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Facebook bans Holocaust denial, distortion posts

12-10-2020 17:06 via cbc.ca

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the site is banning posts that deny or distort the Holocaust and will start directing people to authoritative sources if they search for information about the Nazi genocide.

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Trump tells supporters in Florida he's healthy enough to give them all 'a big fat kiss'

12-10-2020 16:36 via cbc.ca

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday turned his first campaign rally since contracting COVID-19 into a full-throated defence of his handling of the pandemic that has killed 215,000 Americans.

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Trump resumes campaign with Florida rally 10 days after COVID-19 disclosure

12-10-2020 16:36 via cbc.ca

U.S. President Donald Trump will try to put his bout with COVID-19 behind him when he returns to the campaign trail on Monday, beginning a three-week sprint to the Nov. 3 election with a rally in the battleground state of Florida.

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Trump holds rally in Florida 10 days after COVID-19 disclosure, declaring himself 'powerful'

12-10-2020 16:36 via cbc.ca

U.S. President Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail Monday, holding his first rally since he contracted the coronavirus.

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Trump heads to Florida for rally 10 days after COVID-19 disclosure

12-10-2020 16:36 via cbc.ca

U.S. President Donald Trump will try to put his bout with COVID-19 behind him when he returns to the campaign trail on Monday, beginning a three-week sprint to the Nov. 3 election with a rally in the battleground state of Florida.

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Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Oct. 12

12-10-2020 15:42 via cbc.ca

Johnson & Johnson said on Monday it has temporarily paused its COVID-19 vaccine candidate clinical trials due to an unexplained illness in a study participant. Here's a look at COVID-19 news from Canada and around the world.

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U.S. health care is focus as confirmation hearings begin for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett

12-10-2020 15:12 via cbc.ca

Senate Democrats branded Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett a threat to Americans' health care during the coronavirus pandemic Monday at the start of a fast-tracked hearing that Republicans are confident will end with Barrett's confirmation to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg before election day.

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Republicans schedule vote to approve Amy Coney Barrett's nomination before the Nov. 3 election

12-10-2020 15:12 via cbc.ca

The U.S. Senate judiciary committee has scheduled a vote to approve Judge Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to the Supreme Court — before her confirmation hearings have even ended.

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Confirmation hearings begin for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett amid virus concerns

12-10-2020 15:12 via cbc.ca

Confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett begin today as a divided Senate charges ahead on President Donald Trump's pick to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and cement a conservative court majority before Election Day.

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Amy Coney Barrett vows to interpret laws 'as they are written' if confirmed for U.S. Supreme Court

12-10-2020 15:12 via cbc.ca

U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett declared on the first day of her fast-tracked confirmation hearings that Americans "deserve an independent Supreme Court that interprets our Constitution and laws as they are written," encapsulating her conservative approach to the law.

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Technical glitches mar first day of applications for Canada Recovery Benefit

12-10-2020 14:37 via cbc.ca

Canadians seeking to access new financial support after missing work because of COVID-19 appeared to run into technical glitches as applications opened for the Canada Recovery Benefit on Monday.

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Technical glitches briefly mar first day of applications for Canada Recovery Benefit

12-10-2020 14:37 via cbc.ca

Canadians seeking to access new financial support after missing work because of COVID-19 appeared to briefly run into technical glitches as applications opened for the Canada Recovery Benefit on Monday.

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Applications open for Canada Recovery Benefit for those who missed work due to pandemic

12-10-2020 14:37 via cbc.ca

Canadians who have missed work because of COVID-19 can start applying for the new Canada Recovery Benefit from the federal government on Monday.

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Nova Scotia army reserves behind fake letter of released wolf pack

12-10-2020 14:27 via cbc.ca

The source of a mysterious fake letter warning people about grey wolves wandering in Nova Scotia has been found — and it's the Canadian military. The letter was actually created by a reserve army unit at Camp Aldershot in Kentville, N.S., for training.

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Man, 30, charged with 2nd-degree murder in deaths of young boys from Wendake, Que.

12-10-2020 14:19 via cbc.ca

Members of the community gathered at a makeshift memorial Sunday to pay homage to two boys, ages 2 and 5, from Wendake, Que., who were found dead earlier that day. A man has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with their deaths.

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Man, 30, charged with 2nd-degree murder in deaths of boys from Wendake, Que.

12-10-2020 14:19 via cbc.ca

Members of the community gathered at a makeshift memorial Sunday to pay homage to two boys, ages 2 and 5, from Wendake, Que., who were found dead earlier that day. A man has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with their deaths.

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Researchers hopeful bus-sized sharks will return in abundance to B.C. waters

12-10-2020 13:00 via cbc.ca

It's been 10 years since Basking sharks were deemed endangered in Canada. Researchers say despite only two to three sightings a year in B.C. waters of the giant fish, they're hopeful for an eventual abundant return of the animal.

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Caps on international flights leave hundreds of Australians stranded in Canada

12-10-2020 13:00 via cbc.ca

After multiple cancelled flights, Georgia and Greg King's dogs will be flying from Canada to their home in Australia before them.

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Women in Egypt thronging to social media to reveal sexual assaults, hold abusers to account

12-10-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca

In Cairo, secrets long suppressed have been rising to the surface — and with them hopes the country may be experiencing a feminist movement capable of challenging the culture of impunity that has long accompanied gender-based violence in Egypt.

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Syrian refugees finish quarantine in time for first Canadian Thanksgiving

12-10-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca

Syrian refugees who waited years to be allowed into Canada to reunite with family had their arrival delayed another six months by the pandemic. Now, the Al Khalif family has finished their 14-quarantine period in time to celebrate their first Canadian Thanksgiving.

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In battleground Pennsylvania, meet some of the suburban women who could decide Donald Trump's fate

12-10-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca

There's a movement growing in the suburbs of Pennsylvania that could hand the battleground state to Joe Biden and the Democrats. Republican women, disaffected with the president, are increasingly looking to vote against Donald Trump — and their impact could sway the election.

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Fox News host's (mis)pronunciation of Ottawa puts spotlight on word's Indigenous origins

12-10-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca

When Fox News host Tucker Carlson appeared to mispronounce the name of Canada's capital in a segment on his U.S. prime-time TV show, he may have actually been closer to the mark than many realize.

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Daily lives of Italians during pandemic lockdown preserved by photojournalists at new exhibit

12-10-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca

Lockdown Italia: As Seen by the Foreign Press, a new exhibit in Rome, features the work of 73 photographers who capture the exhaustion of health-care workers, follow funerals and portray moments of everyday generosity and community across balconies.

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COVID-19 is changing the way men and women split the risk in the workplace

12-10-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca

The most dangerous jobs in Canada have tended to be ones dominated by men. But the pandemic is shifting some of the risk to female-dominated professions in health care, retail and social services — risk that workers' advocates say should come with better pay and protections.

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Canadians are rich, but this Thanksgiving, our well-being is trickier to measure

12-10-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca

Gross domestic product can only tell us so much about our well-being, but finding a different measure of what to be thankful for is not easy.

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Becoming Diana: Emma Corrin on playing the Princess of Wales in Season 4 of The Crown

12-10-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca

There is, perhaps, an irony in the experience of taking on the role of Diana, Princess of Wales, in Netflix’s hit drama The Crown.

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After 37 years, convicted B.C. child killer to argue wrongful conviction

12-10-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca

Phillip Tallio will testify in B.C.'s Court of Appeal this week in a bid to undo what his lawyers claim was a wrongful conviction. Tallio claims he spent nearly four decades in jail for the murder of a toddler that he did not commit.

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5 ways the U.S. election result could impact Canada

12-10-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca

The fallout from an American election touches countries around the world — starting with its neighbours next door. And on some issues with clear implications for Canada, Joe Biden and Donald Trump offer contrasting positions.

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5 ways a Joe Biden presidency will affect Canada

12-10-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca

The fallout from the U.S. presidential election touches countries around the world — starting with its neighbours next door. And on some issues with clear implications for Canada, Joe Biden will be different from Donald Trump.

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Economics award caps week of Nobel Prizes

12-10-2020 08:34 via cbc.ca

The winner of this year's Nobel for economics will be announced Monday, coming as much of the world experiences the worst recession since the Second World War because of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Americans Milgrom, Wilson win Nobel in economics for 'improvements to auction theory'

12-10-2020 08:34 via cbc.ca

Americans Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson have won the Nobel in economics for "improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats."

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Americans Milgrom, Wilson win Nobel in economics

12-10-2020 08:34 via cbc.ca

Americans Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson have won the Nobel in economics for "improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats."

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The Central Park Five’s Yusef Salaam on life after wrongful conviction

12-10-2020 06:00 via cbc.ca

When Yusef Salaam was 15, he and four other teenage boys were falsely accused of raping a woman in New York's Central Park. Salaam was imprisoned for nearly seven years before he was exonerated. His life story has inspired a new book called Punching the Air, which he co-wrote with young adult novelist Ibi Zoboi.Salaam and Zoboi talk to host Josh Bloch about why the stories and perspectives of Black youth are so important right now, and how they connect to the global movement against anti-Black r

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Actor Jon Cryer finds lost wedding ring thanks to Vancouver jewelry sleuth

12-10-2020 05:36 via cbc.ca

For 30 years, Chris Turner has been helping find peoples' lost jewelry. His business got a big boost after plucking American actor Jon Cryer's wedding ring from the grass at a Vancouver park over the Thanksgiving weekend.

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Isolation tents, Red Cross deployed to Manitoba First Nations battling COVID-19

12-10-2020 05:23 via cbc.ca

The federal government has sent special isolation tents to a remote Manitoba First Nation that's the centre of a COVID-19 outbreak.

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Is Canada focused on the wrong COVID-19 tests?

12-10-2020 04:20 via cbc.ca

There is a growing push to have Canada focus on COVID-19 tests that detect who is contagious rather than who is positive for the virus. These tests are available elsewhere in the world, cheaper and can be done at home, but they aren’t approved in Canada.

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Lakers romp to record-tying 17th championship to end season like no other

12-10-2020 04:08 via cbc.ca

The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Miami Heat in Game 6 of the NBA Finals to capture a record-tying 17th championship on Sunday.

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The National for October 11

12-10-2020 03:00 via cbc.ca

The National for October 11: The Thanksgiving test. Will Canadians share more than a meal this weekend? Plus, the booming business of imported puppies.

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Armenian Canadians call on Ottawa to act on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

12-10-2020 00:38 via cbc.ca

Diaspora fear the current conflict, which they say is fuelled in part by Turkey, will lead to another genocide and are they calling on Canada to take a stronger position supporting the Armenian people.

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