Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. As spread more quickly, and vaccine shipments to Canada arrive more slowly (or not at all), the federal government is to make sure hospitals aren’t overwhelmed. If you’re planning to go abroad, the Prime Minister strongly suggests you don’t. And if you’re already overseas, you should be prepared for new measures when you come home, such as mandatory tests at the airport or hotel quarantines that you’ll have to pay for. Here’s...…Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. As spread more quickly, and vaccine shipments to Canada arrive more slowly (or not at all), the federal government is to make sure hospitals aren’t overwhelmed. If you’re planning to go abroad, the Prime Minister strongly suggests you don’t. And if you’re already overseas, you should be prepared for new measures when you come home, such as mandatory tests at the airport or hotel quarantines that you’ll have to pay for. Here’s...WW…

An estimated 2,000 common dolphins were spotted 'stampeding' off the southern California coast on Monday. 'Porpoising out of the water at a high rate of speed is the fastest mode of travel for dolphins because there is less resistance in the air than in water,' Jessica Roame, education manager for Newport Landing & Davey’s Locker Whale Watching, said in a statement. Reuters 1 of 8 videos 1 of 10 videos 1 of 10 videos 1 of 8 videos 1 of 10 videos 1 of 10 videos 1 of 10 videos To view this site properly, enable cookies in your browser. Read our to learn more.…An estimated 2,000 common dolphins were spotted 'stampeding' off the southern California coast on Monday. 'Porpoising out of the water at a high rate of speed is the fastest mode of travel for dolphins because there is less resistance in the air than in water,' Jessica Roame, education manager for Newport Landing & Davey’s Locker Whale Watching, said in a statement. Reuters 1 of 8 videos 1 of 10 videos 1 of 10 videos 1 of 8 videos 1 of 10 videos 1 of 10 videos 1 of 10 videos To view this site properly, enable cookies in your browser. Read our to learn more.WW…

Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Justin Trudeau and Joe Biden are aiming to reset their countries’ alliance in a virtual meeting this week, replacing the acrimony of the Trump era with co-operation on climate change and trade. But the Prime Minister has so far been stymied by the U.S. President on major bilateral files – including access to COVID-19 vaccine supplies and the Keystone XL pipeline. That raises questions about whether Mr. Trudeau’s friendly...…Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Justin Trudeau and Joe Biden are aiming to reset their countries’ alliance in a virtual meeting this week, replacing the acrimony of the Trump era with co-operation on climate change and trade. But the Prime Minister has so far been stymied by the U.S. President on major bilateral files – including access to COVID-19 vaccine supplies and the Keystone XL pipeline. That raises questions about whether Mr. Trudeau’s friendly...WW…

Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Everett Fitzhugh grew up in Detroit. Unlike other kids in his neighbourhood, he fell in love with hockey at a young age. “When I wheeled my net out, [other kids] looked at me like I had two heads,” he says. Kyle Boyd’s father was the first Black team physician in the NHL. Kyle grew up wearing No. 12 – the same as Jarome Iginla. “The thing that stands out for me is that, as a player of colour, there were not many heroes to look...…Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Everett Fitzhugh grew up in Detroit. Unlike other kids in his neighbourhood, he fell in love with hockey at a young age. “When I wheeled my net out, [other kids] looked at me like I had two heads,” he says. Kyle Boyd’s father was the first Black team physician in the NHL. Kyle grew up wearing No. 12 – the same as Jarome Iginla. “The thing that stands out for me is that, as a player of colour, there were not many heroes to look...WW…

Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Mattia Maestri wasn’t feeling well last February. He had a cough and a low-grade fever and was short of breath. The Unilever project manager wasn’t particularly worried. He was 38, strong and athletic – an ardent runner. It was influenza season, and it seemed everyone in his town, Codogno, 60 kilometres southwest of Milan, had the bug. It would pass. It didn’t. His breathing became laboured. Story continues below advertisement...…Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Mattia Maestri wasn’t feeling well last February. He had a cough and a low-grade fever and was short of breath. The Unilever project manager wasn’t particularly worried. He was 38, strong and athletic – an ardent runner. It was influenza season, and it seemed everyone in his town, Codogno, 60 kilometres southwest of Milan, had the bug. It would pass. It didn’t. His breathing became laboured. Story continues below advertisement...WW…

and For Subscribers Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. The U.K. Supreme Court on Friday allowed a group of 42,500 Nigerian farmers and fishermen to sue Royal Dutch Shell in English courts after years of oil spills in the Niger Delta contaminated land and groundwater. Senior judges said there was an arguable case that U.K.-domiciled Shell, one of the world’s biggest fossil fuel companies, is responsible, in the latest test of whether multinationals can be held...…and For Subscribers Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. The U.K. Supreme Court on Friday allowed a group of 42,500 Nigerian farmers and fishermen to sue Royal Dutch Shell in English courts after years of oil spills in the Niger Delta contaminated land and groundwater. Senior judges said there was an arguable case that U.K.-domiciled Shell, one of the world’s biggest fossil fuel companies, is responsible, in the latest test of whether multinationals can be held...WW…

Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. As he grew up, Georges Laraque’s parents tried to persuade him not to play hockey. They chose not to drive him to practice in the hope it would discourage him. So Georges pedalled a bicycle through the snow and cold in Montreal with a stick in one hand and an equipment bag strapped to his back. “They thought I would quit, but I didn’t,” Laraque says. His mother and father immigrated to Canada from Haiti, and preferred that he...…Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. As he grew up, Georges Laraque’s parents tried to persuade him not to play hockey. They chose not to drive him to practice in the hope it would discourage him. So Georges pedalled a bicycle through the snow and cold in Montreal with a stick in one hand and an equipment bag strapped to his back. “They thought I would quit, but I didn’t,” Laraque says. His mother and father immigrated to Canada from Haiti, and preferred that he...WW…

Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. A month-long slowdown in Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine deliveries should end next week, with the single biggest shipment of vaccines from Pfizer and BioNTech to date and almost two million doses expected in the next month. “We’re approaching something we’re calling the big lift,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday in a virtual roundtable with nurses and doctors from around Canada. Trudeau acknowledged the struggle with...…Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. A month-long slowdown in Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine deliveries should end next week, with the single biggest shipment of vaccines from Pfizer and BioNTech to date and almost two million doses expected in the next month. “We’re approaching something we’re calling the big lift,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday in a virtual roundtable with nurses and doctors from around Canada. Trudeau acknowledged the struggle with...WW…

For Subscribers Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. British Columbia is seeking approval from Ottawa to become the first province where possession of small amounts of illicit drugs is not a criminal offence. Sheila Malcolmson, the province’s Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, inquired last week about a provincewide exemption from federal drug laws to remove criminal penalties for people possessing small amounts of drugs for personal use. In a letter to...…For Subscribers Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. British Columbia is seeking approval from Ottawa to become the first province where possession of small amounts of illicit drugs is not a criminal offence. Sheila Malcolmson, the province’s Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, inquired last week about a provincewide exemption from federal drug laws to remove criminal penalties for people possessing small amounts of drugs for personal use. In a letter to...WW…

For Subscribers Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Chinese police own a company that collects details of people applying for visas to Canada and numerous other countries, giving Beijing security services a direct stake in the processing of private information provided by people planning travel outside China. Beijing Shuangxiong Foreign Service Company, which operates the Canadian visa-application centre in the Chinese capital, is owned by the Beijing Municipal...…For Subscribers Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Chinese police own a company that collects details of people applying for visas to Canada and numerous other countries, giving Beijing security services a direct stake in the processing of private information provided by people planning travel outside China. Beijing Shuangxiong Foreign Service Company, which operates the Canadian visa-application centre in the Chinese capital, is owned by the Beijing Municipal...WW…

For Subscribers Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Hundreds of students and teachers took to Myanmar’s streets on Friday to demand the military hand power back to elected politicians, as resistance to a coup swelled with demonstrations in several parts of the country, even in the tightly controlled capital. In the largest rallies since the takeover, protesters at two universities in Yangon flashed a three-fingered salute, a sign of resistance borrowed from “The...…For Subscribers Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Hundreds of students and teachers took to Myanmar’s streets on Friday to demand the military hand power back to elected politicians, as resistance to a coup swelled with demonstrations in several parts of the country, even in the tightly controlled capital. In the largest rallies since the takeover, protesters at two universities in Yangon flashed a three-fingered salute, a sign of resistance borrowed from “The...WW…

Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. The BBC came under renewed fire from Chinese officials on Friday in a diplomatic dispute a day after Britain’s media regulator revoked the TV licence of Chinese state media outlet CGTN. Britain and China have exchanged barbs for months over China’s crackdown on dissent in the former British colony of Hong Kong, concern over the security of Huawei technology, and the treatment of ethnic Uyghur Muslims in China’s Xinjiang...…Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. The BBC came under renewed fire from Chinese officials on Friday in a diplomatic dispute a day after Britain’s media regulator revoked the TV licence of Chinese state media outlet CGTN. Britain and China have exchanged barbs for months over China’s crackdown on dissent in the former British colony of Hong Kong, concern over the security of Huawei technology, and the treatment of ethnic Uyghur Muslims in China’s Xinjiang...WW…

Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Sergei Prikhodko, Russia’s former deputy prime minister who played a prominent role in shaping Russia’s foreign policy, has died. He was 64. Russian news agencies reported the death on Tuesday, citing spokespeople of the government. Prikhodko served as deputy prime minister between 2013 and 2018. In January 2020, he was appointed aide to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. In an investigation published in 2018, Russian...…Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Sergei Prikhodko, Russia’s former deputy prime minister who played a prominent role in shaping Russia’s foreign policy, has died. He was 64. Russian news agencies reported the death on Tuesday, citing spokespeople of the government. Prikhodko served as deputy prime minister between 2013 and 2018. In January 2020, he was appointed aide to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. In an investigation published in 2018, Russian...WW…

For Subscribers Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. A voting technology company is suing Fox News, three of its hosts and two former lawyers for former President Donald Trump – Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell – for $2.7 billion, charging that the defendants conspired to spread false claims that the company helped “steal” the U.S. presidential election. The 285-page complaint filed Thursday in New York state court by Florida-based Smartmatic USA is one of the...…For Subscribers Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. A voting technology company is suing Fox News, three of its hosts and two former lawyers for former President Donald Trump – Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell – for $2.7 billion, charging that the defendants conspired to spread false claims that the company helped “steal” the U.S. presidential election. The 285-page complaint filed Thursday in New York state court by Florida-based Smartmatic USA is one of the...WW…

Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Kerry Austin was taken aback when she got a telephone call from public health, telling her to stay home and isolate until further notice. She had already spent two weeks confined to her house after she sat at the bedside of her mother the day she died. Marion Rouse, 73, succumbed to the coronavirus on Jan. 11 at Roberta Place, a long-term care home in Barrie, north of Toronto. Ms. Austin’s situation illustrates the upending of...…Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Kerry Austin was taken aback when she got a telephone call from public health, telling her to stay home and isolate until further notice. She had already spent two weeks confined to her house after she sat at the bedside of her mother the day she died. Marion Rouse, 73, succumbed to the coronavirus on Jan. 11 at Roberta Place, a long-term care home in Barrie, north of Toronto. Ms. Austin’s situation illustrates the upending of...WW…

Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Canada is the only Group of Seven country to draw on a supply of COVID-19 vaccines meant primarily for developing countries, leading to fresh charges of hoarding against a country that is already a world leader in vaccine purchases per capita. The COVAX program pools funds from wealthier countries to help buy vaccines for themselves and for 92 low- and middle-income countries that can’t afford to buy on their own. The vast...…Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Canada is the only Group of Seven country to draw on a supply of COVID-19 vaccines meant primarily for developing countries, leading to fresh charges of hoarding against a country that is already a world leader in vaccine purchases per capita. The COVAX program pools funds from wealthier countries to help buy vaccines for themselves and for 92 low- and middle-income countries that can’t afford to buy on their own. The vast...WW…

and Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. British researchers are to explore mixing doses of the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines in a world first trial aimed at finding new ways to swiftly reduce coronavirus infections as . While thousands of individual changes have arisen as the virus mutates on replication and evolves into new variants, only a tiny minority are likely to be important or change the virus in an appreciable way, according to the British Medical...…and Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. British researchers are to explore mixing doses of the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines in a world first trial aimed at finding new ways to swiftly reduce coronavirus infections as . While thousands of individual changes have arisen as the virus mutates on replication and evolves into new variants, only a tiny minority are likely to be important or change the virus in an appreciable way, according to the British Medical...WW…

Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Australia said on Thursday 81 homes have been destroyed by fires across the country’s west, as strong winds hamper efforts to extinguish the blazes. No deaths have been reported from the fires, the origins of which are still unknown, although the blazes are a reminder of the scores of fires that razed large swathes of Australia’s east coast last year. Western Australia state Premier Mark McGowan said firefighters have managed...…Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Australia said on Thursday 81 homes have been destroyed by fires across the country’s west, as strong winds hamper efforts to extinguish the blazes. No deaths have been reported from the fires, the origins of which are still unknown, although the blazes are a reminder of the scores of fires that razed large swathes of Australia’s east coast last year. Western Australia state Premier Mark McGowan said firefighters have managed...WW…

Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. The Kremlin said Thursday that thousands of arrests at protests against the jailing of opposition leader Alexey Navalny were a necessary response to the unsanctioned rallies, and strongly rebuffed Western criticism. Asked about the harsh treatment of thousands of detainees, who spent many hours on police buses and were put in overcrowded cells, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said that they have to...…Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. The Kremlin said Thursday that thousands of arrests at protests against the jailing of opposition leader Alexey Navalny were a necessary response to the unsanctioned rallies, and strongly rebuffed Western criticism. Asked about the harsh treatment of thousands of detainees, who spent many hours on police buses and were put in overcrowded cells, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said that they have to...WW…

Tired of waiting for someone else to solve the problem, Nzambi Matee founded a factory to turn plastic waste into paving bricks. Reuters 1 of 8 videos 1 of 10 videos 1 of 10 videos 1 of 7 videos 1 of 10 videos 1 of 10 videos 1 of 10 videos To view this site properly, enable cookies in your browser. Read our to learn more.…Tired of waiting for someone else to solve the problem, Nzambi Matee founded a factory to turn plastic waste into paving bricks. Reuters 1 of 8 videos 1 of 10 videos 1 of 10 videos 1 of 7 videos 1 of 10 videos 1 of 10 videos 1 of 10 videos To view this site properly, enable cookies in your browser. Read our to learn more.WW…

Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. The federal government has added the Proud Boys to its designated list of terrorist organization along with 12 other groups, including Islamic State and al-Qaeda affiliates. Public Safety Minister Bill Blair said Wednesday that four of the groups that were added are considered ideologically motivated violent extremist groups: Atomwaffen Division, the Base, the Proud Boys and Russian Imperial Movement. “Recent events have made...…Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. The federal government has added the Proud Boys to its designated list of terrorist organization along with 12 other groups, including Islamic State and al-Qaeda affiliates. Public Safety Minister Bill Blair said Wednesday that four of the groups that were added are considered ideologically motivated violent extremist groups: Atomwaffen Division, the Base, the Proud Boys and Russian Imperial Movement. “Recent events have made...WW…

Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. When critical care doctor Brooks Fallis sat down for a virtual meeting with two of his superiors on Jan. 22, he was still struggling to understand why he had been terminated from his job leading the intensive care division at one of the hardest-hit hospitals in the country. Dr. Fallis recalled that Frank Martino, the chief of staff at William Osler Health System, the network that serves the coronavirus-battered city of...…Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. When critical care doctor Brooks Fallis sat down for a virtual meeting with two of his superiors on Jan. 22, he was still struggling to understand why he had been terminated from his job leading the intensive care division at one of the hardest-hit hospitals in the country. Dr. Fallis recalled that Frank Martino, the chief of staff at William Osler Health System, the network that serves the coronavirus-battered city of...WW…

and Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s unprecedented second impeachment trial takes shape this week, as Democrats outline their case and Trump scrambles to prepare a defence amid disarray on his legal team. Trump is due to file a response to the impeachment charge on Tuesday but replaced his lead legal counsel over the weekend. His new team, led by lawyers David Schoen and Bruce Castor, will have just over a week to get...…and Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s unprecedented second impeachment trial takes shape this week, as Democrats outline their case and Trump scrambles to prepare a defence amid disarray on his legal team. Trump is due to file a response to the impeachment charge on Tuesday but replaced his lead legal counsel over the weekend. His new team, led by lawyers David Schoen and Bruce Castor, will have just over a week to get...WW…

For Subscribers Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. For years, the Decadent chocolate chip cookie has been delivered to customers in a plastic tray inside a plastic bag – largely intact, but for a few crumbs. But now, how the cookie crumbles – and if it crumbles – is a preoccupation for Loblaw Cos. Ltd. The Canadian grocery giant is reviewing prototypes to redesign the packaging for its best-selling biscuit. That’s because Loblaw wants to make it possible for...…For Subscribers Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. For years, the Decadent chocolate chip cookie has been delivered to customers in a plastic tray inside a plastic bag – largely intact, but for a few crumbs. But now, how the cookie crumbles – and if it crumbles – is a preoccupation for Loblaw Cos. Ltd. The Canadian grocery giant is reviewing prototypes to redesign the packaging for its best-selling biscuit. That’s because Loblaw wants to make it possible for...WW…

Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Elaine Su’s neighbourhood near Vancouver enchants her two-year-old with houses decorated for Halloween and Christmas. Most of her neighbours are white, but January presents a chance to introduce little Ellis to the festivities of Lunar New Year, from his own Chinese culture. But this year, there can be no loud dragon dances, nor gathering to eat among friends and neighbours. Ms. Su realized all she could do to celebrate was...…Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Elaine Su’s neighbourhood near Vancouver enchants her two-year-old with houses decorated for Halloween and Christmas. Most of her neighbours are white, but January presents a chance to introduce little Ellis to the festivities of Lunar New Year, from his own Chinese culture. But this year, there can be no loud dragon dances, nor gathering to eat among friends and neighbours. Ms. Su realized all she could do to celebrate was...WW…