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• Freedom Convoy protesters say they are struggling to get seized items back from police a day ago  –  Several Freedom Convoy protesters say thousands of dollars of items seized during February's enforcement efforts are unaccounted for, and that getting back those items that are in police possession has been a laborious process. 
• Affordability the top Ontario election issue as cost of living soars
• Putin marks Victory Day by blaming West for Ukraine inva

• Mom stunned after maternity leave benefits cut by 50% due to CERB 7 hours ago  –  Lindsey Northrup's last parental benefits EI payment was short by over $500. She found out it was reduced to repay a CERB debt she didn't know she had.
• How a software company is microwaving Alberta's oilsands
• Kids in the Hall back on TV after nearly 30 years
• Lightning bury Maple Leafs early in Game 4 to even series
• Professional women's hockey gets 1st $80,000 player
• Dairy access remains 'great frustration' in bilateral trade ties: U.S. representative

    19 hours ago  –  United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai said dairy* and softwood lumber remain thorny issues in the Canada-U.S. trade relationship. 

  * 8 Shocking Facts about Bovine Growth Hormone

  Canada-United States softwood lumber dispute - Wikipedia

  Commerce Reduces Canadian Lumber Tariffs - ABMAlliance

  In an email on Tuesday, February 1st, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced a review of reducing countervailing and antidumping duties on Canadian softwood lumber to 11.64%. This news follows after the U.S. raised rates on Canadian softwood lumber imports to 17.9% in November 2021, nearly double what it was previously.
• The wolverine's world is shrinking. But they've found a safe haven in B.C. mountains
• After months in pain, these patients paid thousands for surgery outside of B.C.
• After 80 years apart, Toronto woman reunites with daughter on her 98th birthday
• Ukrainian teen with gunshot wounds drives 4 people to safety during Russian attack
• Ultra-fast fashion site Shein has captured the wallets of you

 

• Sri Lankan prime minister resigns after protests over worst economic crisis in decades 2 hours ago  –  An official says Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has resigned following weeks of protests demanding that he and his brother, the president, step down over the country's worst economic crisis in decades.
• Filipinos vote on election day in deeply divided democracy
• This First Nation was swindled out of its land — and into a flood zone
• Remembering the 26 miners who died in the Westray mine explosion 30 years later
• Why northwestern Ontario has fewer women in skilled trades training compared to rest of the province
• Waking up: How some parents and grandparents are learning about safe sleep for their infant

    7 hours ago  –  Parents and researchers are finding new ways to navigate a bombardment of information, and misinformation on infant safe sleep.
• That signature sound from some of music's best hits? Made in Canada
• 1 in 4 women in Quebec's National Assembly aren't seeking re-election. What happened?
• Nursing grad stops to help at 'horrific' crash — only to have her own car stolen
• A bunny helped me reconnect with my aging father
• Mistake by e-commerce platform Shopify nearly costs B.C.