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As a Muslim and a teacher, I hope to be part of the change needed to overcome racism and hatred

This First Person piece is by Aysha Yaqoob, a first-generation immigrant and a teacher in Regina. For more information about CBC’s First Person...

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David Bowie painting found in dump near North Bay, Ont., expected to fetch up to $12K

A painting by British musician David Bowie that was discovered in a northern Ontario landfill is expected to sell at auction for up...

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‘A great day’: Electronic logging devices becoming mandatory in semi trucks in Canada to combat driver fatigue

A new era in highway safety regulation begins in Canada on Saturday as electronic logging devices that track a driver’s hours behind the wheel...

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B.C. First Nation organizes 3-day healing walk in wake of Kamloops residential school discovery

WARNING: This story contains distressing details Hundreds of people have embarked on a trek along the South Thompson River from Kamloops to B.C.’s Shuswap,...

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Statue of Egerton Ryerson ‘will not be restored or replaced’ after it was toppled at Toronto rally

WARNING: This story contains details some readers may find distressing. The statue of Egerton Ryerson that stood outside the university that bears his...

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Photographer captures ‘odd but exciting’ crow behaviour known as anting

Photographer Tony Austin recently captured a peculiar image of a crow with its wings covered in dozens of tiny black ants and in the throes of...

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$1,600 taken from customer’s account — and her bank won’t say why

Angel Pui was pleased when the business she started in the pandemic, selling luxury handbags online, made a sale in South Korea. The...

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Major G7 tax agreement only first step toward global deal: Freeland

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said Saturday an agreement made by Group of Seven (G7) countries on taxing multinational companies and setting a global minimum...

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More Shoppers Drug Mart customers complain they were pushed to use self-checkout

Michael Kerwin said he was furious when at two Toronto-area Shoppers Drug Marts last month, he was told he must purchase his goods using...

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Canada secures more Pfizer shots as focus shifts to second doses

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced today that the government will buy three million more vaccine shots from Pfizer than originally planned — an...

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Premier rejects calls to apologize to N.B. doctor after COVID-19-related charge withdrawn

New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs is rejecting calls to apologize to a family doctor who had been blamed for a COVID-19 outbreak in Campbellton last year...

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The Main Character In Friends That Jon Favreau Nearly Played

During “Friends: The Reunion,” producers Marta Kauffman, David Crane, and Kevin Bright revealed that they thought Chandler would be the easiest part to...

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Doug Ford’s PCs enter final year before election in the lead, but vulnerable

With exactly one year to go before the 2022 Ontario provincial election, Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives still have the upper hand in...

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Teacher who came out as transgender at school inspires students and colleagues to live their truths

Michael Megenbir was someone who generally kept his personal life separate from work. That is, until one June day in 2017. Sitting among...

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I wanted to do things perfectly: How the model minority myth affects me and other Asian people

This first person piece was written by Florence Hwang, a journalist with CBC Saskatchewan. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please...

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Auditor general grading Ottawa’s performance on PPE, pandemic response in Indigenous communities

Canada’s auditor general is releasing audits today of the federal government’s performance in securing personal protective equipment (PPE) and medical devices before and during the pandemic,...

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