Biden indicates plans to cancel Keystone XL pipeline permit on first day in office, sources confirm

U.S. president-elect Joe Biden has indicated plans to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline permit on his first day in office, sources confirmed to CBC News on Sunday. 

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/biden-keystone-xl-1.5877038?cmp=rss

Twitter suspends Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene over election fraud claims

Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene gained large followings on social media in part by posting incendiary videos and comments and has also embraced QAnon, a far-right U.S. conspiracy theory.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/marjorie-taylor-greene-twitter-suspended-qanon-1.5876857?cmp=rss

Barrier-breaking college football player Sarah Fuller invited to Biden's inauguration

Sarah Fuller, the first woman to score in a Power Five conference football game, says she's been invited to attend U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on Wednesday.

source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/sarah-fuller-invited-joe-biden-inauguration-1.5877059?cmp=rss

Trump allies involved in rally that ignited U.S. Capitol siege, records show

Members of U.S. President Donald Trump's failed presidential campaign played key roles in orchestrating the Washington, D.C., rally that spawned a deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol, according to an Associated Press review of records, undercutting claims the event was the brainchild of the president's grassroots supporters.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-allies-involved-rally-capitol-siege-1.5876929?cmp=rss

Pro-Trump demonstrations held at statehouses across U.S.

Small groups of pro-Trump demonstrators, some armed, have begun gathering outside statehouses, including in Michigan, Ohio and South Carolina.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pro-trump-demonstrations-statehouses-1.5876852?cmp=rss

Canadian aunt and uncle of Kamala Harris reflect on niece's upbringing, historic achievement

In the aftermath of the deadly siege on Capitol Hill nearly two weeks ago, vice-president-elect Kamala Harris took some time to call her aunt and uncle in Canada to let them know she was safe.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadian-aunt-uncle-kamala-harris-1.5876711?cmp=rss

Harris to be sworn in as U.S. vice-president by Justice Sotomayor

Vice-president-elect Kamala Harris will be sworn in by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Wednesday, a history-making event in which the first Black, South Asian and female U.S. vice-president will take her oath of office from the first Latina justice.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/kamala-harris-inauguration-sotomayor-1.5876709?cmp=rss

Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Sunday

Canada has reached a grim new milestone in its fight against COVID-19, with the country's case count surging past 700,000, ahead of an expected reduction in shipments of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine from a factory in Belgium.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/coronavirus-covid19-canada-world-january-17-2021-1.5876664?cmp=rss

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to return to Russia after recovery in Germany

Leading Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny plans to fly home to Russia on Sunday after recovering in Germany from his poisoning in August with a nerve agent.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/navalny-return-to-russia-1.5876661?cmp=rss

Airlines face stiff public relations headwind as they prepare Boeing 737 Max for return to passenger service

Canadian carriers are rolling out new safety campaigns and policies to ease public skepticism about the 737 Max as they ready for the jet's first Canadian flights after being grounded for nearly two years.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/boeing-max-return-to-service-1.5871958?cmp=rss