CBC News Online - Evening News Digest - 2015-03-01

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Sun, 1 Mar 2015 06:05:36 EST Speculation over Nemtsov killing turns into blame game Sun, 1 Mar 2015 06:05:36 EST The death of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, who was killed on a Moscow street on Friday night, is causing speculation over who is behind the seemingly targeted killing. Russian opposition leaders and President Vladmir Putin's government and its supporters are exchanging blame for the opposition leader's sudden death. Read More Gun in deadly Toronto McDonald's shooting was legal, lawyer says Sun, 1 Mar 2015 13:04:48 EST The lawyer for a security guard involved in the fatal shooting of two men at an east-end Toronto McDonald's early Saturday says the gun that fired multiple shots was "lawfully possessed." Read More Jihadi John's identity reveal may make him less useful to ISIS Sun, 1 Mar 2015 16:33:41 EST Now that the world knows the identity of the masked man who appears to have beheaded several ISIS hostages on camera, Mohammed Emwazi may have become less useful and more of a liability to the cause. Read More Netanyahu's upcoming speech could be 'destructive to the fabric of U.S.-Israeli ties' Sun, 1 Mar 2015 10:03:14 EST Defying U.S. President Barack Obama, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew to Washington on Sunday to warn Congress about the risks of a possible nuclear deal with Iran in a speech that has imperiled ties between the two allies. Read More February as bitterly cold as it seemed in Quebec, Ontario Sun, 1 Mar 2015 16:58:57 EST Between Ontario and Quebec deep freezes, the Maritime snowpocalypse, and British Columbia's early spring, February was a month of extreme weather. Read More More Headlines Coke's lower sugar level in Canada may not affect sweetness Syria-bound U.K. teens spotted on video at Istanbul bus station Remember the crack scandal photo? Rob Ford's sweatshirt on eBay looks familiar BlackBerry deepens Samsung partnership in attempt to attract business customers Mohamed Fahmy urges end to 'diplomatic blockage' in leaving Egypt N.S. man with sex crime history in Canada sentenced in Nepal: report 5 things you might not know about tonight's Canadian Screen Awards gala Harper government examines game-playing to motivate bureaucrats First Nations in driver's seat for Ring of Fire road study Ottawa mayor fractures pelvis in snowmobile crash