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The country doesn't have enough testing capacity, and might never get it
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How we test for the COVID-19 virus — and how can we do it faster?
A chemist gives us an understanding of why COVID-19 tests take so long, and how lab tests are different from the new automated tests popping up on the market.
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Two pandemics, 102 years apart: echoes of the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic
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Ex-Swiss goalie Florence Schelling 1st female GM in men's pro hockey
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I'm a mom & I help support my family financially — but apparently that's wrong?
Parents |
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How to throw a virtual Seder
Life |
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Trials of COVID-19 vaccines aren't risk-free, but this volunteer says possible benefits 'far outweigh' danger
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Forced to pick a side, this Canadian nurse decided to fight COVID-19 in the U.S.
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'I am mentally preparing for my career to stop': what it's like to be a musician right now
Holly Gordon
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Lessons from the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic
Radio -Front Burner |
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'The fear hadn't set in': Senators head coach Smith recalls fateful California trip
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Joshua Clipperton
Sports -Hockey -NHL ||
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'Dad, he's in the fish tank again!' Teen caught in family fish tank
Kids News |
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Meet the Vancouver filmmaker behind the world's first COVID-19 feature film
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Jennifer Van Evra
Radio -Q -Blog ||
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Trudeau says physical distancing has been 'effective' — but it's not clear when pandemic will peak
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Catharine Tunney
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SERIES FINALE
David stresses out over the rain on his wedding day. The family scrambles to make it right
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The importance of saying goodbye: Montrealer opts for isolation to spend time with dying father
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Isaac Olson
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B.C. records 5 more deaths from COVID-19, bringing total to 48
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Bethany Lindsay
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SEASON FINALE
A spate of nail-gun murders puts Bill on the hunt for an old hit man (stars Rob Lowe)
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Alberta COVID-19 hospitalizations will peak in late May, province says
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Michelle Bellefontaine
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Doug Ford blasts 'unacceptable' level of COVID-19 testing as Ontario cases top 5,000
News -Canada -Toronto ||
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Norwegian balloon-popping artist falls onto sculpture made of 100 knives
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WATCH
MotherFatherSon: He owns a media empire & uses his power ruthlessly (stars Richard Gere)
CBC Gem |
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Google Classroom's ratings have dropped and kids might be behind it
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