Frustration grows among health workers in America's least-vaccinated state
The type of protest seen at Canadian hospitals this week is a familiar and unhappy fact of life for medical professionals in parts of the U.S. CBC spoke to health-care workers in West Virginia who say they are tired of being the target of anger over vaccine mandates and frustrated by watching unvaccinated COVID-19 patients die preventable deaths.
Police probing Western University sexual violence allegations work to separate fact from social media fiction

London, Ont., police are working with Western University officials and interviewing students after reports that up to 30 women were drugged and sexually assaulted at a first-year residence over the weekend.
Marc Serré, Liberal candidate for Nickel Belt in northern Ontario, assaulted in campaign office

The Liberal federal election candidate for Nickel Belt in northern Ontario was assaulted in his campaign office, and a 56-year-old woman has been charged, Greater Sudbury police say.
Nova Scotia community reeling after young family of 6 killed in fire

Residents of a town in northern Nova Scotia are struggling to come to grips with the death of a young family — including 4 children — after the travel trailer they were staying in caught fire.
Comedian and actor Norm Macdonald dead at 61

Norm Macdonald, the Canadian-born comedian who became an influential cast member of Saturday Night Live after he joined in 1993, has died. He was 61.
U.S. Secretary of State faces 2nd day of bipartisan anger and questions over Afghanistan withdrawal

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday sought to ward off bipartisan congressional criticism of the Biden administration's Afghanistan withdrawal as new intelligence estimates warned that al-Qaeda could soon again use Afghan soil to plot attacks on the United States.
Haiti prosecutor asks judge to charge PM in assassination of President Jovenel Moïse

Haiti's chief prosecutor on Tuesday asked a judge to charge Prime Minister Ariel Henry in the slaying of the president and asked officials to bar him from leaving the country.
Junos opt for COVID-conscious, open-air event for 2022 awards show

Organizers of the Juno Awards, Canada's biggest night in music, say they've booked the open-air Budweiser Stage in Toronto for the televised broadcast on May 15, 2022.
O'Toole urges Canadians to punish Trudeau for calling 'unwanted and unnecessary election'
With just six days left in this election campaign, Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is ramping up the pressure on his Liberal opponent — urging Canadians to punish Justin Trudeau for triggering what he called an "unwanted and unnecessary election."
Jewish Tax Court judge barred from presiding over cases involving Muslims, documents show

Legal experts are puzzled by why the Tax Court of Canada prevented a Jewish judge from presiding for several months in cases involving members of the Islamic faith rather than removing him entirely from the bench until allegations against him were resolved.