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Canadian liquor stores remove Russian vodka from shelves after Ukraine invasion

Canadian liquor stores are removing Russian vodka and other Russian made alcoholic beverages from their shelves in an act of condemnation over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

Reuters · Feb 25, 2022

Latest Russia-Ukraine updates: US to impose sanctions on Putin

Ukraine news from February 25: Biden plans move to freeze assets of Putin and Russian foreign minister.

Al Jazeera · Feb 24, 2022

NeonMind Appoints Dr. Dinesh Bhayana As Site Medical Director Of Its First Mental Health Clinic

NeonMind Biosciences Inc. (CSE: NEON)(OTCQB: NMDBF)(FRA:6UF) has appointed Dr. Dinesh Bhayana, MD, CCFP, as the site medical director of its inaugural specialty clinic for interventional psychiatry, located in Mississauga, Ontario.

Benzinga · Feb 24, 2022

Canada's parliament approves Trudeau's emergency powers

Canada's parliament on Monday backed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's decision to invoke rarely-used emergency powers to end pandemic-related protests that have blocked streets in the capital Ottawa for more than three weeks.

Reuters · Feb 21, 2022

Omitting indoor air quality from COVID-19 guidance for shelters and long-term care homes is a grave mistake

Forty per cent of COVID-19 deaths in Ontario have taken place in long-term care homes. Chronic and in some cases devastating outbreaks have also been reported in shelters, detention centres and group homes for adults with disabilities. Residents and workers have died, and thousands more have been infected.

The Conversation · Feb 20, 2022

Canada's capital secured and cleaned up after weeks-long protest

Canadian police on Sunday secured the downtown core of the capital with fencing as city workers cleaned up trash and snow plows cleared streets after two days of tense standoffs and 191 arrests ended a three-week occupation of Ottawa.

Reuters · Feb 20, 2022

Ottawa police make forceful arrests of Canadian truck convoy protesters amid effort to regain control of city

At least 100 people have been arrested

The Independent UK · Feb 19, 2022

Canadian police arrest dozens to sweep protesters from parliament area

Canadian police on Saturday used pepper spray and stun grenades, and made dozens of arrests as they cleared demonstrators from the street in front of parliament, where they have been camping for more than three weeks to protest against pandemic restrictions.

Reuters · Feb 19, 2022

Canada police set to end siege of capital by trucker convoy

Police, some on horseback, pushed into crowds of demonstrators to clear them from the streets of downtown Ottawa on Friday, arresting more than 100 and hauling away vehicles that had been blocking the capital's core for over three weeks in a protest against pandemic restrictions.

Reuters · Feb 18, 2022

Ottawa's sleepy core transformed into protest street party

A sedate strip of Ottawa's downtown has been transformed into a weeks-long street party as anti-vaccine mandate protesters have settled in, complete with barbecues, bouncy castles and a hot tub, drawing the ire of the city's exhausted residents.

Reuters · Feb 18, 2022