Vancouver rallies for missing, murdered Indigenous women Indigenous women in Canada are seven times more likely than non-Indigenous women to be murdered, advocacy group says. Al Jazeera · Feb 14, 2022
Foreign money funding ‘extremism’ in Canada, says hacker Exclusive: leak shows more than half of donations to convoy protest through GiveSendGo came from US The Guardian - UK · Feb 14, 2022
Canada's Trudeau to invoke emergencies act to deal with truckers' protests Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday plans to invoke rarely used emergency measures to tackle ongoing protests that have shut border crossings, and also blocked the capital for more than two weeks, sources said. Reuters · Feb 14, 2022
Alleging a commitment to 'freedom,' the convoy takes a page from the Cold War playbook With the end of the blockade at the Ambassador Bridge and the deal brokered by the City of Ottawa to remove trucks from residential areas, it might appear that the so-called freedom convoy is winding down. But the challenge of how to proceed remains. The Conversation · Feb 14, 2022
The police, not the military, must stop the 'freedom convoy' and Canada's far-right uprising The “freedom movement” is a catch-all term for many segments of intolerant ideologies, including white supremacy, anti-LGBTQ sentiments and anti-Semitism. The Conversation · Feb 14, 2022
Auto industry restarts work after end of U.S.-Canada bridge blockade Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called the end of the blockade a ""win for Michigan’s working families." Axios · Feb 14, 2022
Factbox-Canada's Emergencies Act: how will it squeeze funding of the trucker protests? Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday invoked rarely-used special measures to end protests that have shut some border crossings and paralyzed downtown Ottawa. Reuters · Feb 14, 2022
U.S.-Canada rematch set for Olympic hockey final The cross-border rivals will play on Thursday after Canada erupted for five first-period goals over an Olympic record span of 3:24 in a 10-3 win over Switzerland. Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 14, 2022
Winter Olympics: Eve Muirhead and Team GB facing three must-win games after Canada defeat Team GB face Japan on Tuesday and know defeat in any of their final three matches could see them eliminated The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2022
Canada PM to invoke Emergencies Act to deal with protests - CBC Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will invoke the little-used Emergencies Act to give his government extra powers to deal with protesting truckers, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation said on Monday. Reuters · Feb 14, 2022
Israelis mount their own COVID "Freedom Convoy" An Israeli protest convoy inspired by demonstrations in Canada against coronavirus restrictions drove along the main highway linking Tel Aviv and Jerusalem on Monday. Reuters · Feb 14, 2022
In Canada, frustrations linger even as bridge reopens to traffic Largely civil and without violence, a demonstration in Windsor, Ontario was finally cleared by police Sunday after blocking one of North America’s busiest cross-border trade arteries for more than five days. Tribune News Service · Feb 14, 2022
Canada trucker protests enter third week after crucial US border bridge reopens Organisers deny reports of an agreement as third week beckons The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2022
CordovaCann Opens 14th Star Buds Cannabis Co. Store In Canada Cannabis-focused consumer products company CordovaCann Corp. (CSE:CDVA)(OTCQB: LVRLF) opened its 14th Star Buds Cannabis Co. Benzinga · Feb 14, 2022
The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2022 Why would you want to blank an end in curling? Teams can opt to blank an end in order to retain the hammer for the next one
The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2022 Winter Olympics medal table: Who is winning Beijing 2022 so far? Norway are the favourites to top the Beijing Winter Olympic medal table but face competition from USA, Canada, Germany and even the hosts China
The Guardian - UK · Feb 14, 2022 Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics daily briefing: crashes, smashes and Valieva The snowboard and freestyle skiing events feature heavy crashes, while Cas say the 15-year-old skater from Russia is free to skate tomorrow
Reason · Feb 14, 2022 Canada's Freedom Convoy Embodies Fatigue with Pandemic Authoritarianism COVID-19 policies eroded liberty and many people want it back.
Bangkok Post · Feb 14, 2022 Slain Indian's relatives cancel visit PHUKET: Relatives of the Indian man who was shot dead on this island province on Feb 4 cancelled their visit to take his body back to India, police said on Monday.
The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2022 EXPLAINER: Competing for 'another' country is nothing new U.S.-born athletes have taken centerstage at the Winter Olympics in Beijing — for the host country, that is, generating scrutiny of nationality switching
Reuters · Feb 14, 2022 Canada's Trudeau invokes emergency powers in bid to end protests Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday activated rarely used emergency powers in an effort to end protests that have shut some U.S. border crossings and paralyzed parts of the capital.
Los Angeles Times · Feb 14, 2022 Doyle McManus: Angry truckers paralyzed Canada’s capital. It could happen here too WASHINGTON — The pictures from Ottawa over the last two weeks have defied every American stereotype of Canadians. We think of our northern neighbors as incorrigibly polite, their politics as moderate and their capital city — when we consider it at all — as boring, the Sacramento of the north.
The Guardian - US · Feb 14, 2022 Incursion could start at ‘any time’, White House warns – as it happened US relocating remaining embassy staff to Lviv, Antony Blinken confirms
The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2022 At Olympics, the line between photo and painting can blur A photograph is not a painting. A painting is not a photograph. Yet in the right situation, in the right hands, the two can approach each other and, in the best circumstances, seem to merge.
The Guardian - AU · Feb 14, 2022 Coronavirus live: UK records 41,648 new cases and 35 Covid-linked deaths; French protest convoy reaches Brussels – as it happened UK cases down 30% on the previous week, with weekly deaths down 27.2%; 500 French vehicles arrive in Brussels to protest against Covid measures