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    Clue: This Jeopardy! contestant from Nova Scotia is on a hot streak

    Who is Mattea Roach?

    Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, Defence Minister Anita Anand and Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly look on as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a news conference, Feb. 24, 2022 in Ottawa. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)

    Thousands of Canadian troops on standby to be deployed to Ukraine if necessary

    Politics Insider for Feb. 25: Canada poises to deploy to Europe if needed; Chrystia Freeland announces more sanctions on Russia; Patrick Brown reportedly eyes the federal Conservative leadership

    Lightbound speaks about COVID restrictions during a news conference, Feb. 8, 2022 in Ottawa. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)

    Joël Lightbound’s push against the Liberal status quo has caused quite a stir

    Politics Insider for Feb. 9: Truckers continue to dominate the news; some provinces start to open up; Poilievre pulls ahead in the Conservative leadership race

    O'Toole speaks during a media availability on Parliament Hill on Jan. 27, 2022 (Justin Tang/CP)

    338Canada: Erin O’Toole is trapped

    Philippe J. Fournier: The Conservative leader’s latest personal popularity numbers are bleak, inside and outside his party

    Interim Quebec Director of Public Health Dr. Luc Boileau responds to a question during a news conference in Montreal, Jan. 11, 2022. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)

    Should we tax the unvaccinated?

    Politics Insider for Jan. 13: The debate over Quebec’s tax on the unvaxxed; the backlash over Ontario’s handling of school openings; and a former Supreme Court justice’s controversial role in Hong Kong

    Quebec Director of Public Health Horacio Arruda at a news conference in Montreal, Jan. 5, 2022. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)

    Quebec’s public health director resigns

    Politics Insider for Jan. 11: COVID cases continue to peak in Canada; the realities of long COVID; and Ontario will re-open schools

    AFN Regional Chief Cindy Woodhouse picks up a pair of children’s moccasins she had placed on her desk at a news conference, Jan. 4, 2022 in Ottawa. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)

    Ottawa reaches $40 billion agreement to reform Indigenous child welfare

    Politics Insider for Jan. 5: A landmark commitment to Indigenous child welfare; NORAD needs fixing; and a Canada-U.S. trade dispute settles

    An anti-vaccine protest in New York in November (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)

    Misinformation is an infection that politicians have left to fester

    Editorial: The info wars are on, and our political leaders need to step up and fight back

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    Netflix Canada in January 2022: What’s new this month

    Here’s Jaime Weinman’s list of the new shows and movies worth checking out on Netflix in Canada

    Inside the murky, high-stakes investigation into New Brunswick’s mystery illness

    At least six people are dead. Dozens are sick. Are governments racing fast enough to find the answers needed to save lives?

    Avis Kozar (left) and Sieroka launched a page on Instagram to publicize alleged instances of sexual misconduct at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ont. (Photograph by Sarah Dea)

    What happens to sexual assault reports at Canadian universities? No one really knows.

    Despite many schools having policies to deal with sexual violence, it is often unclear what actually happens when a report is made.

    In this picture taken in the late hours on August 22, 2021 British and Canadian soldiers stand guard near a canal as Afghans wait outside the foreign military-controlled part of the airport in Kabul, hoping to flee the country following the Taliban's military takeover of Afghanistan. (Wakil Koshar/AFP/Getty Images)

    The last trip out of Afghanistan: ‘There is no way back. Taliban are outside.’

    They had close ties to Canada and were being hunted by the Taliban. Trapped in a dangerous, desperate crowd, the odds were against them.

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