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For Radio-Canada/Rad, journalist Julia Pagé and director Frédéric Lacelle traveled to Philadelphia to meet with members of a group that called itself the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. Armed with AK-47s, party members patrol their neighbourhood to defend citizens against police violence. Source link

Saboteurs damaged rail infrastructure near the northern Italian city of Bologna on Saturday morning, disrupting train journeys on the first full day of the Winter Olympic Games, the Transport Ministry said. Source link

Lindsey Vonn wrapped up her second straight successful downhill training run Saturday and appears ready to go for gold at the Milano-Cortina Olympics at the age of 41 on Sunday, little more than a week after rupturing the ACL of her left knee. Source link

Satellite images that have shown some recent activity around two Iranian nuclear sites bombed last year by Israel and the U.S. suggest Iran may be trying to recover materials from the area. Source link

Row Venice is a non-profit association of female rowers dedicated to preserving the Venetian style of rowing. Founded almost two decades ago, it now counts about two dozen members among its ranks, offering lessons to tourists and local women wanting to race, while also fighting for gender equality in the sport. Source link

Since the federal government’s new travel warning for Cuba, CBC News has heard from dozens of travellers who say they’ve either cancelled their trips, are trying to without success, or are still going with the understanding that this year’s trip could be challenging. Source link

Thousands of creators are deleting TikTok and flocking elsewhere just days after a change in ownership and mounting claims of widespread censorship and shadowbanning, or reduced reach, on the app. Source link

Mexican authorities said Friday that federal forces had found a body that appeared to belong to one of 10 employees of a Canadian mining company who were kidnapped three weeks ago from a city in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. Source link

When firefighter John Maggio first saw the swan trapped on the frozen Connecticut river, completely still with its head buried in its wings, he figured they were too late to save it. Still, he said, they had to try. Source link

Singer Elton John told London’s High Court on Friday he was incensed to learn of allegations his landline phones had been bugged on behalf of the Daily Mail, saying the papers’ actions were “outside even the most basic standards of human decency.” Source link