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RCMP seek to move Alberta border protesters
The RCMP was greeted with anger and chants of ‘hell no we won’t go’ Wednesday when attempts were made to convince protesters camped out north of the Coutts border crossing to move to another safer location.
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Category: News
Time Published: 4:30 p.m. ET Wednesday, Feb. 9
Census shows Canada’s population growth tops in G7, despite pandemic slowdown
Statistics Canada says Canada’s population grew at the fastest rate in the G7 between 2016 and 2021. Laurent Martel, director of the agency's centre for demography, says the first bits of census data highlight the impact of immigration and the pandemic on population growth.
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Category: News
Time Published: 2:45 p.m. ET Wednesday, Feb. 9
Coming up later (subject to change on availability):
OTTAWA _ Coverage of the truck protest convoy on Parliament Hill. (video as available)
OTTAWA _ Conservative and Liberal caucuses meet. (video as available)
VICTORIA _ B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix and provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry hold a news conference to provide an update on COVID-19. (via livestream, expected this afternoon)
OTTAWA _ People’s Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier will hold a news conference with doctors representing the convoy. (no longer available)
OTTAWA _ Question Period in the House of Commons. (no longer available)
WINNIPEG _ Manitoba's deputy chief provincial public health officer, Dr. Jazz Atwal, and Dr. Joss Reimer, medical lead for the vaccine implementation task force, will hold a COVID-19 briefing. (no longer available)
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Ontario expands rapid test access with distribution at grocery stores, pharmacies
Ontario is expanding access to rapid antigen COVID-19 tests, making them available at grocery stores, pharmacies and other agencies across the province. The province says up to 5.5 million tests will be made available per week at retailers participating in the program that will run for at least eight weeks. Individuals can pick the tests up in-person or order online, depending on the retailer, with a general limit of one box of five tests per household per visit.
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Category: News
Time Published: 1:50 p.m. ET Wednesday, Feb. 9
Alberta starts lifting COVID-19 rules
Premier Jason Kenney says Alberta’s vaccine passport will end almost immediately, with most other big COVID-19 health rules gone three weeks later. Kenney told a news conference the vaccine passport, known in Alberta as the restriction exemption program, had served its function and was no longer helping to further vaccination rates in the province.
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Category: News
Time Published: 12:20 p.m. ET Wednesday, Feb. 9
Protesters say end to COVID-19 measures not enough
The vaccine mandate is gone but protesters are vowing to hunker down for the long term on the highway leading to the main border crossing in Alberta. A number of protesters say the announcement by Premier Jason Kenney wasn’t enough yesterday and the masking bylaw should have been removed immediately.
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Category: News
Time Published: 9:15 a.m. ET Wednesday, Feb. 9
B.C. premier backs COVID-19 restrictions amid protests
Premier John Horgan says British Columbia won’t be pressured to lift the province’s COVID-19 restrictions by protests, but will be listening to the advice of public health officials.
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Category: News
Time Published: 10:00 p.m. ET Tuesday, Feb. 8
RCMP, Alberta government detail work to address illegal border blockade
RCMP say removal of trucks and other vehicles from a protest in southern Alberta against pandemic restrictions is being hampered by towing companies that don’t want to help. Mounties say the protest snarling traffic at the Coutts border crossing is illegal, but the goal, for now, is to end it peacefully while keeping traffic and goods flowing as much as possible.
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Category: News
Time Published: 7:45 p.m. ET Tuesday, Feb. 8
Conservatives urge Trudeau to end vaccine mandates
Candice Bergen, the Conservatives' interim leader, called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in question period to lift vaccine mandates. She says Canada's chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam has said the mandates must be re-evaluated, and even a Quebec Liberal MP, Joel Lightbound, has criticized the government's approach as divisive. Trudeau responds that everyone is sick and tired of the pandemic, but Canadians have stepped up to help each other and get vaccinated.
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Category: News
Time Published: 3:55 p.m. ET Tuesday, Feb. 8
Trudeau defends vaccine mandates after MP breaks ranks
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he understands people are tired of COVID-19 restrictions, but says vaccine mandates are a way to prevent lockdowns from recurring. Trudeau was responding to public criticism from one of his Quebec MPs, Joel Lightbound, about mandates and the government’s tone.
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Category: News
Time Published: 3:40 p.m. ET Tuesday, Feb. 8
Feds working to help Ottawa with ‘hugely disruptive’ protests: Blair
Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair says it’s not his place to comment on the Ottawa police response to a convoy of anti-vaccine protesters who have occupied the capital city for more than a week. But he says the federal government is doing all it can to support the municipality. Blair also reacted to remarks made by Quebec Liberal MP Joël Lightbound, who broke with caucus ranks to accuse the Trudeau government of taking a divisive approach to COVID-19.
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Category: News
Time Published: 3:20 p.m. ET Tuesday, Feb. 8
Saskatchewan lifting all COVID-19 measures
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says the benefits of COVID-19 restrictions no longer outweigh the costs associated with them. On Tuesday he announced a plan to gradually lift all public health orders by the end of February.
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Category: News
Time Published: 3:00 p.m. ET Tuesday, Feb. 8
Most Quebec COVID restrictions to end by mid-March
Quebec Premier François Legault says most COVID-19 restrictions in the province will be lifted by March 14, except for the mask mandate and the vaccine passport system.
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Category: News
Time Published: 3:00 p.m. ET Tuesday, Feb. 8
Governments pledge $228M for B.C. farms
British Columbia’s farming industry will receive up to $228-million in funding to support its recovery from devastating floods last November through a joint federal-provincial program. B.C. Agricultural Minister Lana Popham said during the announcement Monday the funds will cover expenses not covered by existing government programs or private insurance.
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Category: News
Time Published: 5:30 p.m. ET Monday, Feb. 7
Residents say confrontation with protesters preceded alleged arson in downtown Ottawa apartment
Residents in a downtown Ottawa apartment building say they are scared after an apparent attempt to start a fire in the lobby. Ottawa police say they are investigating the fire, which residents say came after a confrontation between anti-vaccine protesters and tenants a few hours earlier.
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Category: News
Time Published: 14:20 p.m. ET Monday, Feb. 7
Canada's moguls star Mikael Kingsbury captures third Olympic medal
Mikael Kingsbury won silver in men's moguls at the Beijing Olympics, his third Olympic medal. The most decorated moguls skier in the world arrived as the reigning champion, but lost to Sweden's Walter Wallberg in the Super Final.
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Category: Sports
Time Published: 12:30 p.m. ET Monday, Feb. 7
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