One group of ottawa residents going after the money trail disruptive harassing behavior from some members of the self-proclaimed freedom convoy forced the shutdown of four happy goat cafe locations in ottawa during what should have been a much needed opportunity to boost business the frustration the intimidation the you know was just building assad and a group of private citizens did something that's never been done before in canada they won a court order to freeze crypto assets of convoy organizers the lawsuit includes the 21 year old ottawa resident who won an injunction banning incessant deafening horn honking earlier this month the unprecedented mirava injunction takes aim at nine digital asset platforms to freeze and disclose information about funds sent to convoy protesters shattering,
The myth that bitcoin and cryptocurrencies like it aren't trackable the common argument was bitcoin is just for terrorists because it's easily obfuscated and they can hide behind the scenes but each and every bitcoin transaction is recorded on a blockchain a digital ledger that provides a time-stamped record information including accounts and digital wallets are there for anyone with the right tools to see identities can be hidden behind one or several wallets but the digital tracks are there and authorities can catch up to users when they exchange crypto into canadian dollars or other fiat currency crypto exchange bit buy is named in the court order and says it's ready to comply though its anti-money laundering executive,
Says there's something much more pervasive and much more difficult to track if we want to talk about evil tools cash like i mean cash is the most anonymous thing in the world regardless of how it's done it's imperative to get at the cash flow lifeblood of the movement which has seen millions in pledges including from extremist political factions around the world you cut off the money you cut off the ability the protest to sustain itself failing to do so means the anti-vaxx convoy can regroup again and again ann gaviola global news toronto ahead the risk of getting reinfected with omicron canada's top doctor says the country is through the worst of the omicron wave more canadians have been infected with a highly contagious variant than any other version of the virus,
Don't ass e that means you're immune from being re-infected jamie morocco explains rachel mcintosh spent the days leading up to christmas isolating with her brother after catching covet for the second time it wasn't nearly as bad as the first few days the first time around the 31 year old likely first contracted the delta variant in late april and in december omicron some of the numbers that we've seen suggest that if you're infected with sars cov2 you have about three months where you're really resistant to re-infection in canada under-testing has made it almost impossible to track our re-infection rates but testing is widely available in denmark between november 21st and february 11 1.8 million danes 32 percent of their population tested positive for covid a study under peer review from state and institute noted more than 1700 were re-infections,
Researchers also found in rare cases some caught omicron twice in a sample size of over 100 000 there were 47 instances where someone tested positive for both the original strain of omicron ba1 and the now dominant in denmark ba2 even when we saw reinfections it was mainly unvaccinated young people so that'll kind of reassure you that if you are vaccinated then you have quite a good protection against this phenomenon this bodes well for us with 84 percent of eligible canadians fully vaccinated the risk of reinfection at least over the short term few months ahead is very small but that doesn't mean we aren't susceptible to another mutation rachel says she's done her part to avoid a third boat i had three vaccines,
So i even had the booster shot prepared as best she can should we see another wave jamie morocco global news toronto crispy conflict next why things are getting chippy between frito-lay and a salty situation is playing out between canadian grocery giant loblaw and the snack maker frito-lay it has stopped shipping its products to the loblaw grocery chain and industry insiders say there are more than a few snacks at stake heather urex west explains hey have you tried these new chips they're perhaps a guilty pleasure but as far as snack foods go who doesn't love a crunchy bag of greasy chips what's your favorite kind of potato chip ketchup sour cream and onion barbecue or smoky bacon but it's those chips that are at the center of a battle royale between two canadian food industry giants in one corner food processing heavyweight pepsico,
The parent company of potato chip manufacturer frito lay in the other loblaw the country's largest grocer it's a massive organization not selling to a massive organization so this is probably a first i would say in in the country it means shoppers will no longer be able to buy frito-lay's brand products at any of the 2400 loblaw owned retail stores across the country not at superstore no frills or shoppers drug mart why it's all about price i think that this whole situation is an indication of how challenging it's been for everyone in the supply chain over the last two years there's been an enormous amount of pressure on the cost of goods citing the rising cost of ingredients packaging and transportation a spokesperson for pepsico frito lay said their prices had to be adjusted when loblaw said no the manufacturer stopped shipping its chips it's not really going to affect me much,
I am not addicted to lace so if it's not there then i will get what i want but i
do shop different places not only superstore except says this industry analyst
this dispute is about more than just any one snack rising costs have been
fueling tension between retailers and companies supplying the goods i actually
do think that pepsico is out there representing more than just pepsico this is
about the processing industry in canada and who at the end of the day should
pay heather urex west global news calgary and that is global national for this
wednesday i'm donna friesen we leave you tonight with the peace tower carillon
on parliament hill its 53 bells were played one last time this afternoon before
the tower goes silent for renovations the carillon is 95 years old and needs
some upkeep carol owner andrea mccrady will now shift her focus to teaching
promoting carillon studies and adapting music for the instrument thanks for
watching hope to see you here again tomorrow take care of yourselves bye.
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