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Russian lawmakers have given President Vladimir Putin permission to use military force outside the country today — a move that could presage a broader attack on Ukraine.

Here are the latest Russia-Ukraine updates so far. 🧵
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This move comes after Putin dispatched troops into two separatist regions of eastern Ukraine – Donetsk and Lugansk – after recognizing their independence, escalating the crisis and increasing the prospects of a full-scale invasion.

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Oil hit its highest since 2014 as tensions between Russia and Ukraine escalated, adding to supply concerns that are pushing prices to near $100 a barrel.

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Condemnation from around the world was quick.

Western allies have already started to impose sanctions against Russian banks, oligarchs and more – but critics say they don’t go far enough.

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Germany responded by ending the approval process for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline that would have made the country more reliant on Russian natural gas.

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U.S. President Joe Biden is imposing sanctions on the two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine. Biden will announce further sanctions at 2 p.m. ET.

Canada, the EU and Britain all said they were also preparing sanctions to roll out in coming days.

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Many of Ukraine’s bomb shelters will not provide protection if a war breaks out, reports @nvanderklippe.

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Feb 21

#BREAKING: Russian President Vladimir Putin said he will recognize the independence of two separatist regions in southeastern Ukraine – a move that could be used to justify sending in Russian troops.

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Mr. Putin’s televised announcement came following an extraordinary session of Russia’s Security Council that saw speaker after speaker provide reasons for recognizing the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk “people’s republics."

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After the Russian security council meeting, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also summoned an emergency meeting of his own National Security and Defence Council.

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Feb 21

In theory, now is an ideal time to switch jobs.

At last count, Canadian employers were recruiting for about 875,000 positions – a lofty number by historical standards.

But in reality, few people are actually quitting their jobs.

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The job-switching rate – the proportion of workers who remained employed from one month to the next but who changed jobs – was 0.8% in January, according to Statistics Canada’s latest Labour Force Survey.

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Furthermore, most people are planning to stay put a while longer.

Statscan found just 7.3% of workers aged 15 to 69 were planning to leave their current jobs within the next year – compared with 16.1% in 2016.

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Feb 21

In photos: Here are the golden moments from the Beijing Winter #Olympics2022

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Feb. 4: Team Canada arrives at the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. The ceremony, directed by Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou, who kept things relatively short compared with the 2008 festivities in Beijing. tgam.ca/3I55IKF

Feb. 7: Canada's Max Parrot and Mark McMorris celebrate after winning gold and bronze, respectively, in men's slopestyle snowboarding. It was the second straight Olympics where the two would share the podium in that event. tgam.ca/3I55IKF

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Feb 21

A group representing Canadian journalists says it is shocked by the level of hatred, verbal harassment and physical confrontations some news reporters have experienced while covering protests against public-health measures cross the country.

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Brent Jolly, president of the @caj, said some form of hostility has always been a part of the job.

But the scale of hate on display during the recent protests is unprecedented.

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“It’s something that we really need to wake up to and understand the impact of disinformation and some of these ideas that are being sprouted online that have become mainstream,” Mr. Jolly said.

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Feb 20

The creative team behind The Porter have each had risen, separately, to the top of Canada’s entertainment business.

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Now the team – actor/producers Arnold Pinnock and Bruce Ramsay; the writer/showrunners, Marsha Greene and Annmarie Morais; the directors, Charles Officer and R.T. Thorne – are working together for the first time, on the biggest Black-led television production in Canadian history.

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The show – a joint @CBC/@BET production – is about Canadian history: the true story of Black railway porters in North America.

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Feb 20

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The protests against pandemic restrictions that paralyzed downtown Ottawa for three weeks appeared to finally have ended Sunday morning, as Members of Parliament continued to debate the Emergencies Act that Prime Minister @JustinTrudeau invoked last week.

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There were a few groups of two or three people huddled on street corners, but they were quiet and kept to themselves.

Police continue to restrict access to Centretown, the commercial and residential neighbourhood stretching south from Parliament Hill.

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Police have erected metal barricades between Sparks Street and Queen Street, a block and a half south of Wellington Street, which runs in front of the Parliament buildings and was the nexus for the demonstration over the past three weeks.

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