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COVID-19 pandemic threatens to set back battle against AIDS by 10 years, UN warns

06-07-2020 23:31 via cbc.ca

The global fight against AIDS was faltering even before the new coronavirus pandemic, and it now threatens to put progress against HIV back by 10 years or more, the United Nations AIDS agency said Monday.

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Islands apart: COVID-19 drives Grand Manan woman to reunite with Trinidadian fiancé in Serbia

06-07-2020 23:07 via cbc.ca

Love knows no bounds for this couple who has been apart for more than five months because of a global pandemic.

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Country music star Charlie Daniels dead at 83

06-07-2020 22:19 via cbc.ca

Charlie Daniels, who went from being an in-demand session musician to a staple of southern rock with his hit The Devil Went Down to Georgia, has died at 83 after suffering a stroke.

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Community supports family after farm hit by tornado Saturday in Meyronne, Sask.

06-07-2020 22:19 via cbc.ca

A family is picking up the pieces — with a lot of help — after a tornado hit their farmyard on Saturday.

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Clearview AI will stop offering facial recognition software in Canada, privacy officials say

06-07-2020 21:54 via cbc.ca

Clearview AI, the controversial U.S.-based technology firm, will no longer make its facial recognition software available in Canada, according to federal and provincial privacy authorities. A statement issued by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada on Monday said Clearview had advised officials of the move in response to an ongoing investigation by privacy authorities.

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Clearview AI stops offering facial recognition software in Canada amid privacy probe

06-07-2020 21:54 via cbc.ca

Clearview AI, the controversial U.S.-based technology firm, will no longer make its facial recognition software available in Canada. A statement issued by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada on Monday said Clearview had advised officials of the move in response to an ongoing investigation by privacy authorities.

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Trump demands Bubba Wallace apology, alleges noose incident was 'a hoax'

06-07-2020 21:47 via cbc.ca

NASCAR's layered relationship with Donald Trump took a sharp turn Monday when the U.S. president blasted the series for banning the Confederate flag and wrongly accused the sport's only full-time Black driver of perpetrating "a hoax" when a crew member found a noose in the team garage stall.

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How grizzly bears have learned to live with humans

06-07-2020 21:00 via cbc.ca

Grizzly bears had better survival rates when they gradually shifted their behaviour to become more nocturnal and were less likely to come into contact with people, a new study found.

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White woman who called police on Black birder in NYC's Central Park charged with filing false report

06-07-2020 20:59 via cbc.ca

Amy Cooper, the white woman who called the police during a videotaped dispute with a Black birdwatcher in Central Park after he asked her to put her dog on a leash, was charged Monday with filing a false report.

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China warns its citizens to exercise caution in travelling to Canada

06-07-2020 20:34 via cbc.ca

China warned its citizens on Monday to exercise caution in travelling to Canada, citing "frequent violent actions" by law enforcement, amid ongoing tensions between Beijing and Ottawa.

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China warns its citizens to exercise caution in traveling to Canada

06-07-2020 20:34 via cbc.ca

China warned its citizens on Monday to exercise caution in traveling to Canada, citing "frequent violent actions" by law enforcement, amid ongoing tensions between Beijing and Ottawa.

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Corey Hurren had multiple firearms, uttered threat against Trudeau, court documents allege

06-07-2020 18:55 via cbc.ca

The Canadian Armed Forces member facing a long list of charges after breaching the grounds at Rideau Hall last week allegedly had multiple firearms in his possession at the time, and is accused of uttering a threat against the prime minister, according to recently filed court documents.

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P.E.I. public health chief to give briefing after 5 recent cases

06-07-2020 16:58 via cbc.ca

Prince Edward Island's top public health official, Dr. Heather Morrison, will give another media briefing today after a new spate of COVID-19 cases was confirmed on the weekend.

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No new COVID-19 cases on P.E.I. after cluster linked to Nova Scotia

06-07-2020 16:58 via cbc.ca

There are no new cases of COVID-19 Monday, after five cases were announced on the weekend, P.E.I.'s chief public health officer said in a news briefing.

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No new cases of COVID-19 on P.E.I. after 5 announced on weekend

06-07-2020 16:58 via cbc.ca

There are no new cases of COVID-19 Monday, after five cases were announced on the weekend, P.E.I.'s chief public health officer said in a news briefing.

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Lac-Mégantic marks 7th anniversary of rail disaster with memorial site

06-07-2020 16:55 via cbc.ca

On July 6, 2013, a runaway train hauling tanker cars loaded with volatile crude oil derailed in the Quebec town of 6,000 and exploded, claiming 47 lives and destroying a large part of the downtown area.

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Trump-connected lobbyists reap more than $10B in U.S. federal pandemic aid, report finds

06-07-2020 16:39 via cbc.ca

Forty lobbyists with ties to U.S. President Donald Trump helped clients secure more than $10 billion US in federal coronavirus aid, among them five former administration officials whose work potentially violates Trump's own ethics policy, according to a report.

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Bob Rae named Canadian ambassador to the United Nations

06-07-2020 16:38 via cbc.ca

Former interim Liberal leader Bob Rae will be Canada's new ambassador to the United Nations. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the appointment in a press release Monday morning.

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Bob Rae named Canadian ambassador to the UN

06-07-2020 16:38 via cbc.ca

Former Ontario premier Bob Rae has been appointed Canada's ambassador to the United Nations, the Prime Minister's Office announced today.

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Record debts come due for Canadian oilpatch after five years of crisis

06-07-2020 16:35 via cbc.ca

The Canadian industry has borrowed heavily to survive a series of catastrophes, and is facing $6 billion in refinancing in the next six months.

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Record debts come due for Canadian oilpatch after 5 years of crisis

06-07-2020 16:35 via cbc.ca

The Canadian energy industry has borrowed heavily to survive a series of catastrophes and is facing $6 billion in refinancing in the next six months, the Bank of Canada said in May.

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Record debts come due for Canadian oil patch after five years of crisis

06-07-2020 16:35 via cbc.ca

The Canadian industry has borrowed heavily to survive a series of catastrophes, and is facing $6 billion in refinancing in the next six months.

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Trudeau won't travel to Washington to mark start of renegotiated NAFTA deal

06-07-2020 16:34 via cbc.ca

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will not join his North American counterparts in Washington, D.C., this week to celebrate the coming into force of the three countries' re-negotiated trade pact.

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Class action alleges prison staff conducting illegal strip searches

06-07-2020 16:28 via cbc.ca

A federal prison inmate and a former inmate are trying to bring a class-action lawsuit against the federal government, arguing strip searches represent a "serious deprivation of liberty."

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Ontario to end 'discriminatory' practice of academic streaming in Grade 9

06-07-2020 15:12 via cbc.ca

Streaming — in which students must choose to pursue either an "academic" or "applied" track when they begin high school — has been shown to disproportionately affect Black and low-income students when it comes to graduation rates and the chance of going to a post-secondary institution.

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Ontario to end academic streaming, suspensions for youngest students

06-07-2020 15:12 via cbc.ca

Streaming — in which students must choose to pursue either an "academic" or "applied" track when they begin high school — has been shown to disproportionately affect Black and low-income students when it comes to graduation rates and the chance of going to a post-secondary institution.

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Ontario to end academic streaming for Grade 9, suspensions for junior kindergarten to Grade 3

06-07-2020 15:12 via cbc.ca

Streaming — in which students must choose to pursue either an "academic" or "applied" track when they begin high school — has been shown to disproportionately affect Black and low-income students when it comes to graduation rates and the chance of going to a post-secondary institution.

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Hong Kong court denies bail to 1st person charged under new national security law

06-07-2020 14:15 via cbc.ca

A Hong Kong court denied bail on Monday to the first person charged with inciting separatism and terrorism under the city's new national security law after he carried a sign saying "Liberate Hong Kong" and drove his motorbike into police.

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India now has world's third-highest number of coronavirus cases

06-07-2020 13:40 via cbc.ca

India has overtaken Russia with the world's third-highest number of novel coronavirus cases at nearly 700,000, according to the latest data, as the outbreak shows no sign of slowing. Here is what's going on around the world.

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Coronavirus: What's happening around the world on July 6

06-07-2020 13:40 via cbc.ca

Hospitals rapidly approached capacity across the U.S. Sunbelt, and the Miami area closed restaurants and gyms again, as the country emerged from a holiday weekend that health officials fear could fuel the worsening coronavirus outbreak. Here is what's going on around the world.

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Oscar-winning film score composer Ennio Morricone dead at 91

06-07-2020 12:53 via cbc.ca

Oscar-winning Italian composer Ennio Morricone, who created the coyote-howl theme for the iconic spaghetti western The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and haunting soundtracks for such classic Hollywood gangster movies as The Untouchables and the epic Once Upon A Time In America, died on Monday. He was 91.

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Oscar-winning film composer Ennio Morricone dead at 91

06-07-2020 12:53 via cbc.ca

Oscar-winning Italian composer Ennio Morricone, who created the coyote-howl theme for the iconic spaghetti western The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and often haunting soundtracks for such classic Hollywood gangster movies as The Untouchables and the epic Once Upon A Time In America, died on Monday. He was 91.

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Statue of abolitionist Frederick Douglass toppled from base in Rochester, N.Y., park

06-07-2020 10:41 via cbc.ca

A statue of abolitionist Frederick Douglass was wrenched from its base in Rochester on the anniversary of one of his most famous speeches, delivered in that city in 1852.

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Statue of abolitionist Frederick Douglass ripped from base in Rochester, N.Y., park

06-07-2020 10:41 via cbc.ca

A statue of abolitionist Frederick Douglass was ripped from its base in Rochester on the anniversary of one of his most famous speeches, delivered in that city in 1852.

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WE Charity is out of grant program, but issues remain with paying student volunteers

06-07-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca

WE Charity may no longer be in charge of administering the Canada Student Service Grant, but concerns remain about whether it’s appropriate to pay students effectively less than minimum wage for their volunteer hours.

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State grip on economy means foreign sanctions won't shift Chinese resolve: Don Pittis

06-07-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca

A giant and growing internal economy and state grip on economic levers mean external threats won't change China's mind. Only the Chinese people can do that.

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First Nations losing oil revenue amid fall in consumption, drilling

06-07-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca

For First Nations that rely on collecting royalties and rent from oilpatch activity on their reserve land, the revenue has quickly dried up. In fact, it's becoming costlier to manage oil and gas production on First Nations land than the amount of money collected from industry.

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DND launches investigation over racist workplace poster

06-07-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca

The Department of National Defence is pledging to investigate a long-standing complaint over systematic discrimination in the workplace after a 2016 grievance about a racist flyer on an office fridge came to light.

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DND investigating 2016 complaint about racist flyer on office fridge

06-07-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca

The Department of National Defence is pledging to investigate a long-standing complaint over systemic discrimination in the workplace after a 2016 grievance about a racist flyer on an office fridge came to light.

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Egypt arrests doctors, silences critics over virus outbreak

06-07-2020 09:28 via cbc.ca

Egyptian security agencies have tried to stifle criticism about the authorities' handling of the coronavirus health crisis by the government of President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi

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Can an ad boycott fix Facebook’s hate speech problem?

06-07-2020 06:00 via cbc.ca

Over 800 companies, including Microsoft, Lululemon, Pfizer and Canada’s five biggest banks are pulling their ads from Facebook this month. They’re just a few of the companies responding to the Stop Hate for Profit boycott, led by civil rights groups who want white supremacist content and misleading climate and vaccine information off the platform. Today on Front Burner, we talk to McGill’s Beaverbrook Chair in Media, Ethics and Communications and Big Tech Podcast co-host Taylor

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Canadian Broadway actor Nick Cordero, 41, dies from coronavirus complications

06-07-2020 03:56 via cbc.ca

Tony Award-nominated actor Nick Cordero, who specialized in playing tough guys on Broadway in such shows as Waitress, A Bronx Tale and Bullets Over Broadway, has died in Los Angeles after suffering severe medical complications after contracting the coronavirus. He was 41.

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NHL, NHLPA agree on protocols to resume season

06-07-2020 02:23 via cbc.ca

Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly told The Associated Press on Sunday that the NHL and NHL Players' Association have agreed on protocols to resume the season.

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Sunday Scrum: Ottawa parts ways with WE Charity

06-07-2020 00:02 via cbc.ca

CBC News Network's Sunday Scrum panel is your destination for frank discussion and analysis of the week's big political stories. This week: Our panellists discuss the parting of ways between the Liberal government and the WE Charity after the announcement of a controversial contract.

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