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More than 30 years after being convicted of four murders, Daniel Jolivet is still proclaiming his innocence.

B.C. man who was mistaken for target, shot by police in 2013 has lawsuit dismissed

A B.C. man who was mistaken for the target in a police takedown and shot by an officer in 2013 has had his lawsuit alleging negligence dismissed.
Ottawa tight-lipped on details as Canada, U.S. call out China over balloon

Canada announced that it had called China's ambassador onto the carpet as Ottawa and Washington expressed their disapproval Friday over a high-altitude balloon found to have been hovering over sensitive sites in the United States.
Federal department fires 49 employees for claiming CERB while employed

A federal government department has fired 49 employees who received the Canada Emergency Response Benefit while they were employed.
Airlines ask Supreme Court to hear case on passenger bill of rights

A group of airlines is asking the Supreme Court of Canada to hear their case after a lower court largely upheld the validity of Canada's air passenger bill of rights.
Most of southern Ontario, parts of northern Ontario under extreme cold warning

A large swath of Ontario was under an extreme cold warning on Friday as a polar air mass with biting wind chills made its way across the province.
Canadian COVID-19 vaccine manufacturer Medicago Inc. shutting down

Medicago Inc., the Quebec-based drug manufacturer of a Canadian COVID-19 vaccine and other plant-based drugs, is being shut down by parent company Mitsubishi Chemical Group.

In Tyre Nichols' neighbourhood, Black residents fear police

In a terrible way, the death of Tyre Nichols brings vindication to members of the Black community in Memphis who live in terror of police.
Pope says South Sudan's future depends on treatment of women

Pope Francis warned Saturday that South Sudan's future depends on how it treats its women, as he highlighted their horrific plight in a country where sexual violence is rampant, child brides are common and the maternal mortality rate is the highest in the world.
50-car train derailment causes big fire, evacuations in Ohio

A train derailment and resulting large fire prompted an evacuation order and a declaration of a state of emergency in an Ohio village near the Pennsylvania state line, covering the area in billows of smoke lit orange by the flames below.
Dozens of soldiers freed in Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap

Dozens of Russian and Ukrainian prisoners of war have returned home following a prisoner swap, officials on both sides said Saturday.
13-year-old killed by landmine in Yemen port city: officials

A landmine killed a 13-year-old boy in the contested Yemeni city of Hodeida, medical and security officials said Friday, the latest in a string of similar incidents in the war-torn country.
Japanese prime minister's aide leaving over LGBTQ2S+ remarks

A senior aide to Japan's prime minister is being dismissed after making discriminatory remarks about LGBTQ2S+ people.

Bodies are those of 3 rappers missing nearly 2 weeks: Detroit police

Three bodies found in a vacant Detroit-area apartment building have been identified as those of three aspiring rappers who went missing nearly two weeks ago, police said Friday.
Drake, Justin Bieber and the Canadians behind recent pop hits head to Grammys

Several Canadians could leave the Grammy Awards with an armful of trophies on Sunday, but most of them aren't household names.
Mexican actor Pablo Lyle gets prison for road rage death

Mexican actor Pablo Lyle was sentenced Friday to five years in prison for involuntary manslaughter after fatally punching a man during a road rage confrontation in Miami in 2019.

Would you pay $300 a year for quick access to a nurse? Dealing with demand, Ontario doctors get creative

Paid subscriptions to on-demand care are among the many strategies primary health-care providers in Ontario are adopting in order to meet increased demand for access to doctors in the past year, while also managing staffing shortages.
Ontario in full support of feds' national health-care data push

Ontario fully supports the federal government's push to make health-care funding contingent on data reporting, the province said Thursday as it announced a plan to boost access to primary care doctors.
White-tailed deer harbouring COVID-19 variants thought to be nearly extinct in humans: study

White-tailed deer may be a reservoir for COVID-19 variants of concern including Alpha, Delta and Gamma, according to new research out of Cornell University that raises questions about whether deer could re-introduce nearly extinct variants back into the human population.

Canada tracked suspected Chinese spy balloon over Canadian airspace since last weekend: sources

The suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that was found floating over sensitive military sites in the western United States had been tracked by Canada's government since last weekend as it passed through Canadian airspace, sources tell CTV News.
Marit Stiles officially confirmed as Ontario NDP leader by majority vote

Marit Stiles has been confirmed as the new leader of the Ontario NDP after a majority of party members voted in favour of the lone candidate.
Inflation in Canada: What was discussed at ministers' meeting

Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is hosting an in-person meeting Friday with the provincial and territorial finance ministers in Toronto to discuss issues including the current economic environment and the transition to a clean economy.

Stars disappearing before our eyes faster than ever: report

A new research from a citizen science program suggests that stars are disappearing before our eyes at an 'astonishing rate.'
With frigid innovation, scientists make a new form of ice

Using a device that might be described as a super-duper cocktail shaker, scientists have fashioned a previously unknown form of ice - one that might exist on our solar system's icy moons - in research that sheds light on water's behaviour under extreme conditions.
Oldest preserved vertebrate brain found in 319-million-year-old fish fossil

The oldest preserved vertebrate brain has been found in a 319-million-year-old fossilized fish skull that was removed from an English coal mine over a century ago.