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CANADA: Internal data shows surge in harassment complaints at CRA, RCMP

CANADA: Internal data shows surge in harassment complaints at CRA, RCMP

The Canada Revenue Agency saw harassment complaints jump 82 per cent to 166 between 2016-17 and 2018-19
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CANADA: Survey finds 60 per cent of Indigenous workers feel emotionally unsafe on the job

CANADA: Survey finds 60 per cent of Indigenous workers feel emotionally unsafe on the job

That feeling of lacking safety doubles when gender is taken into account
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CANADA: Feds promise new funds for public transit, most money won't arrive for years

CANADA: Feds promise new funds for public transit, most money won't arrive for years

Trudeau announced the new funding during a teleconference this morning ahead of a virtual meeting with mayors from Canada's largest cities
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ONTARIO: Sudbury police charge rabbit-hunting Aurora men for violating stay-at-home order

ONTARIO: Sudbury police charge rabbit-hunting Aurora men for violating stay-at-home order

Located on a snowmobile trail north of Capreol, police say the men told them they were hunting rabbits
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COVID-19: Air Canada to temporarily cut at least 1,500 jobs, suspend 17 foreign routes

COVID-19: Air Canada to temporarily cut at least 1,500 jobs, suspend 17 foreign routes

Air Canada will temporarily suspend service on 17 routes to the U.S. and other international destinations until at least April 30
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CANADA: Threat from variants means provinces must be ready to lock down again quickly, Tam says

CANADA: Threat from variants means provinces must be ready to lock down again quickly, Tam says

Tam's words come as Trudeau takes another step toward keeping more variants from getting into Canada, with a plan to start making people arriving in Canada by land show a recent negative COVID-19 test
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U.S.A.: Poll suggests Americans split over decision to impeach Trump as Senate trial begins

U.S.A.: Poll suggests Americans split over decision to impeach Trump as Senate trial begins

49 per cent of U.S. respondents said they supported impeachment, while forty per cent said they opposed it, and 11 per cent said they didn't know
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COVID-19: World economy will lose trillions if poor countries shorted on vaccines, OECD says

COVID-19: World economy will lose trillions if poor countries shorted on vaccines, OECD says

Global economy could lose as much as $9.2 trillion, the Paris-based organization warns
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CANADA: Feds lay out criteria for quarantine hotels

CANADA: Feds lay out criteria for quarantine hotels

The government has not said when the measure, which aims to head off COVID-19 cases and contagious variants of the novel coronavirus at the border, will come into effect
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COVID-19: Chinese-Canadians voice worries about racism, job losses one year in to pandemic

COVID-19: Chinese-Canadians voice worries about racism, job losses one year in to pandemic

Amy Go, the president of the Chinese Canadian National Council for Social Justice, said the pandemic has resulted in an array of attacks directed at the community
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