| | | | | | | | | FIVE THINGS TO KNOW | | | | | | Pipeline standoff
Protesters continue to barricade roads, train tracks and even physically block government offices in solidarity with the Wet'suwet'en First Nation in B.C. who oppose the construction of a natural gas pipeline. |
| | | | | | COVID-19 cases
China's Hubei Province has reported a spike in the number of fatal COVID-19 infections, as the World Health Organization warns it is too early to predict the end of the epidemic. |
| | | | | | Cruise ship concerns
An infectious disease specialist says the decision to quarantine a cruise ship in Japan was overkill, and that health authorities need to reconsider the practice after another 44 passengers tested positive for COVID-19. |
| | | | | | School strikes
More than two million students across Ontario will be staying at home next week, as all four teacher unions hold a joint one-day strike affecting every public school across the province. |
| | | | | | AFN lawsuit
The Assembly of First Nations has filed a class action lawsuit against the federal government, seeking damages for First Nations children who it says have been discriminated against by the government's child welfare system. |
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| | | | | | | Known for being compassionate but "tough-as-nails," longtime newspaper columnist Christie Blatchford has died at the age of 68. | | | | |
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| | | | | | | Single-use plastics | | | | Calgary police recently expanded a policy requiring all drivers to submit to a roadside breathalyzer when pulled over, but some drivers are concerned about what happens to the plastic straws once the test is done. |
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