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TOP HEADLINES:
-- Police investigate desecrations as protest unfolds
-- Canada withdraws staff from embassy in Ukraine
-- Calls for vaccine certificates to require 3 doses
-- Standards would track youth mental health: experts
-- Pay transparency can reduce wage gap: Advocates
-- North American rivals square off in World Cup qualifier
TOP NEWS STORIES:
Police investigate desecrations as protest unfolds
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada -- Several criminal investigations are underway into actions — including the desecration of monuments — during an ongoing protest of government-imposed vaccine mandates and COVID-19 restrictions, Ottawa police confirmed Sunday. By Jim Bronskill. Words: 771. Will be writethru. With Trucker-Protest-The-Latest, Truck-Protest-QuickList, vars other sidebars on merit
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Canada withdraws staff from embassy in Ukraine
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada -- Global Affairs Canada says "non-essential" Canadian employees and their dependents from the embassy in Ukraine will be temporarily withdrawn amid concerns over a buildup of Russian troops along the country's borders. Words: 369
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NS Power CEO says proposed fee about 'fairness'
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Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada -- The head of Nova Scotia's electrical utility is defending a proposal to charge fees to customers who sell renewable power back to the grid, a plan critics say will gut the province's burgeoning solar industry. By Brett Bundale. Words: 531
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Legault announces candidate in key Quebec riding
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Montreal, , -- Quebec Premier François Legault has named the woman who will carry his party's banner during a pending byelection in a Montreal-area riding. Words: 318
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Quebec restaurants reopen, workers may not return
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada -- Restaurants in Quebec will be allowed to reopen Monday for the first time in more than a month, but some former workers say they won't be looking for new jobs in the industry. By Jacob Serebrin. Words: 913, Photos: 1
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Calls for vaccine certificates to require 3 doses
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada -- Restaurants, gyms, cinemas and many other businesses in Ontario are set to open their doors once again on Monday to fully vaccinated patrons, but with COVID-19 levels likely just past a peak, some question if "fully vaccinated" should be redefined. By Allison Jones. Words: 784, Photos: 1
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Standards would track youth mental health: experts
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada -- Concern about the mental health challenges of young Canadians has been growing during the nearly two years of disruptions and repeated isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic. By Erika Ibrahim. Words: 775, Photos: 1
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How fuel could have entered Iqaluit's water
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Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada -- Iqaluit resident Jenny Ell says she couldn't believe it when she turned on her tap a couple of weeks ago and smelled fuel for the second time in a matter of months. By Emma Tranter. Words: 690, Photos: 1
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B.C. Liberals begin voting Thursday for new leader
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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada -- A new leader will be chosen by British Columbia's Liberals on Saturday after a months-long campaign that often focused on renewal and a new course for a party that has lost successive elections after 16 years in power. By Dirk Meissner. Words: 771, Photos: 1. With Liberal-Leadership-BC-Thumbnails
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Pay transparency can reduce wage gap: Advocates
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada -- As widespread labour shortages force Canadian companies to re-evaluate their employee recruitment and retention practices, experts say pay transparency is increasingly in the spotlight. By Amanda Stephenson. Words: 746, 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: 244, Photos: 1
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Lynx Air CEO sees room for all in cutthroat market
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Australian Merren McArthur first touched down in Canada in the mid-1980s for a ski holiday that turned into a two-month stay in the Rockies. By Christopher Reynolds. Words: 906, Photos: 1
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North American rivals square off in World Cup qualifier
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HAMILTON — Canada hosts the U.S. in a top-of-the-table tilt in the final round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying Sunday. The showdown at Tim Hortons Field pits the unbeaten Canadian men (5-0-4, 19 points) against the U.S. (5-1-3, 18 points). 800 words. PHOTO. Game kicks off at 3:05 p.m. ET.
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Colliton named coach of Canadian men's hockey team
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Davos, Grisons, Switzerland -- Jeremy Colliton has been named head coach of Canada's men's hockey team for the Beijing Olympics after Claude Julien was sidelined by an injury. Words: 170, Photos: 1
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COMING LATER:
-- We'll have a story setting up Monday's return of Parliament based on an interview with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
-- We'll have a roundup of COVID-19 news from across Canada
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TOP STORIES
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RUSSIA_UKRAINE-TENSIONS — The U.S. tries to step up pressure on Russia over Ukraine, promising to put Moscow on the defensive at the U.N. Security Council on Monday as lawmakers on Capitol Hill say they are nearing agreement on “the mother of all sanctions.” By Jim Heintz and Ellen Knickmeyer. SENT: 720 words, photos.
RUSSIA-UKRAINE-SANCTIONS-EXPLAINER — The White House and U.S. officials have threatened Russia with financial sanctions carrying “severe consequences” if it invades Ukraine, but so far plenty of people have been prime targets for Western pain. Experts say it’s unlikely the U.S. and its allies would agree to something as sweeping as a complete ban on trade with Russia or an embargo. Rather, industries and individuals probably will continue to bear the brunt of sanctions as the crisis deepens. By Fatima Hussein. SENT: 850 words, photos.
WINTER-WEATHER — Gusty winds and falling temperatures plunged the East Coast into a deep freeze as people dig out from a powerful nor’easter that dumped mounds of snow, flooded coastlines and knocked power out. Dangerous wind chills fell to below zero in many locations across the region Sunday after the storm dumped snow from Virginia to Maine. By Mark Pratt and Mike Catalini. SENT: 750 words, photos, video.
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KOREAS-TENSIONS — North Korea has fired what appeared to be the most powerful missile it has tested since U.S. President Joe Biden took office, possibly breaching a self-imposed suspension on the testing of longer-range weapons as it revives its old playbook in brinkmanship to wrest concessions from Washington and neighbors amid a prolonged stalemate in diplomacy. By Kim Tong-Hyung and Mari Yamaguchi. SENT: 940 words, photos.
ISLAMIC-STATE-CREEPING-BACK — With a spectacular jail break in Syria and a deadly attack on an army barracks in Iraq, the Islamic State group was back in the headlines the past week, a reminder of a war that formally ended three years ago but continues to be fought mostly away from view. By Zeina Karam and Sarah El Deeb. SENT: 1,180 words, photos.
GEORGE-FLOYD-OFFICERS-CIVIL-RIGHTS-POLICE CULTURE — A federal trial against three former Minneapolis police officers seeks to hold them responsible for not stopping George Floyd’s murder. The men face a rarely used charge accusing them of violating Floyd’s civil rights. Legal experts hope the case also can change long-standing police culture that breeds reluctance to rein in fellow officers. By Kathleen Foody. SENT: 830 words, photos. This is the Monday Spotlight.
TEN-AUSTRALIAN-OPEN — Rafael Nadal has won a men’s record 21st Grand Slam singles title with a comeback five-set victory over second-ranked Daniil Medvedev in the Australian Open final. He had to do it the hard way after Medvedev won the first two sets in a final that started late Sunday local time and ended almost 5 1/2 hours later on Monday morning. By John Pye. SENT: 990 words, photos. With: TEN-AUSTRALIAN-OPEN-THE-LATEST (sent).
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COLD-WEATHER-FLORIDA — A cold snap in Florida saw iguanas falling into suspended animation states, and out of trees. SENT: 440 words, photos.
OBIT-HOWARD-HESSEMAN — Howard Hesseman, who played the radio disc jockey Johnny Fever on the sitcom “WKRP in Cincinnati” and the actor-turned-history teacher Charlie Moore on “Head of the Class,” has died. He was 81. SENT: 170 words.
THAILAND OIL-SPILL — Favorable wind and sea conditions kept an oil slick away from beaches in eastern Thailand, according to authorities, but concerns remained that the spillage may yet strike a popular resort island. SENT: 310 words, photos.
CONFEDERATE MONUMENT-TUSKEGEE — An Alabama judge is scheduled to consider arguments this week in a legal fight over a Confederate monument that has stood for more than a century in mostly black Tuskegee. SENT: 350 words, photo.
DEADLY-MULTI-VEHICLE-CRASH — A six-vehicle crash killed nine people and left one person in critical condition in a wreck that police in Nevada say was caused by a driver who was speeding. SENT: 260 words.
IRAN-KILLER LION — Iranian media is reporting that a lioness killed her keeper as he was feeding her lunch, then escaped with her male partner and prowled around a zoo before being captured, media reported. SENT: 110 words.
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VIRUS OUTRBEAK-CHINA — Beijing officials have sealed off several residential communities in the city’s northern district after two cases of COVID-19 were found. Residents in Chaoyang district were sealed off on Saturday, and will not be allowed to leave their compound. SENT: 365 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-RUSSIA — Russia’s daily count of new coronavirus infections surged to more than 121,000, an eightfold increase compared with the beginning of the month as the highly contagious omicron variant spreads through the country. SENT: 290 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTRBEAK-CANADA-PROTEST — Police in Canada’s capital are investigating possible criminal charges after anti-vaccine protesters urinated on the National War Memorial, danced on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and used the statue of Canadian hero Terry Fox to display an anti-vaccine statement. SENT: 540 words, photos.
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SUPREME-COURT-CLYBURN — At Joe Biden’s lowest moment in the 2020 campaign, influential Rep. Jim Clyburn suggested that Biden should pledge to put the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. Two years later, the hoped-for vacancy on the court has arrived and Clyburn, the highest-ranking Black member of Congress, is making a forceful case for his preferred choice, U.S. District Judge J. Michelle Childs, a jurist from his native South Carolina. ENT: 850 words, photos.
MED-SURPRISE-BILL-PROTECTION-EXPLAINER — Patients worried about getting hit with an unexpected bill after emergency care have a new layer of protection. The No Surprises Act went into effect this month. It prevents doctors or hospitals in many situations from billing insured patients higher rates because the care providers are not in their insurer’s coverage network. SENT: 790 words, photo.
MEXICO-WAITING FOR ASYLUM — A judge rejected President Biden’s suspension of a Trump-era policy making asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. court. Now, with coronavirus restrictions shutting down other avenues, some asylum-seekers see the policy as their only hope. SENT: 1025 words, photos.
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GEN-X-MILLENIALS-TIME-USE — A new study shows the ways members of Generation X and millennials differ in how they spent their time on an average day as young adults. The report released last week by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says that many of the differences are due to changes in technology and patterns in forming families over the last two decades. SENT: 820 words, photos.
TAP-WATER-DISTRUST — Since the lead water crisis in Flint, Michigan, fewer Americans trust the water coming out of their taps. Distrust is especially high in Black and Hispanic households. Taste, the habits of family members and trust in local government all contribute to whether people choose to drink tap water or pay for more expensive alternatives such as bottled water. SENT: 1,050 words, photos.
COLORADO-WILDFIRE-COAL MINES — Authorities investigating the cause of a wildfire that destroyed more than 1,000 buildings last month in Colorado are looking at the possibility that the blaze is linked to underground coal fires have long smoldered at old coal mines in the area. Authorities say the mines are just one of the possible causes they are looking into. SENT: 1,040 words, photos.
POLICE REFORM-WASHINGTON STATE — Washington lawmakers are racing to fix a police reform law that has backfired on some of the state’s most vulnerable residents. Last year, Democrats in Olympia passed ambitious police reform legislation, including restrictions on the use of force. Behavioral health experts say that in the six months since the law took effect, it has become more difficult to get help for people in crisis, with tragic results. SENT: 1,200 words, photos.
ANTI-ASIAN-ATTACKS — Hundreds of people are expected Sunday at events in San Francisco and five other U.S. cities to commemorate the death of 84-year-old Vicha Ratanapakdee. The grandfather from Thailand was assaulted while on a morning walk a year ago in his San Francisco neighborhood and died. SENT: 980 words, photo.
CONFEDERATE MONUMENT-TUSKEGEE — An Alabama judge is scheduled to consider arguments this week in a legal fight over a Confederate monument that has stood for more than a century in mostly black Tuskegee. SENT: 350 words, photo.
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INTERNATIONAL
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VOICES-FROM-MYANMAR — Since Myanmar’s military dismissed the results of democratic elections and seized power on Feb. 1, 2021, peaceful nationwide protests and violent crackdowns by security forces have spiraled into a nationwide humanitarian crisis. A woman told AP she kept fleeing from one place to another after fighting broke out near her village in eastern Myanmar. A 28-year-old surgeon who quit his job to protest the military takeover joined an armed resistance group in the jungle to treat the displaced. SENT: 1,460 words, photos.
EUROPE-STORM — A powerful winter storm has swept through northern Europe over the weekend. At least four people have been killed in Storm Malik while houses and cars were destroyed. Thousands of households were left without electricity. SENT: 330 words, photos.
BRITAIN-BLOODY-SUNDAY — Hundreds of people have gathered in Northern Ireland to mark 50 years since “Bloody Sunday,” one of the deadliest days in the conflict known as The Troubles. Thirteen people were killed and 15 others wounded when British soldiers fired on civil rights protesters on Jan. 30, 1972, in the city of Derry, also known as Londonderry. SENT: 390 words, photos.
BRITAIN-POLITICS-HUMOR — The scandal-prone British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has given cartoonists and meme-makers unimaginable riches for years, and with his hold on power now in jeopardy, their fortunes are only growing. SENT: 850 words, photos.
FRANCE-PRESIDENTIAL-ELECTION — The French left runs divided and weakened in the presidential race as at least five main candidates rejected any alliance with each other — and an online vote meant to pick a leader appears doomed to fail. SENT: 580 words, photos.
SUDAN — Thousands of Sudanese have taken to the streets for the latest in a months-long string of protests to denounce an October military coup that plunged the country into turmoil. Thousands of protesters, mostly young men and women, marched in the streets of the capital of Khartoum and other cities Sunday. SENT: 660 words, photos.
EMIRATES-ISRAEL — Israel’s figurehead president flew to the United Arab Emirates in the first official visit by the country’s head of state, the latest sign of deepening ties between the two nations as tensions rise in the region. SENT: 600 words, photos.
PORTUGAL-ELECTION — Portuguese voters went to the polls Sunday in an early election that looked set to produce another vulnerable minority government, just as the country is poised to start spending a huge windfall of European Union funds. SENT: 650 words, photos. UPCOMING: Polls close at 3 p.m. Exit polls are expected immediately after, and final results by late Sunday or early Monday.
AFGHANISTAN-NEW ZEALAND — A pregnant New Zealand reporter has chosen Afghanistan as a temporary base for her uphill fight to return home because of her country’s stringent COVID-19 entry rules. SENT: 760 words, photo.
IRAQ-ATTACK — Kuwait suspended flights to Iraq for a week starting citing security fears after a rocket attack targeted Baghdad international airport. Iraqi authorities, meanwhile, announced an attacker had been apprehended. SENT: 270 words.
FRANCE-IRAN — French President Emmanuel Macron called for the “immediate release” of a French-Iranian researcher imprisoned in Iran, officials say. SENT: 260 words, photo.
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CHINA-PMI — Manufacturing activity in the world’s second-largest economy grew at a slower pace in January compared to the previous month, according to an official government measure, as the country’s strict “zero-tolerance” COVID-19 measures put a dampener on economic activity. SENT: 240 words, photos.
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TEN—ON TENNIS-NADAL'S 21ST — When Grand Slam title No. 21 belonged to him, when the Australian Open final was over after 5 hours, 24 minutes of twists and turns, when he had managed to complete a comeback from two sets down, Rafael Nadal dropped his racket to the court, covered his face with his taped-up fingers, then shook his head and smiled. This was, in various respects, a fitting way for Nadal to set himself apart, at least for the moment, from Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. By Tennis Writer Howard Fendrich. UPCOMING: 700 words, photos by 3 p.m. ET.
FBN—BRADY'S FUTURE — Tom Brady’s retirement appears imminent. The seven-time Super Bowl champion could make a decision about his future before making an official announcement because of a complicated contract. By Pro Football Writer Rob Maaddi. UPCOMING: 750 words, photos by 5 p.m. ET.
FBN--AFC CHAMPIONSHIP — Joe Burrow and the young Cincinnati Bengals are one win away from sending the franchise to its first Super Bowl since 1989. Standing in their way is Patrick Mahomes and the grizzled Kansas City Chiefs, hosting their fourth straight AFC championship game - with a third straight trip to the Super Bowl on the line at Arrowhead Stadium. UPCOMING: 800 words, photos. Game starts 3 p.m.
FBN—NFC CHAMPIONSHIP — Aaron Donald and the star-studded Los Angeles Rams host Deebo Samuel and the surging San Francisco 49ers in an NFC championship game between division rivals. The powerhouse Niners (12-7) have won six straight in their rivalry with the Rams (14-5), who must break the streak to play in their home Super Bowl in two weeks. UPCOMING: 800 words, photos. Starts 6:40 p.m.
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FILM-A-HERO-ASGHAR-FARHADI — Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, who has won two Oscars for his films “A Separation” and “The Salesman,” may find himself with a third. His latest film “A Hero,” which is currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video, is among the 15 films shortlisted for best international feature and a likely candidate to make the final five when nominations are revealed on Feb. 8. SENT: 690 words, photos.
FILM-BOX OFFICE — On a chillingly quiet weekend at movie theaters, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” again topped the box office in its seventh week of release. UPCOMING: 700 words by 3 p.m., photos.
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