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February 28

Alberta COVID-19 restrictions set to be further relaxed despite fears
People skate in Bowness Park a day before the province looks at relaxing regulations in regards to the COVID lock down in Calgary, Alberta February 28, 2021. Todd Korol/The Globe and Mail
Golden Globe Awards 2021: The best, worst and weirdest moments of a supremely surreal evening
Barry Hertz
Ontario gives Toronto OK to prioritize COVID-19 vaccination of homeless people
A paramedic stands outside the Maxwell Meighen Centre helping homeless people as the new COVID-19 variants have spread among homeless populations in a and around the city during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Wednesday, February 24, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Canada among targets of Twitter accounts shut down for links to Kremlin and proxies
FILE -- Twitter's offices in San Francisco, Oct. 24, 2017. The July 2020 hack of Twitter served as a warning that infrastructure that could influence the election is not in the hands of government experts, and is far less protected than anyone assumed. (Jason Henry/The New York Times)
Whether he runs again or not, the base of the Republican Party is now Trumpist
John Ibbitson
With new COVID-19 vaccine plans coming, B.C. has a chance to pivot on booster shots
Dr. Bonnie Henry gives her daily media briefing regarding COVID-19 for the province of British Columbia in Victoria, B.C., Monday, December 7, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Nelly Korda wins Gainbridge LPGA for first championship on U.S. soil
Nelly Korda of the United States poses with the trophy following the final round of the Gainbridge LPGA at Lake Nona Golf and Country Club on Feb. 28, 2021 in Orlando, Fla.
Obsidian Theatre’s 21 Black Futures: Five streaming sci-fi plays worth ten minutes of your time on CBC Gem
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McDavid and Matthews give NHL one more rare shot at a dynamic duo of greatness
Cathal Kelly
Collin Morikawa wins Workday Championship, pays tribute to Tiger Woods
Collin Morikawa of the United States celebrates with the Gene Sarazen Cup during the trophy ceremony after winning the final round of World Golf Championships-Workday Championship at The Concession on Feb. 28, 2021 in Bradenton, Fla.
Donor calls for investigations of WE Charity’s finances in Canada and U.S.
Craig and Marc Kielburger address the audience during the We Day event in Toronto on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018. A man who helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for WE Charity says he believes two different groups of donors were told they'd raised the money for a school building in Kenya. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
Changes to Canada’s Divorce Act, meant to end winners-losers mentality of family law, to take effect
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada David Lametti speaks with the media following a cabinet meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on February 25, 2020. Family law experts say the delay in implementing reforms to Canada's Divorce Act is particularly untimely -- coming just as they're bracing for a surge of women seeking divorces after being cooped up for months with abusive partners during the COVID-19 pandemic. The reforms were to go into effect on July 1 but Justice Minister David Lametti announced late last week that has been postponed until March 1. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
LNG Canada CEO wary of delays on $18-billion Kitimat, B.C. energy project
LNG Canada's export terminal is under construction in Kitimat, B.C., including what will be a massive storage tank for liquefied natural gas. Photo taken in January, 2021. Source of handout photo: LNG Canada
Biden’s lofty goals crash into hard truths in Middle East
President Joe Biden holds his face mask as he speaks during an event to commemorate the 50 millionth COVID-19 shot, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
U.S. still open to Iran nuclear talks after Iran’s rejection of meeting
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 5, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Bitcoin extends its retreat from record high to hit lowest in 20 days
FILE PHOTO: A collection of bitcoin (virtual currency) tokens are displayed in this picture illustration taken Dec. 8, 2017. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/Illustration/File Photo
Pornhub policies reveal legal gaps and lack of enforcement
The Pornhub website is shown on a computer screen in Toronto on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Ginny & Georgia: Like Degrassi dipped in acid, and more
John Doyle
The budget must show how fiscal policy will support recovery and the transformation of our economy
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland looks on as she participates in a meetings with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and virtually with United States President Joe Biden on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Tuesday February 23, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Jim Falco liked to hold your hand, and never let it go
James V. Falco, lives lived
Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine gets CDC panel backing, nearly ready for shipping
FILE PHOTO: Vials labelled "COVID-19 Coronavirus Vaccine" and syringe are seen in front of displayed Johnson & Johnson logo in this illustration taken, February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
High-yield stocks, growth portfolio shakeup and Algonquin’s rich payout ratio: What you need to know in investing this week
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Putting the pieces of Dad’s dementia together
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Buffett upbeat on U.S. and Berkshire, buys back stock even as pandemic hits results
Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, prepares to speak at the Fortune's Most Powerful Women's Summit in Washington October 13, 2015. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Provinces split on next steps in COVID-19 fight
People walk and skate on a thawing lake in a park on a mild winter day in Montreal, Sunday, February 28, 2021, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues in Canada and around the world. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Worried about COVID-19, Canadians revamping plans to avoid retirement homes. But can they afford it?
Cropped shot of a senior woman holding a cane in a retirement home
Ottawa lags on promise to end drinking-water advisories for First Nations
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Andrew Cuomo asks state AG, top judge, to launch harassment probe
(FILES) In this file photo Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo speaks during a press conference at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on May 26, 2020 at Wall Street in New York City. - Prominent Democratic politicians called on February 28, 2021 for an independent investigation into sexual harassment allegations against New York governor Andrew Cuomo after a second former aide accused him of misconduct. The latest allegations were made public on Saturday after 25-year-old former health advisor Charlotte Bennett told The New York Times the governor sexually harassed her in 2020. (Photo by Johannes EISELE / AFP) (Photo by JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty Images)
Quebec reports 737 COVID-19 cases, nine deaths on eve of vaccination ramp-up
Quebec Premier Francois Legault, Health Minister Christian Dube, right, and Dr. Horacio Arruda, Quebec's director of public health, hold a new conference in a COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Montreal's Olympic Stadium on Tuesday, February 23, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
United Nations warns of mass famine in Yemen ahead of donor conference
FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2018 file photo, a woman holds a malnourished boy at the Aslam Health Center, in Hajjah, Yemen. On Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs warned that more than 16 million people in Yemen would go hungry this year, with already some half a million living in famine-like condition in the conflict-wrecked country. The stark warning comes a day before a pledging conference co-hosted by Sweden and Switzerland. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)
Israeli-owned cargo ship docked in Dubai after mysterious blast
This picture taken on February 28, 2021 shows a view of the Israeli-owned Bahamian-flagged MV Helios Ray cargo ship docked in Dubai's Mina Rashid (Port Rashid) cruise terminal. - The MV Helios Ray, a vehicle carrier, was travelling from the Saudi port of Dammam to Singapore when a blast occurred on February 25, according to the London-based Dryad Global maritime security group. (Photo by Giuseppe CACACE / AFP) (Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images)
Investors weigh new stock leadership as broader market wobbles
A woman walks near Wall Street in New York on February 8, 2021. - Women in the US finance industry applaud signs of progress at financial giants like Cititgroup, which became the first big Wall Street bank to name a female chief executive. Still, even as more women rise and some companies allow greater flexibility to working mothers, finance remains a challenging career domain and progress is coming more slowly than many women would like. (Photo by Kena Betancur / AFP) (Photo by KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images)
Toronto Raptors’ game against Chicago Bulls postponed due to COVID-19 cases
Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry (7) loses the ball as he attempts to drive past Houston Rockets guard Victor Oladipo during the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Yellen’s encore: Treasury Secretary lending economic heft to Biden’s coronavirus plan
FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2021, file photo President Joe Biden meets with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Dr. Anthony Fauci urges Americans to get one of the three COVID-19 vaccines available
FILE PHOTO: Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, prepares to receive his first dose of the new Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the National Institutes of Health, in Bethesda, U.S., December 22, 2020. Patrick Semansky/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
In oil-rich Iraq, some women buck norms to take gruelling rig site jobs
Ayat Rawthan, a petrochemical engineer, poses for a photo near an oil field outside Basra, Iraq, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2021. Rawthan is among just a handful of women who have eschewed the dreary office jobs typically handed to female petrochemical engineers in Iraq. Instead, they chose to become trailblazers in the country’s oil industry, taking up the grueling work of drilling. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jourani)
Donald Trump blasts successor Joe Biden in CPAC speech
ORLANDO, FLORIDA - FEBRUARY 28: Former President Donald Trump addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference held in the Hyatt Regency on February 28, 2021 in Orlando, Florida. Begun in 1974, CPAC brings together conservative organizations, activists, and world leaders to discuss issues important to them. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Inuit midwives say they reluctantly quit after experiencing years of mistreatment
Inuit midwives Cas Augaarjuk Connelly (left) and Rachel Qiliqti Kaludjak pose after a birth at Rankin Inlet's birthing centre in 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Rachel Qiliqti Kaludjak and Cas Augaarjuk Connelly MANDATORY CREDIT
Ophelia provides a delicious taste of what might have been, in more normal times
Ophelia restaurant in Vancouver, on Tuesday, February 23, 2021. Darryl Dyck/The Globe and Mail
Indian man killed by own rooster during banned cockfight
FILE- In this Jan. 21, 2011 file photo, people watch a cock fight during the Jonbeel festival in Jagiroad, about 75 kilometers (47 miles) east of Gauhati, north eastern Assam state, India. A man was killed by a rooster with a blade tied to its leg during an illegal cockfight in southern India, police said, bringing focus on a practice that continues in some Indian states despite a decades-old ban. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath, File)
Winnipeg seals 2-1 overtime win over Montreal
Montreal Canadiens goaltender Jake Allen (34) saves the shot as Winnipeg Jets' Blake Wheeler (26) attempts to tip in the rebound during second period NHL action in Winnipeg on Saturday, February 27, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
Newspaper photographer attacked, seriously injured in France
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Putin foe Navalny sent to ‘bad’ penal colony
A general view shows Penal Colony No 2, where opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was sentenced this month on parole violations, supposedly serves his jail term, in the town of Pokrov, Russia February 28, 2021. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva
Many Indigenous entrepreneurs have been pushed to find creative solutions to challenges of the pandemic
Pei Pei Chei Ow with a display of art for sale on Thursday, July 13, 2023 in Edmonton, Alta. Megan Albu / Globe and Mail
Crypto art is gaining traction and one of its biggest stars is an artist from Thunder Bay
Michah Dowbak Portrait
China charges 47 leading Hong Kong pro-democracy activists with subversion
Pro-democracy activist Sam Cheung hugs his wife as arrives to report to the police station over national security law charges, in Hong Kong, China February 28, 2021. REUTERS/Jessie Pang
At least 18 dead in Myanmar after bloodiest day of protests
Protesters run after tear gas was fired as security forces crack down on demonstrations against the military coup in Yangon on February 28, 2021. (Photo by Sai Aung Main / AFP) (Photo by SAI AUNG MAIN/AFP via Getty Images)
Alberta forms committee to better protect essential workers
The Cargill beef plant in High River, Alta., is shown on April 23, 2020. The president of the union representing employees at Alberta's major meat-packing plants says there needs to be a discussion about making the COVID-19 vaccine more readily available to essential workers. Thomas Hesse of UFCW 401 says he realizes there's a severe shortage of the vaccine right now, but once that is remedied workers at plants in High River, Alta. and Brooks, Alta., shouldn't have to wait too long. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Mexican asylum-seekers hope for better days under Biden
MATAMOROS, MEXICO - FEBRUARY 24: Mexican nationals walk across the Gateway International Bridge into Mexico after being deported by U.S. immigration authorities on February 24, 2021 in Matamoros, Mexico. The group said that they had been flown to Brownsville, Texas on the U.S.-Mexico border from a detention facility in Miami. One man from Guadalajara, Mexico said that he had been living and working undocumented in the United States for two years but was arrested on January 3, after the U.S. Presidential election, but before President Joe Biden's inauguration. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
The pandemic is helping us relearn the lost habit of walking
Marcus Gee
How do safety recalls on vehicles work in Canada?
Auto mechanic are checking the condition of the car according to the month. The technician uses the tablet to check.
Feb. 28: ‘Selfish snowbirds.’ Readers debate travel and $2,000 hotel quarantines, plus other letters to the editor
A sign reminds arriving passengers to quarantine against COVID-19 at Trudeau Airport in Montreal, Friday, Feb. 19, 2021. The federal government announced which hotels will be used for all travelers entering Canada by air to quarantine for three days at their own expense. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Your lookahead horoscope: February 28
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