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February 16, 2022

CANADA

February 16, 2022 10:38 am

Ottawa police issue new warning amid convoy blockade: ‘leave the area now’

Some demonstrators in the convoy blockade in Ottawa have remained defiant in the face of the Emergencies Act and are vowing to remain.

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CANADA

February 16, 2022 6:00 am

Coutts blockaders discussed blocking airport cargo terminals: private threat assessment

An undercover private investigator spent about 10 hours on Saturday among the Coutts organizers and their families.

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CANADA

February 16, 2022 6:49 am

Annual inflation rises to 5.1% in January: Statistics Canada

Statistics Canada said Wednesday the annual pace of inflation climbed to 5.1 per cent in January, the fastest rate since September 1991.

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FILE - In this Tuesday, June 15, 2021 file photograph, beef is displayed in the meat department at Lambert's Rainbow Market, in Westwood, Mass. Wholesale inflation in the United States surged again last month, rising 9.7% from a year earlier in a sign that price pressures remain high at all levels of the economy. The Labor Department said Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, that its producer price index — which measures inflation before it reaches consumers — jumped 1% from December.

SPORTS

February 16, 2022 8:08 am

Hamelin wins 6th Olympic medal as Canada snags gold in short-track relay

The short-track event was the last Olympic competition for Charles Hamelin, and the medal win places him alongside Cindy Klassen as the most decorated winter Canadian Olympian.

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ECONOMY

February 16, 2022 6:00 am

Blockades show Canada 'too reliant' on Ambassador Bridge, experts say

After a week of blockades at the Ambassador Bridge disrupted to key Canadian industries, some experts are sounding the alarm about economic dependence on the bridge.

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