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BEYOND LOCAL: Trudeau condemns Russia’s attack on Ukraine, says Russia will suffer consequences

BEYOND LOCAL: Trudeau condemns Russia’s attack on Ukraine, says Russia will suffer consequences

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is condemning Russia's attack on Ukraine and calling on Russian President Vladimir Putin to withdraw all military forces from the country.
CANADA: Health Canada authorizes made-in-Canada COVID-19 vaccine

CANADA: Health Canada authorizes made-in-Canada COVID-19 vaccine

The two-dose, plant-based vaccine is authorized for use in people aged 18 to 64
'Amazement and happiness': Canadian sensor on James Webb telescope passes first tests

'Amazement and happiness': Canadian sensor on James Webb telescope passes first tests

The James Webb, the result of $13 billion and more than two decades of work, is meant to be the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope
WORLD: Canada commits troops, sanctions Russia as Kremlin orders troops into Ukraine

WORLD: Canada commits troops, sanctions Russia as Kremlin orders troops into Ukraine

Yet it remained unclear what if anything the new measures would do to end the crisis
COVID-19: Top doc says Canada is past peak of Omicron-fuelled COVID wave

COVID-19: Top doc says Canada is past peak of Omicron-fuelled COVID wave

However, modelling indicates that the true number of infections from Omicron has been much higher than reported
COVID-19: Novavax vaccine gets approval for use in Canada

COVID-19: Novavax vaccine gets approval for use in Canada

Protein-based vaccine is the first of its kind to get approval by Health Canada
CANADA: Justin Trudeau's emergency law not the same as the one his father invoked in 1970s

CANADA: Justin Trudeau's emergency law not the same as the one his father invoked in 1970s

Emergencies Act doesn't give the government sweeping powers in the same way the War Measures Act did, and Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms didn't exist in 1970, says director of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada
BEYOND LOCAL: 14-year-old charged with murder in fatal shooting of Toronto student

BEYOND LOCAL: 14-year-old charged with murder in fatal shooting of Toronto student

Boy ran up behind a student at an east-end Toronto school and fatally shot him at point blank range, police said Tuesday, describing the incident as 'an execution'
BEYOND LOCAL: Study on reconciliation focuses on perceptions across Canada

BEYOND LOCAL: Study on reconciliation focuses on perceptions across Canada

The Canadian Reconciliation Barometer released its first report Tuesday, which includes online surveys from more than 3,200 Indigenous and non-Indigenous people taken last year
BEYOND LOCAL: Devil’s Tongue, a family heirloom for nearly 50 years, bloomed this week in Guelph

BEYOND LOCAL: Devil’s Tongue, a family heirloom for nearly 50 years, bloomed this week in Guelph

Flower is known to be one of the largest in the world and 'smells like an animal has died' when in bloom