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CanadaMar 04, 2020

CN Rail calling back workers laid off due to rail blockades

CN Rail is starting to call back workers laid off because of rail blockades tied to an Indigenous pipeline protest in B.C. Via Rail trains are moving once again from Ottawa to Toronto and between Toronto and Montreal. But the Mohawks in Kahnawake Quebec are maintaining a rail blockade south of Montreal. The community is trying to determine what to do next since an arrangement was forged on the weekend with the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs in B.C. and cabinet ministers.
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CanadaMar 04, 2020

PM Trudeau: people are impatient over the disputed natural gas pipeline in B.C.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he knows people are impatient over the disputed natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia. Trudeau says the opposition of some Wet'suwet'en leaders to the Coastal GasLink pipeline has led to difficult times for many Canadians over the past few weeks. He says his government has been focused on trying to find a solution, but added that current tensions stem from Canada's dark history of mistreatment of Indigenous peoples.
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WorldMar 03, 2020

Brett Kissel: Tornado narrowly missed his condo in Nashville

Canadian country music star Brett Kissel says a tornado narrowly missed his condo in Nashville early this morning. He says much of the surrounding area in his neighbourhood is in ruins. Kissel, who is from Flat Lake, Alberta, says the twister got so close to his building that cars in its parking lot had smashed windows. Tornadoes killed at least 22 people across Tennessee and shredded at least 140 buildings.
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WorldMar 03, 2020

Tensions rise as U.S. death toll from coronavirus reaches 9

The death toll from the coronavirus in the U.S. has climbed to nine, with tensions rising over how to contain the outbreak. Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are expressing doubts about the government's ability to ramp up testing fast enough to deal with the crisis. Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve has announced the biggest interest-rate cut in over a decade to try to fend off damage to the economy. And health officials are trying to ease shortages of face masks by giving the OK to medical workers to use industrial-grade ones.
WorldMar 03, 2020

Tornadoes hit Tennessee, killing at least 22 people

The death toll from tornadoes that ripped across Tennessee has climbed to at least 22. The storms struck early Tuesday as families slept. The twisters shredded more than 140 buildings and buried people in piles of rubble and wrecked basements. Authorities say many of the victims were hit before they could even get out of bed. Daybreak revealed landscapes littered with blown-down walls and roofs, snapped power lines and huge broken trees. Schools, courts, transit lines and the state capitol were closed. More than a dozen polling stations were also damaged, forcing Super Tuesday voters to wait
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BCMar 03, 2020

B.C. announces 5 days of paid leave for workers fleeing domestic and sexual violence

The B.C. government has announced five days of paid leave for workers fleeing domestic and sexual violence. The ministries of labour, finance and the gender equity office made the announcement this morning in Victoria. The new legislation also covers parents of a child or dependent impacted by domestic or sexual violence. Tracy Porteous, the executive director of the Ending Violence Association of British Columbia says survivors of such violence face many difficulties but having informed and respectful people and processes in place to offer assistance will give them time to heal.
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BCMar 03, 2020

9th confirmed case of COVID-19 in BC is a man who recently returned from Iran

Another case of the new coronavirus, COVID-19, has been identified in British Columbia. B.C.'s provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, says the man, in his 50's, returned from Iran last week and began to feel ill. He is in isolation at home in the Fraser Health region and Henry says he, his family and close contacts are all being monitored. Ontario reported two more cases of the virus this morning and those, along with the latest B.C. case, have pushed the total number of COVID-19 illnesses in Canada to 30.
BCMar 03, 2020

Vancouver police cruisers, fleeing car, damaged at end of early morning chase

Police say one man suffered minor injuries when his car and several police cruisers collided numerous times at the end of a brief pursuit in Vancouver.It happened just after 2 a.m. when Const. Tania Visintin says officers tried to pull over a suspicious vehicle believed to be linked to break-ins on the city's west side. Visintin says in an email that the driver sped away, ignoring the lights and sirens.The 38 year old Vancouver man was stopped a short distance away after what Visintin describes as "a number of collisions" with the cruisers.The car and cruisers were badly damaged but Visintin s
BCMar 03, 2020

Woman wins discrimination complaint against former landlord over smudging ceremonies

A landlord who accused his former tenant of smoking pot when she was actually burning sage has been ordered to pay her more than $23,000.Crystal Smith filed a discrimination complaint against Parminder Mohan after he tried to evict her in 2017 and made derogatory comments about her Indigenous background.The BC Human Rights Tribunal has determined the mother of two never should have been harassed for performing smudging ceremonies in her Burnaby home.The spiritual cleansing is a cultural tradition.
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