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Harry Smith, the 95-year-old activist and podcaster is in hospital, battling pneumonia. In 2017, he told Anna Maria Tremonti that he won't ever stop fighting for equality. Here's that interview:http://cbc.ca/1.4920610 

The documents were seized from a London hotel by the U.K. Parliament's sergeant-at-arms and allegedly paint an unflattering picture of how the company manages user privacy and deals with competitors.http://cbc.ca/1.4920882 

"I'm used to my work being dissected. I have a pretty thick skin, but it felt very pointed in a way that really shook me," said writer Katherena Vermette.https://www.cbc.ca/radio/unreserved/that-should-win-indigenous-authors-share-experiences-as-finalists-on-canada-reads-1.4882896 …

"The Buddhists, I think, are much more perceptive when they recognize that evil, for better or worse, is part of the natural way of things, and it's not going to go away. And you have a choice," said anthropologist Wade Davis.http://cbc.ca/1.4916542 

The Vancouver Park Board has hired a wildlife trapper to capture a river otter that has been eating its way through a downtown koi pond. They plan to catch the otter alive in order to relocate it to the Fraser Valley.http://cbc.ca/1.4920526 

A group of pediatricians swallowed Lego heads to see how long it would take to expel them. For most, it was fairly quick. "All my colleagues had found their Lego heads and I still don't know whether it's still inside me or not," said Dr. Damian Roland.http://cbc.ca/1.4921038 

"Books can be a mirror," said Debbie Reese, head of American Indians in Children's Literature. "They can reflect their lives, affirm their existence in ways that happens every single day for white kids." "It doesn't happen with Native kids. It should."http://cbc.ca/1.4916542 

"This world is tough enough, cynical enough and scary enough, and I just want to bring love," Michael Bublé said. The singer's new album, '' (pronounced "love"), aims to do just that.http://cbc.ca/1.4918367 

A global investigation reveals flaws in the way devices are approved and monitoredhttps://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/new-investigations-reveals-implanted-medical-devices-approved-in-canada-despite-risks-1.4920523 …

After reviewing medical records of over half a million children aged 2 to 17, researchers found that an asthma diagnosis was significantly greater if the child was obese. http://cbc.ca/1.4920353  @NightshiftMD explains the connection between childhood asthma and obesity.

Using a local newspaper as an introduction to life in Yellowknife, Dave Bidini meets with Dene elders, entrepreneurs, artists, politicians and police officers who share their unique perspectives on home and the ways they seek to transform it.http://cbc.ca/1.4916892 

"There seems to be something in the DNA of large and hallowed institutions, especially Catholic ones, which breeds delay, dissembling, cover-up," says @CBCSunday host Michael Enright, who attended St. Michael’s high school in the 1950s.http://cbc.ca/1.4917749 

Rabbi Rayzel Raphael led a workshop at the 2018 Parliament of the World’s Religions earlier this month, just days after a horrific shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue. She said finding light means accepting — not skirting — those feelings of despair.https://www.cbc.ca/radio/tapestry/how-to-find-hope-without-pretending-everything-s-okay-1.4916207 …

Self-driving cars, robotic vacuums, and Navy sonar technology all use a form of active-sensing designed to mimic what bats and dolphins do when they echolocate. But the animals have no problem in crowded environments, whereas our technology does.https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/how-bats-and-dolphins-use-their-sonar-when-everyone-s-talking-at-once-1.4916495 …