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B.C. extends fuel rationing with more rain expected in flood-soaked regions

29-11-2021 23:46 via cbc.ca

British Columbia has extended its limit on fuel purchases until Dec. 14 in order to preserve supply for emergency and essential vehicles responding to the heavy rains and severe flooding that have hit the southwest of the province.

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Bill Cosby prosecutors ask U.S. Supreme Court to review decision to overturn sexual assault conviction

29-11-2021 23:39 via cbc.ca

Prosecutors have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the ruling that overturned comedian Bill Cosby's sexual assault conviction, arguing in a petition Monday that a decision not to prosecute announced in a media release does not give a defendant lifetime immunity.

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Challenging racism in health care should be part of Desmond inquiry's legacy: witnesses

29-11-2021 23:26 via cbc.ca

The province must invest in culturally specific health-care services for Black communities, the Lionel Desmond inquiry has heard.

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Defence minister and Canada's top soldier to apologize to sexual misconduct victims

29-11-2021 23:25 via cbc.ca

Canada’s defence minister will join the country’s top soldier in delivering a formal apology to survivors of sexual misconduct in the armed forces on December 13.

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Universities across Canada addressing Indigenous identity fraud in wake of Carrie Bourassa investigation

29-11-2021 23:23 via cbc.ca

Universities across Canada are taking steps to address the issue of Indigenous identity fraud in the wake of a CBC investigation about Carrie Bourassa and her false claims of Métis, Anishnaabe and Tlingit ancestry.

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Christmas turkeys expected to be harder to find and pricier

29-11-2021 23:23 via cbc.ca

Canadians appear to be scrambling to secure that perfect poultry well in advance of Christmas dinner. Industry experts say the country's turkey stocks are at 30-year-lows, a fact that is being complicated by the supply chain headaches across the country.

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Calgary teacher got away with decades of sexual assaults, lawsuit alleges

29-11-2021 23:04 via cbc.ca

Hundreds of women may have been victimized as teens by a Calgary teacher who died by suicide after he was charged with sexual offences against former students, according to lawyers who launched $40-million lawsuit.

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Yukon now has highest opioid death rate in Canada, territory's chief coroner says

29-11-2021 22:51 via cbc.ca

Yukon now has the highest rate of deaths due to opioids in the country, at 48.4 deaths per 100,000 people, more than double the Canada-wide rate of 19.4. “This is shocking,” said Heather Jones, the territory's chief coroner.

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Wilton Littlechild hopes to discuss a formal apology during meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican

29-11-2021 22:25 via cbc.ca

In October, Pope Francis announced he will visit Canada after the discovery of hundreds of potential burial sites at former residential schools during the summer.

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Edmonton man sentenced to 10 years for killing Montreal woman in 2017

29-11-2021 22:19 via cbc.ca

An Edmonton man who admitted strangling a Montreal woman in his north-side basement apartment four years ago has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for manslaughter.

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Federal government introduces legislation to ban conversion therapy in Canada

29-11-2021 22:10 via cbc.ca

The federal government today announced new legislation that would effectively ban the practice of conversion therapy in Canada.

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Jussie Smollett lawyer tells court he's 'a real victim' of racist and homophobic attack

29-11-2021 20:43 via cbc.ca

Jussie Smollett "is a real victim" of a "real crime," his lawyer told jurors on Monday at the start of the former Empire actor's trial, despite prosecutors' claim that he staged a homophobic and racist attack in Chicago.

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At Jussie Smollett trial, Osundairo brothers at centre stage

29-11-2021 20:43 via cbc.ca

The former Empire actor contends he was the victim of a racist and homophobic assault in downtown Chicago on a frigid night in January 2019. The siblings, who worked with him on the TV show, say he paid them $3,500 to pose as his attackers.

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Constance Lake First Nation chief confirms 2 deaths due to blastomycosis

29-11-2021 20:12 via cbc.ca

The chief of Constance Lake First Nation confirmed in a live video with community members that two individuals have died of blastomycosis infection.

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Barbados is cutting ties with the Queen — but lack of public vote has some island residents asking why

29-11-2021 17:31 via cbc.ca

Later this week, Barbados Governor General Sandra Mason will be sworn in as president and usher in a new republican government for the island nation. While the move is hailed by many, others are upset there wasn't more public involvement in the decision.

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Jack Dorsey resigns as CEO of Twitter

29-11-2021 17:11 via cbc.ca

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey will step down as the company's chief executive officer.

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Relentless rain prompts more evacuation orders as B.C. braces for 3rd consecutive storm

29-11-2021 17:07 via cbc.ca

The third in a series of increasingly powerful storms is approaching British Columbia and could bring up to 100 millimetres more rain to flooded Fraser Valley, while the province is still surveying damage across the Lower Mainland and southern Interior caused by recent weather events.

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Kyle Beach's openness about his sexual assault empowers male survivors like me

29-11-2021 16:00 via cbc.ca

Women deserve safe spaces away from men who are perpetrators in the majority of sexual assault cases. But there are not a lot of resources for male sexual assault survivors who also need help, writes Chris Middleton.

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Weather and climate are not the same thing. Here's why that is important

29-11-2021 15:00 via cbc.ca

Ever had that uncomfortable conversation with a friend or a loved one who uses weather and climate interchangeably to try and describe why climate change is bunk? We’ve got you covered.

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Trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, set to begin

29-11-2021 13:48 via cbc.ca

Opening statements in the Ghislaine Maxwell sex abuse case are expected to begin on Monday, as prosecutors try to convince a jury that the British socialite recruited and groomed girls for the late financier Jeffrey Epstein to abuse.

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Trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, set to begin

29-11-2021 13:48 via cbc.ca

A jury in the Ghislaine Maxwell sex abuse trial was selected on Monday morning, as prosecutors seek to prove that the British socialite recruited and groomed underage girls for the late financier Jeffrey Epstein to abuse.

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Maxwell, Epstein were 'partners in crime,' prosecutor says at start of sex trafficking trial

29-11-2021 13:48 via cbc.ca

Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein were "partners in crime" in the sexual abuse of teenage girls, a prosecutor said Monday in opening statements, with the defence countering that like so many women before her, Maxwell was being made a scapegoat for a man's bad behaviour.

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G7 health ministers agree to closely monitor omicron variant after virtual meeting

29-11-2021 13:36 via cbc.ca

Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says Canada supports the development of a new global convention on pandemic preparedness and response that will be debated at a special meeting of the World Health Assembly today.

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Canada supports plan for international pandemic treaty

29-11-2021 13:36 via cbc.ca

Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says Canada supports the development of a new global convention on pandemic preparedness and response that will be debated at a special meeting of the World Health Assembly today.

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P.E.I. Jewish community celebrating Hanukkah with 3-metre electric menorah

29-11-2021 12:26 via cbc.ca

It was a historic moment for the P.E.I. Jewish community as they lit their first public menorah on the lawn of the provincial legislature to celebrate 120 years as part of the province, and to mark the first day of Hanukkah.

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Forest thinning could serve multiple purposes in N.W.T.'s battle with climate change

29-11-2021 12:00 via cbc.ca

Just south of the N.W.T. border, a First Nation is thinning 7 hectares of forest to protect homes from wildfires. The N.W.T. used the same tool to try to double the carbon storage of pine trees near Sandy Lake this past summer.

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Sask. parents 'terrified' after son with autism was missing for 1 hour after bus driver left without him

29-11-2021 11:00 via cbc.ca

A Saskatoon mom and dad are angry that their nine-year-old son with autism went missing for an hour after they say his bus driver “abandoned” him.

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Words and phrases you may want to think twice about using

29-11-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca

Have you ever used the terms "spirit animal" or "spooky"? These are among a small list of phrases or words maybe you should think again about using.

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Sure, there's Oxford, but growing number of U.K. students are choosing Canadian universities

29-11-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca

The U.K has always been a popular destination for Canadian students, but now, the tide is starting to flow both ways.

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If the way we work is going to change, offices are going to change, too

29-11-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca

At organizations across Canada, decision-makers are looking at how their physical workspaces need to function as they plan how their employees will make use of them in the future — even if their staff end up spending less time there than they used to.

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Got something in self storage? What you need to know amid rising thefts

29-11-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca

A Vancouver woman says she trusted a big self-storage company to keep her cherished belongings safe. Instead, they disappeared with no sign of a break-in. A security expert warns that theft at storage lockers is on the rise and says many companies don’t provide adequate protection.

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Former Green party councillor sues members of party watchdog committee for defamation

29-11-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca

The authors of a leaked internal Green Party report that accused high-ranking members and the party itself of racism and transphobia are being sued for defamation.

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For BIPOC employees, remote work meant a welcome break from office microaggressions

29-11-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca

Working from home throughout the pandemic has provided some employees who are Black, Indigenous or people of colour a mental break from dealing with microaggressions in the workplace.

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Entire contents of artist's storage locker disappear, and self-storage giant has no answers

29-11-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca

A Vancouver woman says she trusted a big self-storage company to keep her cherished belongings safe. Instead, they disappeared with no sign of a break-in. A security expert warns that theft at storage lockers is on the rise and says many companies don’t provide adequate protection.

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After working remotely, some BIPOC employees fear effects of return to the office

29-11-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca

Working from home throughout the pandemic has provided some employees who are Black, Indigenous or people of colour a mental break from dealing with microaggressions in the workplace.

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Japan barrs foreign visitors as omicron coronavirus variant spreads

29-11-2021 09:33 via cbc.ca

Japan said on Monday it would close its borders to foreigners, as the world's third-largest economy joined Israel in taking the toughest measures against the new coronavirus variant omicron, which also cast a cloud over Australia's re-opening plans.

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Roe v. Wade at stake in Mississippi abortion case

29-11-2021 06:00 via cbc.ca

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in one of the most important cases on reproductive rights in decades. Jackson Women's Health Organization, the last remaining abortion clinic in Mississippi, has challenged a state law that would ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The Supreme Court case could determine not just the fate of the clinic, but of the monumental 1973 ruling Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion nationwide. Today, legal historian Mary Ziegler breaks down the

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A 240-year-old massacre on a slave ship in Caribbean Sea inspired one of Canada's most widely studied poems

29-11-2021 06:00 via cbc.ca

This week marked 240 years since 133 African slaves were thrown overboard from the slave ship Zong in the Caribbean Sea. The tragedy inspired what may be the most talked-about Canadian poem of this century. Poet M. NourbeSe Philip reflects on the mass murder, the bizarre court case that followed and the work of art that rose from it.

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The National: Omicron in Canada, B.C. flood watch, New variant questions

29-11-2021 02:55 via cbc.ca

The National for Nov. 28 — What the omicron variant’s arrival in Canada means for vaccines and holiday plans. Plus, bracing for the worst as B.C. floodwaters rise again.

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