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The Chinatown gate is seen on Thursday, March 9, 2023 in Montreal. China on Friday accused Canada of smearing its reputation over allegations China is secretly operating two overseas police stations in Quebec. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

China accuses Canada of smearing reputation over alleged secret police stations

‘Stop sensationalizing and hyping the matter and stop attacks and smears on China’

The Chinatown gate is seen on Thursday, March 9, 2023 in Montreal. China on Friday accused Canada of smearing its reputation over allegations China is secretly operating two overseas police stations in Quebec. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
A woman types on a laptop on a train in New Jersey on May 18, 2021. A panicked 14-year-old from British Columbia and his family paid $1,500 to a company that claimed it would recover intimate images that were being used to extort him. It didn’t. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Jenny Kane

‘Recovery scams’ targeting sextortion victims are on the rise, experts warn

RCMP report 52,306 complaints in 2020-21, a 510 per cent increase in seven years

A woman types on a laptop on a train in New Jersey on May 18, 2021. A panicked 14-year-old from British Columbia and his family paid $1,500 to a company that claimed it would recover intimate images that were being used to extort him. It didn’t. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Jenny Kane
FILE - Couples, whose weddings were cancelled or curtailed during the COVID-19 pandemic, participate in a symbolic multicultural ceremony at Damrosch Park, Sunday, July 10, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)

Pandemic 3 years later: Has the COVID-19 virus won?

Saturday marks three years since the World Health Organization first called the outbreak a pandemic

FILE - Couples, whose weddings were cancelled or curtailed during the COVID-19 pandemic, participate in a symbolic multicultural ceremony at Damrosch Park, Sunday, July 10, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)
A glazier is lowered to safety as a colleague and a rescuer look on after the workers’ suspended platform became stuck on a downtown Vancouver highrise on Thursday, March 9, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ian Young

Emergency crews respond to window cleaning platform stuck on Vancouver building

Pair plucked to safety after being stuck 10 storeys up outside highrise tower

A glazier is lowered to safety as a colleague and a rescuer look on after the workers’ suspended platform became stuck on a downtown Vancouver highrise on Thursday, March 9, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ian Young
B.C. Representative for Children and Youth Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond listens during a news conference after releasing a joint report with the B.C. Information and Privacy Commissioner about cyberbullying, in Vancouver, B.C., on Friday November 13, 2015. Another award has been stripped from Turpel-Lafond, the former judge, law professor and British Columbia representative for children and youth whose claims of Indigenous ancestry have been discredited. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond speaks out after award revoked over heritage claims

‘Trial by media is rampant, can be unbalanced and cause harm’

B.C. Representative for Children and Youth Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond listens during a news conference after releasing a joint report with the B.C. Information and Privacy Commissioner about cyberbullying, in Vancouver, B.C., on Friday November 13, 2015. Another award has been stripped from Turpel-Lafond, the former judge, law professor and British Columbia representative for children and youth whose claims of Indigenous ancestry have been discredited. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A rock with the message “Every Child Matters” painted on it sits at a memorial outside the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, in Kamloops, B.C., on Thursday, July 15, 2021. A Federal Court judge has approved a $2.8 billion settlement agreement between the Canadian government and plaintiffs representing 325 First Nations whose members went to residential day schools. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Federal Court approves ‘historic’ $2.8 billion residential day schools settlement

Court needed to sign off on deal federal government originally reached with plaintiffs in January

A rock with the message “Every Child Matters” painted on it sits at a memorial outside the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, in Kamloops, B.C., on Thursday, July 15, 2021. A Federal Court judge has approved a $2.8 billion settlement agreement between the Canadian government and plaintiffs representing 325 First Nations whose members went to residential day schools. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
People shop for produce and seafood in Vancouver, on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. A new report by RBC says Canadians are on average making fewer grocery store runs as food inflation persists, but still spending roughly the same amount per trip. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
People shop for produce and seafood in Vancouver, on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. A new report by RBC says Canadians are on average making fewer grocery store runs as food inflation persists, but still spending roughly the same amount per trip. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
B.C. Representative for Children and Youth Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond listens during a news conference after releasing a joint report with the B.C. Information and Privacy Commissioner about cyberbullying, in Vancouver, B.C., on Friday November 13, 2015. Another award has been stripped from Turpel-Lafond, the former judge, law professor and British Columbia representative for children and youth whose claims of Indigenous ancestry have been discredited. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

BC Civil Liberties Association revokes award granted to Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond

Another award has been stripped from Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, the former judge,…

B.C. Representative for Children and Youth Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond listens during a news conference after releasing a joint report with the B.C. Information and Privacy Commissioner about cyberbullying, in Vancouver, B.C., on Friday November 13, 2015. Another award has been stripped from Turpel-Lafond, the former judge, law professor and British Columbia representative for children and youth whose claims of Indigenous ancestry have been discredited. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
President Joe Biden, left, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, arrive for a news conference in Mexico City, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. Biden will travel to Ottawa on March 23 for two days in Canada, his first visit in person since taking office in 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Andrew Harnik

U.S. President Joe Biden’s long-awaited Canada visit to happen March 23-24

Shared supply chains, climate change and accelerating the clean energy transition discussed

President Joe Biden, left, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, arrive for a news conference in Mexico City, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. Biden will travel to Ottawa on March 23 for two days in Canada, his first visit in person since taking office in 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Andrew Harnik
People wearing face masks to help curb the spread of COVID-19 walk past a multi-colour mural with hearts painted on it, in Vancouver, on Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020. A new study suggests the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic took a relatively limited toll on global mental health. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

More mental health resilience during COVID-19 than previously thought, study suggests

Global study challenges media portrayals of mental health decline as ‘a tsunami or catastrophe’

People wearing face masks to help curb the spread of COVID-19 walk past a multi-colour mural with hearts painted on it, in Vancouver, on Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020. A new study suggests the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic took a relatively limited toll on global mental health. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A review is underway to look at how RCMP interact with protesters during resource protests like this one at Fairy Creek. (File - Black Press Media)

Watchdog investigating how B.C. RCMP unit handles resource project protests

Complaints commission will assess if the group followed own policies and the law

A review is underway to look at how RCMP interact with protesters during resource protests like this one at Fairy Creek. (File - Black Press Media)
West Virginia University student El Didden holds a vial of testosterone cypionate that is used for hormone therapy on Wednesday, March 8, 2023, in Morgantown, W.Va. (AP Photo/Kathleen Batten)

Anxiety, fear fill West Virginia’s transgender-health clinic

State with high number of transgender youths per capita poised to outlaw some treatment

West Virginia University student El Didden holds a vial of testosterone cypionate that is used for hormone therapy on Wednesday, March 8, 2023, in Morgantown, W.Va. (AP Photo/Kathleen Batten)
A coal mining operation in Sparwood, B.C., is shown on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016. A new study based on three other British Columbia coal mines says the economic benefits from those projects, used to justify their approval during the environmental review process, were “significantly overestimated.” THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

B.C. coal mines’ economic impact overstated, thwarting environmental analysis: study

University researchers say lack of tracking allowed mine operators to break their ‘social contract’

A coal mining operation in Sparwood, B.C., is shown on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016. A new study based on three other British Columbia coal mines says the economic benefits from those projects, used to justify their approval during the environmental review process, were “significantly overestimated.” THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
A doctor wears a stethoscope around his neck as he tends to patients in his office in Illinois, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Two University of Calgary researchers weren’t surprised when their survey of Alberta doctors showed biases against Indigenous patients, but they were shocked by some of the comments. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Jeff Roberson

‘Really worrisome’: Survey suggests some Alberta doctors have anti-Indigenous biases

8% of respondents said they felt unfavourable towards Indigenous patients

A doctor wears a stethoscope around his neck as he tends to patients in his office in Illinois, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Two University of Calgary researchers weren’t surprised when their survey of Alberta doctors showed biases against Indigenous patients, but they were shocked by some of the comments. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Jeff Roberson
People carry umbrellas while crossing Robson Street as rain falls in Vancouver, on Thursday, January 6, 2022. Canada’s intelligence service warns that technological innovations adopted by municipalities could be exploited by adversaries such as the Chinese government to harvest sensitive data, target diaspora communities and interfere in elections. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

CSIS warns ‘smart city’ technology can open door to attacks, foreign interference

AI platforms for things like traffic lights, energy use, transportation create security risk

People carry umbrellas while crossing Robson Street as rain falls in Vancouver, on Thursday, January 6, 2022. Canada’s intelligence service warns that technological innovations adopted by municipalities could be exploited by adversaries such as the Chinese government to harvest sensitive data, target diaspora communities and interfere in elections. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Eleven-year-old Ian Milos, shown in a family handout photo, was infected with COVID-19 two years ago and was diagnosed with long COVID by a pediatrician last fall. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO

Report says long COVID could impact economy and be ‘mass disabling event’ in Canada

It’s becoming clear COVID-19 raises risk of chronic diseases including diabetes and hypertension

Eleven-year-old Ian Milos, shown in a family handout photo, was infected with COVID-19 two years ago and was diagnosed with long COVID by a pediatrician last fall. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO
FILE - Dominion Voting ballot-counting machines are shown at a Torrance County warehouse during election equipment testing with local candidates and partisan officers in Estancia, N.M., Sept. 29, 2022. Dominion Voting Systems is suing Fox for $1.6 billion, claiming the news outlet repeatedly aired allegations that the company engaged in fraud that doomed President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign while knowing they were untrue. Fox contends that it was reporting newsworthy charges made by supporters of the president and is supported legally by libel standards. The case is scheduled for trial next month. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton, File)

US court records show political pressure behind Fox News programming

Documents show how Fox became actively involved in politics instead of simply reporting

FILE - Dominion Voting ballot-counting machines are shown at a Torrance County warehouse during election equipment testing with local candidates and partisan officers in Estancia, N.M., Sept. 29, 2022. Dominion Voting Systems is suing Fox for $1.6 billion, claiming the news outlet repeatedly aired allegations that the company engaged in fraud that doomed President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign while knowing they were untrue. Fox contends that it was reporting newsworthy charges made by supporters of the president and is supported legally by libel standards. The case is scheduled for trial next month. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton, File)
The Quebec Superior Court is seen in Montreal, Wednesday, March 27, 2019. A Quebec court judge has found that Canadians have a “God-given,” constitutionally protected right to flip off obnoxious neighbours. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

Giving the middle finger is a ‘God-given’ right, says Quebec judge

Says the fact Quebec man arrested and prosecuted at all was a bewildering injustice

The Quebec Superior Court is seen in Montreal, Wednesday, March 27, 2019. A Quebec court judge has found that Canadians have a “God-given,” constitutionally protected right to flip off obnoxious neighbours. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Kris Dudoward is shown aboard the commercial fishing vessel Irenda earlier this week with catch of sockeye salmon on B.C.���s Skeena River near Prince Rupert. The union representing commercial fisheries, the United Fisherman Allied Workers filed a petition on Feb. 22 requesting the end of foreign ownership of fishing licences and quotas on the BC coast. File - THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Mitch Dudoward **MANDATORY CREDIT**

Union files petition in Ottawa to stop foreign ownership of fishing licences and quotas

UFAW-Unifor seeks a formal ending to all foreign investment, owner operator policy framework

Kris Dudoward is shown aboard the commercial fishing vessel Irenda earlier this week with catch of sockeye salmon on B.C.���s Skeena River near Prince Rupert. The union representing commercial fisheries, the United Fisherman Allied Workers filed a petition on Feb. 22 requesting the end of foreign ownership of fishing licences and quotas on the BC coast. File - THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Mitch Dudoward **MANDATORY CREDIT**
A Tim Hortons cup is shown in Toronto on Thursday, February 3, 2017. Tim Hortons say a technical error caused some customers using the restaurant’s app to receive an incorrect award message during the first day of its Roll Up To Win contest. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Tim Hortons customers subject to ‘technical error’ incorrectly saying they’d won $10K

Restaurant says ‘small subset’ of players being compensated with $50 gift card instead

A Tim Hortons cup is shown in Toronto on Thursday, February 3, 2017. Tim Hortons say a technical error caused some customers using the restaurant’s app to receive an incorrect award message during the first day of its Roll Up To Win contest. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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