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Measles limits immune system's ability to fight off other infections, studies suggest
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Amina Zafar
Health ||
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We know plastic bottles are choking our planet. So why are companies still selling them?
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Nicole Mortillaro
Technology & Science ||
Waterfront Toronto board votes to keep Sidewalk Labs' Quayside project alive
Canada -Toronto ||
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African swine fever could kill 1 in 4 pigs worldwide, scientists predict
Around a quarter of the world's pigs are expected to die from African swine fever as authorities grapple with a complex disease spreading rapidly in the globalization era, the head of the World Organization for Animal Health said Thursday.
Technology & Science ||
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Spain steps up to host climate summit, but fate of APEC meeting unknown
Spain has stepped up to host the COP25 climate-change summit, but no country has offered to be the venue for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) trade summit.
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Kathleen Harris
Politics ||
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Try this memory exercise — and find out what it reveals about creativity and the brain
Neuroscientist Henning Beck, author of Scatterbrain: How the Mind's Mistakes Make Humans Creative, Innovative and Successful, explains why the shortcomings in our brains are actually what makes us creative.
Radio -The Current |
CBC Investigates
Joi Scientific technology NB Power poured millions into doesn't work
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Karissa Donkin
Canada -New Brunswick ||
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Yukon's CO2 emissions will jump about 31% with Faro mine cleanup
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Paul Tukker
Canada -North ||
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Ever tried a Pink Pearl? It's just one variety in this N.S. orchard growing apples of the future
Radio -The Current |
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No more 'benign' images of climate crisis, says photography head for the Guardian
Radio -As It Happens |
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Twitter bans all political advertising on its service, diverging from rival Facebook
Technology & Science |
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Chile withdraws as APEC, climate summit host as riots, protests continue
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Kathleen Harris
Politics ||
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Trump praises automakers siding with his administration over California in emissions battle
Business |
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Harmful air pollution 'definitely too high for the public' near city roads, study suggests
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Emily Chung
Technology & Science ||
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Facebook reports more than $6B US net income in 3rd quarter
Business |
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Greta Thunberg declines climate prize
Technology & Science ||
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Facebook accuses 'Putin's chef,' wanted in U.S., of targeting users in African countries
World |
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Rex Tillerson denies misleading investors while Exxon CEO in climate change fraud trial
Business ||
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Canadian e-commerce firm Shopify looks set to challenge Amazon
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Dianne Buckner
Business |
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Analysis
How Alberta will keep its $30-per-tonne carbon tax but make it easier for some big emitters to avoid paying
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Robson Fletcher
Canada -Calgary ||
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Humankind's ancestral 'homeland' pinpointed in Botswana
Technology & Science ||
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Here's what you need to know about 2 wildfires raging in California
World |
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WhatsApp sues Israeli surveillance firm over alleged cyber espionage
Technology & Science ||
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Smartphones, other distractions can be more deadly than impaired driving, data suggests
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Dianne Buckner
Business ||
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Samsung 'Space Selfie' satellite crash lands in Michigan backyard
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Angelica Haggert
Canada -Windsor ||
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CBC Investigates
Privacy experts slam National Bank asking customers for their password at other banks
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Yvonne Colbert
Canada -Nova Scotia ||
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Flood-proofing for Canada's national building code gets U.S. expert's advice
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Brett Ruskin
Canada -Nova Scotia |