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

Hong Kong has ordered mandatory citywide COVID-19 testing, starting in mid-March, amid predictions its coronavirus outbreak will get much worse.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-covid19-canada-world-feb22-2022-1.6359881?cmp=rss

Queen cancels online meetings as mild COVID-19 symptoms persist

Queen Elizabeth cancelled scheduled online engagements on Tuesday because she is still experiencing mild cold-like symptoms after testing positive for COVID-19, Buckingham Palace said.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/queen-elizabeth-covid-symptoms-continue-1.6359895?cmp=rss

Why it's a bad idea to rely on an American-owned bridge for 25% of Canadian trade

When the Ambassador Bridge — a key trade corridor between Windsor, Ont., and Detroit, Mich., — was gridlocked by protests earlier this month, it exposed a weak U.S.-owned link in Canada's supply chain. Experts of all stripes agree it's risky for Canada to rely so much on the 92-year-old bridge.

source https://www.cbc.ca/radio/costofliving/ambassador-bridge-protests-trade-us-canada-border-cargo-trucks-convoy-1.6355981?cmp=rss

Colombia becomes 4th Latin American country to decriminalize abortion

Colombia's Constitutional Court issued an order on Monday decriminalizing abortion until the 24th week of pregnancy, making the country the fourth in Latin America to expand access to the procedure.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/colombia-decriminalize-abortion-1.6359693?cmp=rss

Prosecutors say men who pursued and fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery were 'looking for a reason' to kill a Black man

The man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery "was just looking for a reason" to hurt a Black person when he saw the 25-year-old jogging on his street, a prosecutor argued Monday, citing a slew of racist comments and videos Travis McMichael had posted online.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ahmaud-arbery-hate-crime-trial-closing-arguments-1.6359421?cmp=rss