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Controversial neck hold still being used by Mounties as RCMP reviews its safety
The RCMP says it hopes to have a decision later this year on whether it will continue to teach Mounties to use a controversial neck hold to subdue suspects. In the meantime, new figures obtained by CBC News show the carotid restraint, while rare, is still in use.

The RCMP says it hopes to have a decision later this year on whether it will continue to teach Mounties to use a controversial neck hold to subdue suspects. In the meantime, new figures obtained by CBC News show the carotid restraint, while rare, is still in use.
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Border towns, tourist destinations brace for B.C. travel restrictions
Communities on both sides of the Alberta-British Columbia border are bracing for incoming travel restrictions that the B.C. government says will be coming Friday.

Communities on both sides of the Alberta-British Columbia border are bracing for incoming travel restrictions that the B.C. government says will be coming Friday.
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Toronto, Peel to close businesses with 5 or more COVID-19 cases linked to the workplace
Toronto and Peel Region are issuing orders to force businesses with five or more cases of COVID-19 in the last two weeks to close.

Toronto and Peel Region are issuing orders to force businesses with five or more cases of COVID-19 in the last two weeks to close.
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Magpies dominate AFLW All-Australian team
Collingwood have dominated the 2021 AFLW All-Australian team with Brianna Davey named captain and three other Magpies in the line-up.Davey averaged 23.1 disposals per game and also won the AFLPA most valuable player, leading the Magpies to a second-consecutive finals series.Six players were named All-Australian for the first time: Collingwood duo Roby Schleicher and Brittany…

Collingwood have dominated the 2021 AFLW All-Australian team with Brianna Davey named captain and three other Magpies in the line-up.
Davey averaged 23.1 disposals per game and also won the AFLPA most valuable player, leading the Magpies to a second-consecutive finals series.
Six players were named All-Australian for the first time: Collingwood duo Roby Schleicher and Brittany Bonnici, Fremantle’s Janelle Cuthbertson, St Kilda’s Georgia Patrikios, Richmond captain Katie Brennan and Carlton ruck Breann Moody.
North Melbourne captain Emma Kearney and Melbourne stalwart Karen Paxman became the only two players to have been named All-Australian in all five seasons of the AFLW competition.
Five other players retained their spots from the 21 players named in the 2020 AFL Women’s All Australian Team – Sarah Allan (Adelaide Crows), Kate Lutkins (Brisbane Lions), Kiara Bowers (Fremantle), Jasmine Garner (North Melbourne) and Alyce Parker (GWS).
Competition leading goalkicker Darcy Vescio was named on the interchange, with Erin Phillips and Chloe Molloy preferred in the forward line.
2021 AFLW ALL-AUSTRALIAN TEAM
FB: Sarah Allan (Adelaide), Meghan McDonald (Geelong)
HB: Ruby Schleicher (Collingwood), Kate Lutkins (Brisbane), Janelle Cuthbertson (Fremantle)
C: Monique Conti (Richmond), Kiara Bowers (Fremantle), Georgia Patrikios (St Kilda)
HF: Jasmine Garner (North Melbourne), Katie Brennan (Richmond), Ellie Blackburn (Western Bulldogs)
FF: Erin Phillips (Adelaide), Chloe Molloy (Collingwood)
FOLL: Breann Moody (Carlton), Brianna Davey (Collingwood), Alyce Parker (GWS)
I/C: Ebony Marinoff (Adelaide), Brittany Bonnici (Collingwood), Darcy Vescio (Carlton), Karen Paxman (Melbourne), Emma Kearney (North Melbourne).
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