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@cbcasithappens
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Remembering fashion designer Mary Quant through one woman's beloved dress https://t.co/Hoh94Vj4OA
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How a retired commercial painter with punk rock roots ended up with a bottle wine valued at $100K https://t.co/yVkuHG1JGs
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"I am hoping that people will raise their voices so we can be heard. More needs to be done to help people in crisis. More needs to be done so that people don't get to the point where they are in crisis."
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CBC Toronto has transcribed the entire interview with Andrea Magalhaes, who spoke about her son's life and what she thinks Toronto should do to make the city safer.
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Scientists taught individual bees to solve puzzles. Soon, whole colonies knew how https://t.co/wwiIVvmYwI
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Domee Shi's Turning Red is nominated for an Oscar. But whether or not it wins, she says the film is already having an impact.
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Whether or not she takes home her second Oscar on Sunday, Toronto filmmaker Domee Shi knows that Turning Red is already making an impact.
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Toblerone no longer Swiss? Switzerland's director of Swissness Enforcement explains https://t.co/QkTCdrxtmm
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Liberals are "very engaged in countering foreign election interference," says Canada's intergovernmental affairs minister https://t.co/lDTCAZIl2p
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'People get skeeved,' says man who's been living barefoot for 20 years https://t.co/ohsJ7BsLeU
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The government of El Salvador is touting its new "mega prison" as a show of force in its war on gang violence, but human rights organizations say it will only create more problems.
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The government of El Salvador is touting its new “mega prison” as a show of force in its war on gang violence, but human rights organizations say it will only create more problems.
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Sheena Goodyear
3 years
I had so much fun researching and writing this today. Interview w/@duxBritanniarum by @nilkoksalcbc, produced by @vivluk + comment from Kelly Olson from @westernuArts, and @hallielieberman
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This 2,000-year-old wooden phallus could be an ancient Roman dildo https://t.co/2zgz5tMhLg
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A ballet director didn't like this critic's review. So he attacked her with dog feces https://t.co/n0Wy49GySh
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Dr. Charles Silverstein — a pioneering gay activist, LGBTQ-inclusive psychologist and a boundary-pushing author — has died at the age of 87. https://t.co/3BHG9cWQfO
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Dr. Charles Silverstein — a pioneering gay activist, LGBTQ-inclusive psychologist and a boundary-pushing author — has died at the age of 87. His friend and colleague Dr. Barabara Kapetanakes says he...
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"It's been around 19 hours, and my grandparents are still under the ruins." Earthquake survivors in Turkey cling to hope as they wait in the cold and dark for help.
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Austin Webb
3 years
Great articulation of some important questions here.
@alex_n_boyd
Alex Boyd
3 years
As the reporter who wrote that story I obvs disagree that it glorifies Jamie Salé. But the question of why we thought this was worth a story is a fair one. A few people have asked! I've had many pre-pub convos and mulled it a lot. A few of my thoughts:
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3 years
“Maybe what’s so triggering about this man is that we all wish we could reach his level of nonchalance, to go on TV and say, ‘No special set of skills over here, just vibes.’” Read @cadenceweapon on Rick Rubin’s “do-nothing” approach to creativity:
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@JeanneCBC
Jeanne Armstrong
3 years
that interview i was talking about on @cbcasithappens . Kudos to @nilkoksalcbc for keepin' your cool! whewwww
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3 years
'It's called capitalism': Ticketmaster's ex-CEO defends the company's business model https://t.co/i81tOxJAQI
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composers doing normal shit
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Leonard Cohen playing pinball.
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