has embroiled close confidants of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. SENT: 410 words.
BRITAIN-POLITICS — A former minister in Britain’s Conservative government says she was told her Muslim faith was a reason she was fired, a claim that has deepened the rifts roiling Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s governing party. SENT: 410 words.
HONDURAS-CONGRESS — Honduran President-elect Xiomara Castro is facing a growing crisis: Dueling sessions of the newly elected Congress on Sunday elected different sets of leaders. SENT: 510 words, photos.
REL-VATIVAN-POPE-UKRAINE — Pope Francis has expressed his concern over rising tensions in Ukraine that threaten peace, and called for political talks that put at the center “human brotherhood instead of partisan interests.” SENT: 116 words, photos.
UKRAINE-MALANKA-PHOTO-GALLERY — Dressed as goats, bears, oxen and cranes, many Ukrainians ring in the new year in the colorful rituals of the Malanka holiday. Malanka, which draws on pagan folk tales, marks the new year according to the Julian calendar, meaning it falls on Jan. 13-14. SENT: 170 words, photos.
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ENTERTAINMENT
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OBIT-DON WILSON — Don Wilson, co-founder and rhythm guitarist of the instrumental guitar band The Ventures, has died. He was 88. SENT: 290 words, photo.
FILM-BOX-OFFICE — After spending one weekend in second place, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” proved it still had some fight left. Sony’s superhero juggernaut swung back to first place in its sixth weekend in theaters and became the sixth highest grossing film of all time, globally. Studio estimates on Sunday say the film topped the North American charts with $14.1 million. SENT: 335 words, photos.
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SPORTS
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TEN-AUSTRALIAN OPEN — Rafael Nadal is into the quarterfinals of the Australian Open for the 14th time after beating Adrian Mannarino in straight sets following a long opening tiebreaker. Nadal needed seven set points before finishing off the almost 29-minute tiebreaker on the way to his 7-6 (14), 6-2, 6-2 fourth-round victory. SENT: 900 words, photos.
FBN-RAMS-BUCCANEERS — A berth in the NFC championship game will be on the line when Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers host Aaron Donald and the Los Angeles Rams in the divisional round of the NFL playoffs. UPCOMING: 700 words, photos. Game starts at 3 p.m.
FBN-BILLS-CHIEFS — The Bills and Chiefs meet for the second straight year in the playoffs. Kansas City won last year’s meeting in the AFC title game to reach its second consecutive Super Bowl. The Bills are trying to make the title game this year with a win over the Chiefs in the divisional round. UPCOMING: 800 words, photos. Game starts 6:30 p.m.
OLY-NOR-GENDER-INEQUALITY — Nordic combined is the only Olympic sport without gender equity. Women compete internationally in the sport that combines ski jumping and cross-country skiing — until it’s time to go for gold at the Olympics. The International Olympic Committee rejected an application for women to participate in Beijing, but they are expected to compete at the 2026 Olympics. Tara Geraghty-Moats didn’t want to wait around that long, switching from Nordic Combined to biathlon to potentially give her a chance to compete in China. UPCOMING: 650 words, photos, by 5 p.m.
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