DEVELOPING Person on fire outside Trump's hush money trial rushed away on a stretcher
A person who was on fire in a park outside the New York courthouse where Donald Trump’s hush money trial is taking place has been rushed away on a stretcher.
The Bank of Canada is set to make an announcement on interest rates, the Transport Minister says there’s no need to fear a food shortage from the trucker vaccine mandate, and a prosecutor in Mexico says the killing of two Canadians was motivated by a gang debt. Here's what you need to know today.
1. Interest rate: Some economists are expecting the Bank of Canada to raise its interest rate this morning from the rock-bottom level of 0.25 per cent, marking the first of multiple hikes over the course of 2022.
2. Trucker mandate: Transport Minister Omar Alghabra says there's no reason to fear food shortages will result from a minority of truck drivers refusing to comply with a Canada-U.S. border vaccine mandate.
3. 'So many angry people': As a growing group of protesting truckers and supporters make their way to Ottawa, experts say the online rhetoric about it is getting increasingly worrisome.
4. Canadians killed: A prosecutor in Mexico said the killing of two Canadians at a resort was motivated by debts between international gangs apparently dedicated to drug and weapons trafficking.
5. 'Partygate' report: U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is bracing for the conclusions of an investigation into allegations of lockdown-breaching parties, which could help end a scandal or bring his time in office to an end.
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Old fish: Meet Methuselah, the fish that likes to eat fresh figs, get belly rubs and is believed to be the oldest living aquarium fish in the world.
Methuselah, a 4-foot-long, 40-pound Australian lungfish that was brought to the California Academy of Sciences in 1938 from Australia, rests at the bottom of its tank in San Francisco on Jan. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
A person who was on fire in a park outside the New York courthouse where Donald Trump’s hush money trial is taking place has been rushed away on a stretcher.
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