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Exposing Hate
Canadian company compiling database of hate speech that may help others spot and stop it
Toronto firm Hatebase has built a 3,600-word hate speech lexicon by scouring the web for potentially hateful messages. NGOs and social media companies can use the database to augment their own moderation mechanisms.
Thomas Daigle
Technology & Science |
Victim of revenge porn sues ex-lover, testing Saskatchewan's new privacy law
A Saskatchewan woman has filed a civil suit against her ex-lover, Daylan Heidel, seeking compensation for harm allegedly inflicted on her when he shared intimate images without her consent.
Bonnie Allen
Canada -Saskatchewan |
Huge pro-India fake news network includes Canadian sites, links to Canadian think tanks
A huge international network of fake local news sites that push a pro-Indian government position internationally has a deep Canadian connection, CBC News has learned. Some of the sites pose as Canadian news outlets.
Jeff Yates
Politics |
'It's kind of scary': UWindsor researchers underscore academic lab safety concerns
Injuries or deaths that happen in academic science labs sometimes go unreported and there's little comprehensive data to analyze trends, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Windsor.
Canada -Windsor ||
Trial begins for Saskatoon woman charged with trafficking bear parts
David Shield
Canada -Saskatoon |
As It Happens
Engineers create a toilet bowl coating so slippery that 'human waste can't stick to it'
Radio -As It Happens |
'This is effectively adding another major pipeline': How more oil will be exported from Alberta
Kyle Bakx
Business ||
New public safety minister says Huawei 5G review 'a priority' but offers no timeline
Catharine Tunney
Politics ||
Why Atlantic Canada's lucrative seafood industry is concerned about Elizabeth Warren
Paul Withers
Canada -Nova Scotia ||
'Once in a lifetime find': Stubborn stump fossil extracted from Edmonton river valley
Wallis Snowdon
Canada -Edmonton ||
Quebecers get top cabinet spots as environmentalists accuse Trudeau of caving to western pressure
Jonathan Montpetit
Canada -Montreal ||
Global fossil fuel production on track to bust Paris climate targets
Technology & Science ||
Toxic algae, climate change, bad policy: Scientists say fresh water under threat
Canada -Hamilton ||
Disney Plus user accounts already found on hacking sites
Technology & Science ||
Edmonton pilot hopes to cross the finish line in international electric airplane race
Canada -Edmonton |
EasyJet plans to offset carbon on all flights
Technology & Science ||
Federal Court issues first ever order to block piracy website
David Friend
Entertainment ||
'Squeal on Pigs' campaign launches to keep Canadian swine from going hog-wild in Montana
Canada -Calgary ||
More than 100 fires burn across Australia's east coast
World ||
Open water replaces sea ice as the autumn norm in Western Arctic
Technology & Science ||
Yes, house cats are getting fatter — and it's all your fault
Wallis Snowdon
Canada -Edmonton ||
Thrifting is losing its stigma: second-hand clothes are sustainable — and cool
Dianne Buckner
Business ||
Analysis
For better or worse, Trudeau's next 4 years are going to be about climate change
Aaron Wherry
Politics ||
Star light, star bright: Rare designation sought to keep Kelowna park dark
Canada -British Columbia ||
Brazil Amazon deforestation soars to 11-year high
Technology & Science ||