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Meng Wanzhou scores victory as lawyers allowed to argue U.S. tried to trick Canada

29-10-2020 23:50 via cbc.ca

Meng Wanzhou scored a victory in her battle to fight extradition Thursday as the judge overseeing the proceedings agreed to let the Huawei executive's lawyers pursue their claim that the United States misled Canada about the basics of the case.

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Trump administration vetted stars' politics for planned ad blitz promoting U.S. president's virus response

29-10-2020 23:15 via cbc.ca

Public relations firms hired by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services vetted political views of hundreds of celebrities for a planned $250-million US ad blitz aimed at portraying U.S. President Donald Trump's response to the coronavirus outbreak in a positive light.

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Trump administration vetted stars' politics for planned ad blitz promoting president's virus response

29-10-2020 23:15 via cbc.ca

Public relations firms hired by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services vetted political views of hundreds of celebrities for a planned $250-million US ad blitz aimed at portraying President Donald Trump's response to the coronavirus outbreak in a positive light.

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B.C. health officials update the situation with COVID-19

29-10-2020 22:30 via cbc.ca

B.C. health officials announced 234 more cases of COVID-19 on Thursday and one new death in the Fraser Health region, where cases are surging.

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Walmart removes firearms, ammunition from store floors in U.S., citing 'isolated civil unrest'

29-10-2020 22:05 via cbc.ca

Walmart Inc. removed firearms and ammunition from store floors in the United States this week to protect customers and employees as tensions across the country rise, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

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Funny Boy chosen as Canada's Oscars submission for best international film

29-10-2020 20:32 via cbc.ca

Director Deepa Mehta's film Funny Boy will represent Canada at the 93rd Academy Awards as the submission for best international film, Telefilm Canada's executive director Christa Dickenson announced on Thursday.

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Senate motion calls on Canada to recognize independence of Nagorno-Karabakh

29-10-2020 20:25 via cbc.ca

Conservative Sen. Leo Housakos is calling on Canada to recognize the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh and "immediately condemn the joint Azerbaijani-Turkish aggression" against the breakaway Armenian-populated region in the South Caucasus.

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Sales of cancer-fighting drugs soared in Canada over the past decade

29-10-2020 20:09 via cbc.ca

Sales of medications to treat cancer have nearly tripled in Canada over the past decade, reaching $3.9 billion last year, a report by a federal agency says.

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Ontario projects slower growth, but a continued climb in COVID-19 cases

29-10-2020 19:48 via cbc.ca

French doctors expressed relief, but business owners were in despair as France prepared Thursday to shut down again for a month to try to put the brakes on a fast-moving fall coronavirus outbreak.

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Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Oct. 29

29-10-2020 19:48 via cbc.ca

B.C.'s top physician Dr. Bonnie Henry urged residents to meet with their "safe six" at locations that have an enforced COVID-19 safety plan, rather than private residences. She pointed to the death of an 80-year-old who attended a small birthday party to highlight the danger of at-home gatherings.

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B.C. warns of the dangers of at-home gatherings, Alberta sets new record for active cases

29-10-2020 19:48 via cbc.ca

B.C.'s top physician Dr. Bonnie Henry urged residents to meet with their "safe six" at locations that have an enforced COVID-19 safety plan, rather than private residences. She pointed to the death of an 80-year-old who attended a small birthday party to highlight the danger of at-home gatherings.

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Mall real estate company collected 5 million images of shoppers, say privacy watchdogs

29-10-2020 16:51 via cbc.ca

The real estate company behind some of Canada's most popular shopping centres embedded cameras inside their digital information kiosks at 12 shopping malls across Canada to collect millions of images and used facial recognition technology without customers' knowledge or consent, according to a new investigation by the federal, Alberta and B.C. privacy commissioners.

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Federal conversion-therapy ban gets approval in principle, exposes divide in Conservative caucus

29-10-2020 16:24 via cbc.ca

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole's efforts to straddle the divide between social conservatives and more moderate members of his caucus were on display Wednesday as the House of Commons gave approval in principle to a bill that would outlaw the discredited practice of conversion therapy.

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New population estimate suggests only 356 North Atlantic right whales left

29-10-2020 16:04 via cbc.ca

There are just 356 North Atlantic right whales left in the world, according to a newly released estimate that is down from last year's population count for the endangered species and which one scientist calls "gut wrenching."

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Lawyer fighting to keep driver responsible for deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash from being deported

29-10-2020 15:48 via cbc.ca

An immigration lawyer representing Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, the driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash, is fighting to keep his client in Canada.

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Driver responsible for deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash fighting deportation

29-10-2020 15:48 via cbc.ca

An immigration lawyer representing Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, the driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash, says his client is fighting to stay in Canada.

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She fought to give hijabs a place in basketball. Now she's training Muslim girls in London, Ont.

29-10-2020 15:29 via cbc.ca

Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir led a four year-battle against an International Basketball Federation (FIBA) rule that banned religious head coverings on the court. She won, and now lives in London with her husband and five-month-old son

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Trudeau, EU leaders meet ahead of U.S. election to reinforce support of world order

29-10-2020 14:23 via cbc.ca

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is speaking with the European Union's two top political leaders Thursday, and they are expected to discuss their shared commitment to international co-operation and what that means ahead of Tuesday's U.S presidential election.

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U.S. economy notches record growth in 3rd quarter

29-10-2020 13:53 via cbc.ca

The U.S. economy grew at an unrivalled pace in the third quarter as the government poured out more than $3 trillion US worth of pandemic relief that fuelled consumer spending, but the deep scars from the COVID-19 recession could take a year or more to heal.

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Liberals continue filibuster over WE affair at Commons finance committee

29-10-2020 13:47 via cbc.ca

The House of Commons finance committee — which could be holding consultations on an upcoming federal budget that is expected to contain historic deficits and unprecedented spending to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic — continues to be stuck on the WE Charity affair.

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New coral reef taller than Eiffel Tower found off Australian coast

29-10-2020 12:14 via cbc.ca

Australian scientists found a detached coral reef on the Great Barrier Reef that exceeds the height of the Empire State Building and the Eiffel Tower, the Schmidt Ocean Institute said this week, the first such discovery in over 100 years.

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3 dead in knife attack at church in Nice, France

29-10-2020 11:43 via cbc.ca

An attacker armed with a knife killed three people at a church Thursday in the Mediterranean city of Nice, authorities said. It was the third attack in two months in France.

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3 dead as woman beheaded in France, gunman killed in separate attempted attack

29-10-2020 11:43 via cbc.ca

A knife-wielding attacker shouting "Allahu Akbar" beheaded a woman and killed two other people in what French officials described as a terrorist act at a church in the French city of Nice on Thursday while a gunman was shot dead by police in a separate incident.

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3 dead as woman beheaded in France, gunman killed in second incident

29-10-2020 11:43 via cbc.ca

A knife-wielding attacker shouting "Allahu Akbar" beheaded a woman and killed two other people in what French officials described as a terrorist act at a church in the French city of Nice on Thursday, while a gunman was shot dead by police in a separate incident.

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Trans Mountain expansion may not be economically viable, says think tank report

29-10-2020 11:00 via cbc.ca

The future of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project is once again being called into question — this time by a new report that argues the mix of competing pipelines, changes in energy demand and shifts in international prices could wreak havoc on the project's business case.

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Canadian Museum for Human Rights staff told not to mention abortion during some tours: email

29-10-2020 11:00 via cbc.ca

Some staff at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights were told not to talk about pregnancy or abortion, in addition to censoring LGBT content, during some tours with religious schools, according to a new internal document obtained by CBC News.

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Quebec Cree say top court's decision a victory for Indigenous communities

29-10-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca

The Quebec Cree Nation government says a Supreme Court decision gives more power to Indigenous communities across Canada to stop resource projects they don't want by strengthening the notion that social acceptability is an essential requirement for developers.

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Nunavut RCMP body cams to roll out in Iqaluit over 9 months

29-10-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca

Nunavut RCMP released more information on Wednesday about its body camera pilot project, including a three-phase rollout over nine months in Iqaluit that the Mounties are now calling “limited.”

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Zeta barrels northeast after battering storm-weary U.S. Gulf Coast

29-10-2020 09:12 via cbc.ca

A fast-moving Hurricane Zeta barrelled northeast Thursday morning after ripping through Louisiana and Mississippi where storm-weary residents were advised to stay indoors overnight while officials assessed the havoc the storm had wrought.

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Zeta barrels across southeastern U.S. after battering weary coast

29-10-2020 09:12 via cbc.ca

Zeta sped across the southeastern U.S. on Thursday, leaving a trail of damage and more than 2.5 million homes and businesses without power in Atlanta and beyond after pounding New Orleans with winds and water that splintered homes and were blamed for at least three deaths.

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UPS executive granted special ministerial exemption from Canada's COVID-19 quarantine

29-10-2020 09:00 via cbc.ca

A CBC News Investigation has learned that Nando Cesarone, the president of U.S. operations for shipping giant UPS, received a special ministerial exemption from Canada's mandatory 14-day COVID-19 quarantine. It's one of 191 such passes granted by Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne — 138 of them over the past six weeks.

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Much will be known on U.S. election night, though it may not satisfy Trump

29-10-2020 09:00 via cbc.ca

The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated an increase in mail-in and early voting and has led to talk of an election "season" of vote counting — a development that has chagrined U.S. President Donald Trump. But states have always taken days or weeks to certify results.

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Keep calm and borrow on: Chrystia Freeland on the new logic of deficit spending in a pandemic

29-10-2020 09:00 via cbc.ca

Many Canadians have long memories of the grisly deficit battles of the mid-1990s. In her first major speech as finance minister, Chrystia Freeland made the case that a great many things have changed since then — and the emergence of a global pandemic is only one of them.

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Keep calm and borrow on: Chrystia Freeland and the new logic of deficits in a pandemic

29-10-2020 09:00 via cbc.ca

Many Canadians have long memories of the grisly deficit battles of the mid-1990s. In her first major speech as finance minister, Chrystia Freeland made the case that a great many things have changed since then — and the emergence of a global pandemic is only one of them.

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Down ballot diversity: More LGBTQ people, Black women run for office in U.S.

29-10-2020 09:00 via cbc.ca

While a record number of Black women and LGTBQ candidates are running in this U.S. election cycle, gains still need to be made in order to reach reflective representation, advocates say.

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Coleman ban puts Canada's De Grasse 'in the mix' for Olympic gold, says 1996 champ Bailey

29-10-2020 09:00 via cbc.ca

Donovan Bailey isn't ready to declare Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse the odds-on favourite to become the next men's Olympic 100-metre champion on the heels of Christian Coleman's two-year ban after three violations of doping control rules.

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Canadian ICUs brace for COVID-19 resurgence on top of the flu

29-10-2020 09:00 via cbc.ca

Intensive care physicians and nurses share their concerns as they brace for an influx of patients that threatens to overwhelm hospitals due to the resurgence of the coronavirus and the flu.

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Bank of Canada says economy will likely be scarred by COVID-19 until 2023

29-10-2020 09:00 via cbc.ca

Canada’s central bank governor, Tiff Macklem, says it will be a “long slog” to recovery as some jobs disappear for good. In light of that, he has committed to keeping interest rates at low levels until inflation climbs back to between two and three per cent.

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As the pandemic takes a mental toll on Quebec students, teachers are trying new ways to keep them learning

29-10-2020 09:00 via cbc.ca

Quebec students are so anxious many are having panic attacks in class. But teachers in the province are exploring new ways of connecting with them and making the classroom safe again.

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Annamie Paul's byelection defeat marks a crossroads for Green Party

29-10-2020 09:00 via cbc.ca

Without fresh policy and ideas to inspire support, the path to growth for the Greens appears limited, writes Paris Marx.

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What voter suppression looks like in the U.S. election

29-10-2020 05:00 via cbc.ca

Hours-long lines, polling place closures, and voter roll purges are just a few of the ways that this upcoming U.S election is challenging voting rights in the country. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there is also an unprecedented demand for mail-in ballots, adding many logistical challenges and complications to vote counting. Many voters are also concerned about the effectiveness of the post office. Today on Front Burner, we explain voter suppression in this U.S election with CBC Washington corre

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Did Trump deliver on his first election promises?

29-10-2020 03:20 via cbc.ca

From boosting manufacturing in the United States to building a border wall, Donald Trump made a lot of promises during his first presidential campaign. CBC News’s Paul Hunter checks in on whether he delivered on them.

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CBSA officer claims Meng Wanzhou was flagged for 'national security' concerns ahead of arrival

29-10-2020 02:29 via cbc.ca

A Canada Border Services Agency officer who was involved in questioning Meng Wanzhou says a supervisor told him the Huawei executive had been flagged by the agency's national targeting centre for national security reasons.

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The National for October 28

29-10-2020 02:00 via cbc.ca

Teachers get candid about their COVID-19 classroom stresses. Plus, checking up on Trump’s promises.

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Former U.S. Homeland Security chief of staff outs himself as 'Anonymous' who criticized Trump

29-10-2020 01:09 via cbc.ca

Miles Taylor, a former Department of Homeland Security chief of staff, has announced that he is "Anonymous," the senior White House administration official who penned a critical op-ed piece about Donald Trump.

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Deadline for inquiry into alleged anti-Alberta energy campaigns pushed back, again

29-10-2020 00:43 via cbc.ca

The public will have to wait until next year for the results of Alberta's inquiry into whether alleged "foreign-funded special interests" are spreading misinformation about the province's energy industry.

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