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VIDEO: Guelph's singing city councillor takes on trucker protest with 'Crybabies Caravan'

VIDEO: Guelph's singing city councillor takes on trucker protest with 'Crybabies Caravan'

'Beating of the privilege chest. Inconvenience isn’t being oppressed,' sings Gordon in his song
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Provinces to relax COVID-19 restrictions, say risk assessment lies with citizens

Provinces to relax COVID-19 restrictions, say risk assessment lies with citizens

Premier Jason Kenney said people need to live with COVID-19
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CANADA: Officials won't let 'angry crowd' dictate COVID-19 policy, says public safety minister

CANADA: Officials won't let 'angry crowd' dictate COVID-19 policy, says public safety minister

Minister Marco Mendicino stressed the importance of science and good-faith efforts to deal with the pandemic
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CANADA: Ottawa police deploy 'surge' in bid to control, end 'increasingly volatile' protest

CANADA: Ottawa police deploy 'surge' in bid to control, end 'increasingly volatile' protest

Demonstrators near Parliament Hill remain highly organized, well-funded and extremely committed to resisting attempts to end the demonstration safely, warned police chief
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OPINION: The end of Erin O'Toole's leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada

OPINION: The end of Erin O'Toole's leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada

While the party united sufficiently to expel O'Toole, it remains unclear what else its members can agree upon
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BEYOND LOCAL: Ontario designing 'portable benefits' plan for workers who don't have coverage

BEYOND LOCAL: Ontario designing 'portable benefits' plan for workers who don't have coverage

Move intended to cover workers in gig economy, retails and hospitality jobs
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CANADA: Ottawa police under pressure to take bolder action as COVID-19 protest strains city

CANADA: Ottawa police under pressure to take bolder action as COVID-19 protest strains city

Ottawa police have arrested three men after investigations related to the protest
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CANADA: Freedom Convoy shunned by South Asian truck drivers

CANADA: Freedom Convoy shunned by South Asian truck drivers

One in five Canadian truckers are of South Asian descent, but that's not represented in the ongoing protest, say sources in the industry
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CANADA: Ottawa girds for another day of gridlock as truckers' park-in protest rolls on

CANADA: Ottawa girds for another day of gridlock as truckers' park-in protest rolls on

Condemnation came for protesters seen carrying Confederate flags, as well as flags and signs bearing Nazi symbols and slogans on Saturday
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Toronto Zoo welcomes litter of cheetah cubs, says 3 of them appear to be doing well

Toronto Zoo welcomes litter of cheetah cubs, says 3 of them appear to be doing well

The zoo says Emarah, a 4 1/2-year-old cheetah and first-time mother, gave birth early Monday morning after a 92-day pregnancy
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