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U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday ordered the Department of Justice to end its reliance on private prisons and acknowledge the central role government has played in implementing discriminatory housing policies. In remarks before signing the orders, Biden said the U.S. Source

TORONTO -- Canada won’t receive a single vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine this week due to an international shortage that has prompted finger-pointing in Ottawa and forced provinces to temporarily delay their vaccine rollouts. For the next four weeks, Canada’s vaccine deliveries will be cut in half with up to 400,000 doses delayed, according to Maj. Source

It's easy to dismiss the pandemic-linked challenges youth are facing as resolvable — just delay the graduation, meet with your friends later, put off leaving home, figure out a way to start university entirely online. In a time when illness and death are an ever-present reality, these things are not "essential. Source

OTTAWA -- A man accused of ramming through a gate at Rideau Hall while heavily armed is slated to enter a plea in Ontario court Feb. 5. Corey Hurren, a Manitoba military reservist and sausage-maker, faces 21 weapons charges and one of threatening Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Source

The Biden administration plans to give states an approximately 17 per cent boost in COVID-19 vaccines over the next three weeks following complaints of shortages so severe that some vaccination sites around the U.S. had to cancel tens of thousands of appointments. Source

The Biden administration plans to give states an approximately 17 per cent boost in COVID-19 vaccines over the next three weeks following complaints of shortages so severe that some vaccination sites around the U.S. had to cancel tens of thousands of appointments. Source

MINNEAPOLIS -- Information about George Floyd's prior arrests can't be used at the trials of four former Minneapolis police officers charged in his death, but jurors will be allowed to hear details about two previous incidents involving the officer who kneeled on Floyd's neck, a judge ruled. Source

DEER LAKE, N.L. -- Police in Newfoundland and Labrador say they arrested a man with a "large quantity" of knives in his truck in a parking lot outside an election candidate's office. A spokeswoman for Liberal Leader and incumbent Premier Andrew Furey said his campaign has been advised he was likely the intended target of the incident. Source

U.S. Senate Republicans voted overwhelmingly Tuesday against moving forward with Donald Trump's historic second impeachment trial, making clear a conviction of the former president for "incitement of insurrection" is unlikely. The 55-45 procedural vote to set aside an objection from Kentucky Sen. Source

Tracking every case of COVID-19 in Canada Coronavirus vaccine tracker: How many people in Canada have received shots? Source