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More protest arrests in Ottawa, first COVID census findings : In The News for Feb. 9

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Feb. 9 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...

Feb 09, 2022

Police concerned for safety of kids living in trucks involved in Ottawa protest

Ottawa police say 23 people have been arrested in the ongoing anti-vaccine mandate protest in the city's downtown, and there are 85 ongoing criminal investigations related to the nearly two-week-long ...

Feb 09, 2022

Canadians less trusting of governments, politicians as pandemic drags on: poll

OTTAWA - There is a noticeable decline in how trusting Canadians are of their leaders and institutions as the pandemic drags on, and it's particularly striking among those who remain anxious or stress...

Feb 09, 2022

'The big picture': Alberta border protesters planning to stay for the long haul

COUTTS, Alta. - Alberta's vaccine passport is gone but protesters are promising to hunker down for the long term on the highway leading to the province's main U.S. border crossing. Any thought that th...

Feb 09, 2022

'Procedural fairness' raised in B.C. extradition case over murder: Court

VANCOUVER - A panel of judges in British Columbia's Court of Appeal says important questions about "procedural fairness" have been raised in the case of a man convicted of murder in the United States....

Feb 08, 2022

Roughly 100 kids living in trucks involved in Ottawa convoy protest: police

OTTAWA - Roughly 100 kids are living in the trucks idling on the streets of downtown Ottawa during the cold, noisy and prolonged protest that has grabbed hold of the capital, police say. Police office...

Feb 08, 2022

Commons calls for halt to collection of COVID-19 phone data over privacy concerns

OTTAWA - The House of Commons voted today to call on the Public Health Agency of Canada to halt its plans to collect data from millions of mobile phones to help understand travel patterns during the C...

Feb 08, 2022

Traffic slow through Alberta border crossing after being blocked again by protesters

COUTTS, Alta. - Traffic is flowing slowly through the Coutts border crossing in southern Alberta this morning after protesters against vaccine mandates and other COVID-19 restrictions blocked vehicles...

Feb 08, 2022

Conservatives split on whether convoy protest should stay or vacate Parliament Hill

OTTAWA - Conservatives appear increasingly split over whether a protest against COVID-19 health restrictions in the nation's capital should stay or go. Many Tory members of Parliament have pledged ful...

Feb 08, 2022

United States allows shipments of P.E.I. potatoes to resume to Puerto Rico

WASHINGTON - The United States Department of Agriculture announced Tuesday it will allow the resumption of shipments of Prince Edward Island potatoes to Puerto Rico. Exports to Puerto Rico and the con...

Feb 08, 2022