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• Cold temperatures to keep a firm grip on eastern Canada, likely until April
• Two patients being tested for Ebola placed in isolation at London, Ont., hospital
• City of Calgary facing $20M in lost revenue due to economic downturn
• Bank of Canada's Wilkins: Economy still below potential
• Right-to-die ruling signals tough stance by top court

Cold temperatures to keep a firm grip on eastern Canada, likely until April Posted: 10 Feb 2015 10:04 AM PST For everyone in eastern Canada hoping for an early spring: Don't hold your breath. It appears the below-average temperatures the region has been suffering through since the start of 2015 will continue – likely until April, at least. The culprit for all this misery has to do with the polar vortex – a mass of swirling, frigid air above the North Pole and the orientation of the jet stream, which will continue to pump down waves of arctic air into southeastern Canada. "In the near term, we expect two shots of arctic air over the next seven days with the first one arriving Wednesday night and Thursday followed by a second, even colder air mass late in the weekend," said Brett Anderson, chief meteorologist with Accuweather.com.

Two patients being tested for Ebola placed in isolation at London, Ont., hospital Posted: 10 Feb 2015 08:53 PM PST Two people under investigation for the Ebola virus have been placed in isolation at Victoria Hospital in London, Ont. London Health Sciences Centre says in a statement that the pair were placed in a negative pressure room at the hospital just before 10 p.m. Tuesday.

City of Calgary facing $20M in lost revenue due to economic downturn Posted: 10 Feb 2015 08:09 PM PST Falling oil prices have created a lot of uncertainty at city hall. Calgary city councillors received an economic update on Tuesday, and were told the economic downturn could result in at least $20 million in lost revenue. Council was warned there could be even further reductions if the province cuts grants for operating costs and capital projects. Sean Chu says everyone at city hall should take a pay cut, including councillors and staff.

Bank of Canada's Wilkins: Economy still below potential Posted: 10 Feb 2015 12:24 PM PST By Leah Schnurr and David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian economy is still operating below its potential, a senior Bank of Canada official said on Tuesday, pointing to slack in the labor market and calling the recent sharp drop in oil prices a "setback." In some of the first remarks by a Bank of Canada policymaker since a shock interest rate cut last month, Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Wilkins laid out the reasons for the surprise move, reiterating that the bank thought it would take too long to close the output gap if it did not act. Wilkins said measures of slack in the labor market were showing greater unused capacity than broader economic measures. "There is no doubt that the Canadian economy has room to grow," Wilkins said in a speech. Still, Wilkins expressed confidence that with a stronger U.S. economy, a lower Canadian dollar and an accommodative monetary policy, the Canadian recovery was on track.

Right-to-die ruling signals tough stance by top court Posted: 10 Feb 2015 12:33 PM PST By Euan Rocha and Leah Schnurr TORONTO/OTTAWA (Reuters) - A landmark decision to overturn a ban on physician-assisted suicide by Canada's top court shows it could take a tough stance on federal government legislation, including security and citizenship bills, that challenge the boundaries of the country's rights-based constitution. Academics and lawyers said that even though right-leaning Prime Minister Stephen Harper has appointed 7 of its 9 justices since he became prime minister in 2006, the Supreme Court is proving to be a stern defender of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms that took force in 1982. "The perception that the current government is pushing rights-diminishing legislation through without apparent regard to the Charter may well be effectively forcing the Court to be more liberal, more activist, and more protectionist," said Jamie Cameron, a professor at the Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto. The Supreme Court last week voted 9-0 to overturn a ban on physician-assisted suicide - a position not supported by Harper's Conservative government.

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