Weekend editors:
The Canadian Press will have all the breaking news from across the country this weekend, but we also have a slate of news features planned. Here is an early look at some of the stories we expect to publish in the days ahead. Questions can be directed to weekends and Special Projects Editor Michelle McQuigge at Michelle.McQuigge@TheCanadianPress.com
Moving Saturday, Feb. 19
We'll continue to monitor anti-mandate convoys and solidarity protests in various parts of the country, as well as ongoing efforts to respond to them including House of Commons debate on the invocation of the Emergencies Act
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Divisiveness remains over border protest
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COUTTS - A protest that closed the main crossing between Alberta and the United States may have ended this week, but there's some concern it has created a different kind of division in the border community caught in the middle of the dispute. By Bill Graveland
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Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly discusses new China strategy in an interview
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OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly discusses next steps in the tabling a new China strategy in an interview. Joly was tasked by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to come with a new strategy in the wake of declined relations with China. By Mike Blanchfield.
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New film exposes struggles of right whales
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HALIFAX - There has been no shortage of media coverage of the plight of the endangered North Atlantic right whale, but documentary filmmaker Nadine Pequeneza felt there was still something missing in the fight to save the species. "You can't really appreciate something unless you at least see it and get to know it," Pequeneza said this week ahead of the opening of her latest film, “Last of the Right Whales." By Danielle Edwards.
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Quebec unprepared for long COVID: experts
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MONTREAL - Suffering from brain fog and painful migraines that forced her to drop her university classes, Montrealer Claudia Hébert was diagnosed in 2021 as having long COVID, which refers to COVID-19 symptoms that persist well beyond two weeks. Health experts say Quebec does not have the resources to help people like Hébert or the many others who have survived the disease but remain seriously injured. By Virginie Ann
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Moving Sunday, Feb. 20
We'll continue to monitor anti-mandate convoys and solidarity protests in various parts of the country, as well as ongoing efforts to respond to them including House of Commons debate on the invocation of the Emergencies Act
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Physician-Assistants
VANCOUVER - Joanna Chan wants to come back to British Columbia to work as a physician assistant and she's not alone. The Canadian Association of Physician Assistants says a recent survey of its members indicated that 15 per cent of its membership wants to work in B.C., enough to supply about 90,000 people with a primary care provider. By Brieanna Charlebois
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Inquiry into N.S. mass shooting set to begin
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HALIFAX - A public inquiry into the worst mass shooting in modern Canadian history is set to begin hearings this week in Nova Scotia. And as the public proceedings open Tuesday in Halifax, the three commissioners in charge will be facing skeptical participants, lawyers and experts who have come forward in recent weeks to criticize the inquiry for being too secretive about how the high-profile inquest will actually function. By Michael MacDonald
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Companies seek to turn waste to fuel through RNG
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As concerns about climate change intensify, there is a growing push globally to use waste to its full potential. Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) proponents believe they can kill two birds with one stone by harnessing the methane from landfill and other forms of waste to create an environmentally friendly alternative to traditional natural gas that can be used for home heating, cooking, even fuelling vehicles. By Amanda Stephenson. 900 words. Moves Business.
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