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Quebec seeing end of 5th COVID-19 wave
Dr. Christopher Labos explains whether Quebec is seeing the end of the fifth COVID-19 wave despite there being a new sub-variant of Omicron.
Changing people’s view of mental health
TSN journalist Michael Landsberg has become one of Canada’s leading voices in advocating for mental health.
Public health director talks COVID-19 plan
Quebec interim director of public health Dr. Luc Boileau talks about Quebec’s COVID-19 pandemic plan.
Restaurant staff's mental health and income damaged
Lesley Chesterman says Quebec restaurant staff have seen a major impact, not only on their wallet, but also their mental health.
Is Russia looking to invade Ukraine?
Kyle Matthews, director of the Montreal institute for Genocide and Human Rights, examines what Russia’s intentions could be in Ukraine.
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Canada
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MPs warned about security risks related to convoy, O'Toole plans to meet truckers
As a convoy of truckers made its way through Ontario on Thursday, hundreds of supporters gathered along roadways and overpasses in the Greater Toronto Area, with police warning of major traffic delays.
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Family of four found frozen to death near Canada-U.S. border identified; RCMP investigation continues
Four people who froze to death while trying to cross the Canada-U.S. border in Manitoba have been identified. According to a release from the High Commission of India, the four people have been identified as Jagdish Baldevbhai Patel, 39, Vaishaliben Jagdishkumar Patel, 37, Vihangi Jagdishkumar Patel, 11, and Dharmik Jagdishkumar Patel, 3.
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'Embarrassment for the industry': Not all truckers support the 'freedom convoy'
As a convoy of truckers head to Ottawa to protest the federal government's cross-border vaccine mandate, some truckers are distancing themselves from the movement as it attracts support from fringe groups and generates dangerous rhetoric.
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Could single-family lots soon hold as many as 6 homes? Vancouver real estate pitch gets tentative nod
A proposal that could see as many as six homes packed into what are currently single-family lots in Vancouver is moving forward after a tentative nod from city council this week.
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PM Trudeau in isolation after COVID-19 exposure
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will be isolating for five days, after being exposed to someone who has tested positive for COVID-19. Trudeau said in a tweet Thursday morning that he learned about the exposure Wednesday night.
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Canada Post moving to surgical masks for all employees
Canada Post is now offering employees upgraded medical procedure masks for their shifts and anyone wishing to wear their own mask will have to double up.
World
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CTV NEWS IN AFGHANISTAN
CTV NEWS IN AFGHANISTAN | 'We have nothing now': Female taekwondo star banned from sport by Taliban
Anzorat Wali is a female Afghan taekwondo star who took up the sport to learn self defence. She swiftly began earning medals, more golds than she can remember, but her dream of competing in the Olympics died the day the Taliban arrived. 'We have nothing now. We have nothing,' she tells CTV National News' Paul Workman in Kabul.
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CTV NEWS IN UKRAINE
CTV NEWS IN UKRAINE | New York, Ukraine: City close to Russian border watches prospect of invasion closely
Residents of a Ukrainian city near the Russian border who have sought to distance themselves from the historical influence of their neighbour are now feeling the unease of a potential invasion.
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Kyle Rittenhouse heads to court to get gun used in shootings
A Wisconsin judge was set to hear arguments Friday on whether prosecutors should return to Kyle Rittenhouse the assault-style rifle he used to shoot three people during a street protest.
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U.S. tries to name and shame Russian disinformation on Ukraine
In a break from the past, the U.S. and its allies are increasingly revealing their intelligence findings as they confront Russian preparations for invading Ukraine, looking to undercut Russian President Vladimir Putin's plans by exposing them and deflecting his efforts to shape world opinion.
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Stormy Daniels testifies on Avenatti: 'He lied to me and betrayed me'
Stormy Daniels, an adult-film actress who was allegedly defrauded by Michael Avenatti, testified Thursday in federal court as part of the criminal trial against the celebrity attorney.
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Ex-cop's trial for Breonna Taylor raid offers new chance for justice
When hundreds of potential jurors gather at a Louisville courthouse on Friday, they'll find out for the first time that they could be chosen to preside over the only criminal trial to arise from the botched police raid that left Breonna Taylor dead.
Entertainment
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Evangeline Lilly says she attended the anti-vaccine mandate rally where Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke
Evangeline Lilly said she attended a rally against vaccine mandates in Washington, DC, last weekend -- the same event where Robert F. Kennedy Jr. invoked Nazi Germany and Anne Frank in a speech.
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Jann Arden says pandemic has given her 'time to be reflective'
Canadian musician Jann Arden said writing her newest album in the middle of the pandemic gave her 'a lot of time to be reflective.' The writing process for 'Descendant,' Arden's 15th studio album out Friday, began in the spring of 2020, in the early days of the global outbreak of COVID-19.
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'Tiger King' Joe Exotic set for resentencing in Oklahoma
A federal judge is set to decide a new sentence Friday for "Tiger King" Joe Exotic after an appeals court ruled last year that the prison term he's serving on a murder-for-hire conviction should be shortened.
Health
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Incidence rate of late-stage colorectal cancer increasing in young people: U.S. study
Early-onset colorectal cancers may be becoming more common in young people between the ages of 20 and 39 years old, according to a new study, with the increase appearing more pronounced in Black and Hispanic populations.
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U.S. man removed from heart transplant list for being unvaccinated against COVID-19
After being at the front of the line to receive a heart transplant, 31-year-old DJ Ferguson was denied surgery for being unvaccinated against COVID-19.
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For the first time, a robot has performed surgery on the soft tissue of a pig without human guidance
It’s one small suture for robots, one big step for the field of robotics — for the first time, a robot has performed a surgery on the soft tissue of a pig from start to finish without a human helping to guide it.
Politics
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MPs warned about security risks related to convoy, O'Toole plans to meet truckers
As a convoy of truckers made its way through Ontario on Thursday, hundreds of supporters gathered along roadways and overpasses in the Greater Toronto Area, with police warning of major traffic delays.
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O'Toole says election review shows he was 'too scripted,' TV studio proved unsuccessful
Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says among the findings of a new report highlighting the party's 2021 election campaign missteps, was that he was 'too scripted' in the final days and communicating with voters stationed in a TV studio proved ineffective.
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PM Trudeau in isolation after COVID-19 exposure
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will be isolating for five days, after being exposed to someone who has tested positive for COVID-19. Trudeau said in a tweet Thursday morning that he learned about the exposure Wednesday night.
Sci-Tech
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Toyota has eye on moon with dreams of Mars
Toyota is working with Japan's space agency on a vehicle to explore the lunar surface, with ambitions to help people live on the moon by 2040 and then go live on Mars, company officials said Friday.
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He won a trip to space. Then he gave it away to a friend
Airline pilot Kyle Hippchen could have -- should have -- been on board when SpaceX launched its first tourists into orbit last year after winning a sweepstakes, but ended up giving the honour to a friend.
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'Metabolic trick' in squirrels' guts could help astronauts in deep space: researcher
New research by a Universite de Montreal biologist seeks to explain how squirrels conserve energy when they hibernate, and what implications that information could have on the future of space travel.