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The National | Celebrations surround Pope Leo XIV

10-05-2025 03:00 via cbc.ca

May 9, 2025 | A new chapter for the Catholic Church sparks excitement as Pope Leo XIV celebrates his first mass as pontiff. Unemployment ticks up in the face of tariff uncertainty. And, a new Parkinson’s therapy could revolutionize treatment.

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Man who defaced Holocaust Monument won't serve more time behind bars

07-01-2026 18:22 via cbc.ca

The former City of Ottawa lawyer who defaced the National Holocaust Monument with blood-red paint last summer won't serve any more time behind bars.

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Rare mountain gorilla twins born in the wild

07-01-2026 17:08 via cbc.ca

A mountain gorilla has given birth to twins in war-ravaged eastern Congo, a national park announced on Wednesday, in what it described as "a major event" for the endangered subspecies.

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Quebec Superior Court approves class action against Ticketmaster over service fees

07-01-2026 16:39 via cbc.ca

The Quebec Superior Court has authorized a class-action lawsuit against Ticketmaster that accuses the American company of charging abusive service fees on ticket sales.

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Carney to visit China next week to talk trade, security

07-01-2026 15:28 via cbc.ca

Prime Minister Mark Carney will travel to China next week, marking the first visit to the country by a Canadian prime minister since 2017.

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U.S. official says forces seized Russian-flagged oil tanker in North Atlantic

07-01-2026 14:45 via cbc.ca

A U.S. official says American forces have boarded a Venezuela-linked sanctioned oil tanker in the North Atlantic after pursuing it for weeks.

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U.S. forces board Venezuela-linked sanctioned oil tanker in North Atlantic: U.S. officials

07-01-2026 14:45 via cbc.ca

A U.S. official says U.S. forces have boarded a Venezuela-linked sanctioned oil tanker in North Atlantic after pursuing it for weeks.

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Top European foreign ministers to meet after White House renews Greenland threats

07-01-2026 14:34 via cbc.ca

European governments including those in France and Germany are working closely on a plan on how to respond should the United States act on its threat to take over Greenland, as Europe seeks to address U.S. President Donald Trump's ambitions in the region.

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A look at the female farriers who keep the Okanagan’s working horses from slipping in the snow

07-01-2026 14:00 via cbc.ca

In recent years, the tides in the industry have turned from a male-dominated trade and now the majority of farriers in the Okanagan are women, who all support one another.

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Warner Bros. rejects revised Paramount bid, tells shareholders to stay with Netflix

07-01-2026 13:55 via cbc.ca

Warner Bros. Discovery's board has unanimously turned down Paramount Skydance's latest attempt to acquire the studio, saying its revised $108.4-billion US hostile bid amounted to a risky leveraged buyout that investors should reject. The board repeated their commitment to Netflix's offer, which they say offers more value and certainty.

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Warner Bros. rejects revised Paramount bid as risky leveraged buyout

07-01-2026 13:55 via cbc.ca

Warner Bros. Discovery's board has unanimously turned down Paramount Skydance's latest attempt to acquire the studio, saying its revised $108.4 billion US hostile bid amounted to a risky leveraged buyout that investors should reject.

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The world’s biggest risks, with Gerry Butts

07-01-2026 12:00 via cbc.ca

A top advisor to two Canadian PMs outlines the risky global landscape, from zombie trade deals to a new American ‘revolution’.

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No Yukon Quest sled dog race this year, say former board members

07-01-2026 12:00 via cbc.ca

Mushers and former board members say the Yukon Quest is cancelled this year, because there is no one left to organize the iconic sled dog race.

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Former Manitoba PC leadership candidate sues province to restore Churchill-area polar bear viewing permits

07-01-2026 12:00 via cbc.ca

A former Manitoba Progressive Conservative Party leadership candidate is suing the province, two wildlife officials and three NDP cabinet ministers for preventing his ecotourism company from operating offroad polar bear viewing vehicles east of Churchill.

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MUN's campus radio station is hoping to adapt amid financial troubles

07-01-2026 10:30 via cbc.ca

Memorial University's campus radio station has been broadcasting in St. John's for 50 years. But as students turn away from traditional media, the non-profit station is encountering financial problems. As a result, station manager Rhea Rollmann says they're now shifting focus.

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Why Heated Rivalry's Team Canada fleece is taking the internet by storm

07-01-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca

Desire for a Heated Rivalry-inspired Team Canada fleece came to a head recently after eagle-eyed fans spotted — and gushed over — a particular outfit choice by character Shane Hollander. And they've been demanding the opportunity to buy it ever since.

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Why everyone is talking about Heated Rivalry's Team Canada fleece

07-01-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca

Desire for a Heated Rivalry-inspired Team Canada fleece came to a head recently after eagle-eyed fans spotted — and gushed over — a particular outfit choice by character Shane Hollander. And they've been demanding the opportunity to buy it ever since.

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Turbulence is getting worse. Would it be better if planes looked more like birds?

07-01-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca

Pilots can’t see it coming, and it’s hard to avoid. But severe clear-air turbulence can shake a plane ‘like King Kong.’ It’s on the rise, and forecast to get worse due to climate change. The rise has researchers investigating how to better predict clear-air turbulence, and looking to the physics of birds to make this chaotic force less dangerous.

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Ontario government call for Toronto police to crack down on protests puts free expression at risk: expert

07-01-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca

An expert in free expression feels Ontario’s solicitor general is attempting to pressure Toronto police to change how they handle protests for political reasons. This comes after Solicitor General Michael Kerzner issued a letter to the Toronto Police Service, calling out what he described as a lack of enforcement for hate, intimidation and harassment-motivated offences at protests in the city.

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'Death ball' sponge, tiny opossum among cool new species of 2025

07-01-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca

A spider with extraordinary genitalia, a carnivorous caterpillar that wears its prey's body parts, and a tiny opossum are among the cool new species described by science in 2025.

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Couple to wed at on-ice ceremony at Windsor Spitfires game

07-01-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca

Some people can get sentimental about OHL hockey — but Sheldon Cadotte and Daylene Trudell are making it part of their romantic history. They're getting married on the ice during a game at the WFCU Centre on Jan. 8.

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Cornwall shooting sheds light on intimate partner violence among seniors, shelter says

07-01-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca

A fatal weekend shooting in Cornwall, Ont., is shedding a stark spotlight on a segment of the population whose experience of intimate partner violence has only recently been recognized for what it is, a local women's shelter says.

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Canadian tourists voice concerns over Caribbean travel after U.S. strike on Venezuela

07-01-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca

Travellers planning trips to the Caribbean are voicing trepidation online after the U.S. strike on Venezuela that captured president Nicolás Maduro, while one Latin America expert says it's not a good time to travel to the region.

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#TheMoment Parisians turned Montmartre into a ski hill

07-01-2026 04:10 via cbc.ca

Loïc Lagarde, a photographer in Paris, tells The National about the moment he captured Parisians skiing and sledding down the snowy slopes of Montmartre.

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Inuvik residents asked to cut energy use because of low propane supply

07-01-2026 03:40 via cbc.ca

People in Inuvik, N.W.T., are being asked to turn down the heat at home and also find other ways to reduce their energy use, because of a limited propane supply in town.

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Inuvik, N.W.T., residents asked to cut energy use because of low propane supply in –44 C weather

07-01-2026 03:40 via cbc.ca

People in Inuvik, N.W.T., are being asked to turn down the heat at home and also find other ways to reduce their energy use, because of a limited propane supply in town.

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Lego unveils new ‘smart bricks’ with interactive lights and sounds

07-01-2026 03:00 via cbc.ca

Lego has unveiled new high-tech “smart bricks” it says will bring its classic toys to life with lights, sound and interactive movement. But one expert on early learning says the innovation may lessen the potential for imagination that makes Lego a good toy for children’s development.

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Aldrich Ames, CIA agent who spied for Moscow for almost a decade, dead at 84

07-01-2026 02:55 via cbc.ca

CIA turncoat Aldrich Ames, who betrayed Western intelligence assets to the Soviet Union and Russia in one of the most damaging intelligence breaches in U.S. history, has died in a Maryland prison. He was 84.

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Calgary restaurant owners jailed for financial abuse of temporary foreign workers

07-01-2026 02:04 via cbc.ca

Manikandan Kasinathan, Chandramohan Marjak and Mary Roche, who co-owned Marina Dosa and Tandoori Grill, were each sentenced to 90-day jail terms after they were convicted of fraud over $5,000. They must also pay back the $44,000 they stole from three employees.

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28 years later, see the southern Quebec ice storm as it was reported in 1998

07-01-2026 00:23 via cbc.ca

In one of the most important meteorological events in the province’s history, successive bouts of freezing rain left thick layers of ice over everything in southern Quebec during a week-long span in January 1998, knocking out power for millions of people.

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