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February 26

Four appear in Hong Kong court charged with gruesome murder of model Abby Choi
Twitter lays off 10% of current work force
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: A view of the Twitter logo at its corporate headquarters in San Francisco, California, U.S. November 18, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
Ukraine’s ground forces commander visits besieged Bakhmut to talk strategy, boost morale
Ukrainian servicemen of the 80th Independent Air Assault Brigade fire a Howitzer D-30 artillery weapon towards Russian troops, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, near the frontline town of Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine February 24, 2023. REUTERS/Marko Djurica
Mexicans turn out in droves to protest government’s electoral overhaul
Thousands of people gather in Mexico City’s main square to protest against the electoral overhaul by the governing party, on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023. More than 100,000 took to the streets of Mexico on Sunday to protest new laws hobbling the nation’s election agency, in what demonstrators said was a repudiation of the president’s efforts to weaken a pillar of democracy. (Luis Antonio Rojas/The New York Times)
Poilievre denies speaking with anti-immigration German politician
Christine Anderson, candidate of Germany's anti-immigration party Alternative for Germany (AfD) attends a final campaign event ahead of the EU election in Frankfurt, Germany May 24, 2019. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ dominates at SAG Awards
Harry Shum Jr., from left, Ke Huy Quan, Stephanie Hsu, Michelle Yeoh and Jamie Lee Curtis pose in the press room with the award for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture for "Everything Everywhere All at Once," at the 29th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023, at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
In surprise result, Italy’s left picks Elly Schlein to rebuild party
Italian Democratic Party, PD, lawmaker Elly Schlein listens to questions during a press conference she held at the Foreign Press association headquarters, in Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Rogers and Shaw defend Videotron deal in new CRTC filings
The House of Commons industry and technology committee is set to hold a meeting today looking at Rogers Communications Inc.'s proposed takeover of Shaw Communications Inc. Rogers and Shaw applications are pictured on a cellphone in Ottawa on Monday, May 9, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
B.C. pledges $500 million to keep ferry fares low for travellers as inflation soars
People stand on the vehicle deck of the BC Ferries vessel Queen of Capilano as it approaches Bowen Island on a sailing from Horseshoe Bay, B.C., on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Injured man faces charges following gunfire exchange with RCMP west of Calgary
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday, April 13, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Watchdog asked to investigate following video of man being punched during arrest by Edmonton police
An Edmonton Police Services logo is shown at a press conference in Edmonton on October 2, 2017. Police in Edmonton say five men face charges in an auto theft ring where high-end trucks and SUVs were allegedly stolen for export overseas. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Former Trudeau advisers call for public inquiry into China’s election interference
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau departs for Nassau, Bahamas, from Ottawa on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. Trudeau is playing down a report that China tried to sway the last federal election, saying Canadian voters alone decided the outcome.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Environment Canada issues snowfall, extreme cold warnings for two Atlantic provinces
A person stands under a bus shelter during a winter storm in Halifax on Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. Storm warnings are blanketing pockets of Atlantic Canada as wintry weather continues to grip the region. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
Troubled by an erratic market? Turn to the Stable Dividend portfolio
The S&P TSX composite index screen at the TMX Market Centre in downtown Toronto is photographed on Friday, November 11, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin
Zelensky fires a top Ukrainian military commander, no reason given
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends a working session of G7 leaders via video link on the day of the first anniversary of Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine February 24, 2023. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.
Lawyer withholding financial documents needed for audit, OPSEU alleges
Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) President Warren (Smokey) Thomas speaks to reporters at Queen's Park in Toronto on January 21, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Companies need to stop greenwashing and get serious with net-zero pledges
By betting that it can solve its emissions problem with carbon capture and storage technology, Canada's oil and gas industry risks sadding itself with expensive stranded assets, a new report argues. A dump truck works near the Syncrude oil sands extraction facility near the city of Fort McMurray, Alberta on Sunday June 1, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Privacy and sunlight in Michael Garron Hospital designed for the future of health care
Winter storm covers much of B.C. in snow, more expected in some regions
Motorists travel on the snow-covered Cambie Bridge as freezing rain falls in Vancouver, on Friday, December 23, 2022. A weather system covered much of British Columbia in snow overnight, and Environment Canada is warning more may be on the way for some areas of the province. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Any China lethal aid to Russia would come at ‘real costs,’ U.S. says
FILE PHOTO: Flags of China and Russia are displayed in this illustration picture taken March 24, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration/File Photo
New pitch clock provokes players but is great for major league baseball
Cathal Kelly
Quebec labour tribunal orders nurses’ union to stop threatening mass resignation
Quebec nurses union (FIQ) members rally to demand a new contract negotiation, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022 at the Treasury Board building in Quebec City. A labour law tribunal has ordered a nurses' union in central Quebec to stop its pressure tactics, which include encouraging its members to resigning en masse. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
Trump, Republican presidential candidates will have to pledge loyalty to 2024 nominee, says party chief
FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a rally to support Republican candidates ahead of midterm elections, in Dayton, Ohio, U.S. November 7, 2022. REUTERS/Gaelen Morse/File Photo
Cocaine Bear scores $23.1-million opening, while Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania shrinks fast at the box office
Keri Russell as Sari in Cocaine Bear, directed by Elizabeth Banks.
Putin too confident he can grind down Ukraine, says CIA director
FILE - Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns speaks during an event at the Georgia Institute of Technology, April 14, 2022, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)
My MAID ‘grief sisters’ hold me up when no one else knows what to say
Hong Kong model’s in-laws charged after body parts found
In this image taken from video footage provided by TVB Hong Kong, police officers search a village home where they found body parts related to a missing model in a murder case, in Hong Kong on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023. Police in Hong Kong have filed murder charges against the former in-laws of a model, days after her body parts were found in a refrigerator. A police statement says Hong Kong model Abby Choi’s father-in-law and his eldest son are being charged with murder, while her mother-in-law faces one count of perverting the course of justice. (TVB Hong Kong via AP)
Amid calls for a hydroelectric renaissance in Quebec, the most attractive options lie outside its borders
The La Romaine 3 dam is shown on October 19, 2017. Quebec's hydro dams have long provided its residents cheap electricity and bragging rights in the race to reduce global carbon emissions, with Premier François Legault suggesting the province could become the "green battery of North America." But as the premier signs lucrative export deals with states such as Massachusetts and New York, the province's utility has acknowledged that the next phase of the Romaine complex -- Romaine 4 scheduled to enter service next year -- could be the last major dam project for the foreseeable future. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
Israelis, Palestinians pledge to curb violence at meeting in Jordan
(FILES) This file picture taken on November 19, 2021 from Israel's southern Red Sea port and resort city of Eilat shows a view of the Flag of the Arab Revolt (top to bottom: black, green, and white stripes with a red chevron) flying in Jordan's nearby coastal city of Aqaba. - Israeli and Palestinian representatives held a meeting in the Red Sea resort of Aqaba on February 26, according to Jordanian state broadcaster al-Mamlaka, "the first of its kind in years" with regional and international participation to address "the situation in the Palestinian territories". (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)
Israeli settlers rampage after Palestinian gunman kills two
A member of security for the Israeli Bracha settlement gestures amid clashes between settlers and Palestinians in Burin village, after settlers reportedly set cars on fire in the village in the occupied West Bank on February 25, 2023. (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP) (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP via Getty Images)
Ukrainians welcomed in workplace, but still finding jobs below their qualifications
Viacheslav Samsonenko, a Ukrainian newcomer who fled his home country in May, poses in Saanichiton, B.C., on Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
Virtual power plant model could convince more Albertans to switch to solar
Crews install solar panels on a house as part of Solartility’s pilot project in Calgary in an undated handout photo. The company offers its residential solar clients access to bi-directional interval meters, meaning they can sell the electricity they generate onto the grid at times of peak demand only, maximizing the financial benefit. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Solartility, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
Newly renovated King City house sells to lone bidder
Done Deal, 222 Dew St., King City, Ont.
Alberta expecting another gusher in budget ahead of provincial election
The view of the Alberta Legislature in Edmonton on Friday, March 28, 2014. Alberta's Opposition NDP tried and failed Thursday to censure the deputy speaker for evicting one of their members from the house in a day that saw both sides accuse each other of belittling and marginalizing women in politics. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Belarus leader and Putin ally Lukashenko to visit China
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, Russia, Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. (Vladimir Astapkovich, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Nokia changes iconic logo to signal strategy shift
A picture taken on February 26, 2023 shows Nokia new logo at the Mobile World Congress (MWC), the telecom industry's biggest annual gathering, in Barcelona. (Photo by Josep LAGO / AFP) (Photo by JOSEP LAGO/AFP via Getty Images)
At least 59 dead after migrant boat breaks apart off Italy, 80 survivors rescued
Italian Red Cross volunteers and coast guards recover a body after a migrant boat broke apart in rough seas, at a beach near Cutro, southern Italy, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023. Rescue officials say an undetermined number of migrants have died and dozens have been rescued after their boat broke apart off southern Italy.(Antonino Durso/LaPresse via AP)
U.K. PM Rishi Sunak to meet EU chief in push to finalize Northern Ireland deal
FILE PHOTO: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak looks on outside Number 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain February 22, 2023. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo
B.C. premier says some deficits require spending as NDP prepares to table budget
B.C. Premier David Eby announces a new public safety plan in Vancouver on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Putin says Russia cannot ignore NATO nuclear capability
FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his address dedicated to the Defender of the Fatherland Day in Moscow, Russia, in this picture released February 23, 2023. Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Pool via REUTERS
Civilians cling on as troops repel Russia at Ukraine’s front lines
A Ukrainian marine serviceman runs to take a position through the residential blocks in the frontline city of Vuhledar, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Everything Everywhere film, Tom Cruise honoured at Producers Guild of America awards
This image released by A24 Films shows, from left, Stephanie Hsu, Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan in a scene from, "Everything Everywhere All At Once." (Allyson Riggs/A24 Films via AP)
Russia and Iran sending top envoys to UN’s human rights council
FILE - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses his statement, during the opening of the High-Level Segment of the 43rd session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on Feb. 24, 2020. Guterres will help kick off the latest and longest-ever session of the U.N.'s top human rights body on Monday Feb. 27, 2023, with Iran's foreign minister, a senior Russian envoy, and the top diplomats of France and Germany among scores of leaders set to take part.(Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP, File)
Nigeria’s electoral commission starts announcing state-wide results
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials gather at a Registration Area Centre (REC) to report their wards' results in Abuja on February 26, 2023, the day after Nigeria's presidential and general election. (Photo by Michele Spatari / AFP) (Photo by MICHELE SPATARI/AFP via Getty Images)
Black activist who became prime minister of Dominica was target of RCMP dirty tricks, documents show
Roosevelt Douglas (left) and Ed Michaels are shown in Ottawa in a Feb. 27, 1970, file photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/CP
Iran’s currency hits record low as effects of anti-government protests roil economy
FILE PHOTO: A board shows currency exchange rates in Tehran, Iran December 25, 2022. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY./File Photo
Inuit 15 times more likely to be jailed in Quebec than the provincial average, data shows
Homes face the Hudson Bay in Inukjuak, Que., on Thursday, May 12, 2022. Inuit are detained in Quebec provincial jails at a rate 15 times higher than other Quebecers, despite a decline in the overall number of Inuit in provincial custody, Public Security Department data shows. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
The Canadian government funds hockey, bowling and archery. Why not chess?
chess Collection: iStockphoto Item number: 162573250 Title: chess Licence type: Royalty-free Max file size (JPEG): 29.6 x 29.6 cm (3,500 x 3,500 px) / 300 dpi Release info: No release required Keywords: Beginnings, Chess, Chess Board, Chess Piece, King, Knight, No People, Pawn, Photography, Protection, Queen, Square, White, White Background, Wood
What’s new in fashion and beauty: A denim milestone, 3-D knitwear and a nineties throwback
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I have an SUV with a panoramic sunroof. How often do sunroofs shatter?
Bucharest, Romania - February 24, 2021: Cars in traffic at rush hour on a boulevard in Bucharest.
Lessons from an Indigenous business leader about sustainability in a world of greenwashing
Clean technologies, like wind power, have never been more accessible to businesses looking toward a more sustainable future.
‘Establishing a sales tax … Alberta should make this overdue decision.’ Pay for health care? Plus other letters to the editor for Feb. 26
Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson answers a question as Canada's premiers hold a press conference following a meeting on health care in Ottawa on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Your lookahead horoscope: February 26
Pisces.
Actor Gordon Pinsent, the friendly face and roguish heart of Canadian cinema, dead at 92
Canadian actor Gordon Pinsent is shown in 2012, soon after the release of his memoir Next.
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