8 students at different stages of their education speak about their experiences with virtual learning.CBC News spoke with students from the class of 2021 on what it has meant to them to be graduating this year. Clockwise from the top left: Shelley Wiart, Raed Baker, Cindy Njoki Kamau, Kelia Chien, Elizabeth Taylor, Shivangi Patel, Justyce…
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Buyers fed up with blind bidding, other shenanigans in red-hot real estate market
by Sue JonesFrom low rates, to demand for more space, there are many reasons why Canada’s housing market has been red hot during the pandemic. Buyers and realtors say doing away with blind bidding and other dubious practices would be a step in the right direction for affordability and fairness.
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Child battling cancer fulfils dream of meeting Sidney Crosby, gives him beaded medallion
by Sue JonesAn 11-year-old Winnipeg boy battling cancer gave the Pittburgh Penguins’ Sidney Crosby a beaded medallion with the team’s logo on it that matches his own.Dian Green, right, is battling his third bout of cancer and was able to virtually meet his lifelong hockey hero Sidney Crosby earlier in April. His family gifted a beaded medallion…
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National security threats are changing, but Canada is mired in conventional thinking
by Sue JonesWe have entered an era in which national security is not just about protecting the state against adversaries, but also against dangers that have a direct impact on the daily lives of people, write Aaron Shull and Wesley Wark.David McGuinty, chair of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians, submitted NSICOP’s annual report to Parliament on…
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Panic season: Canadians scramble to meet tax-filing deadline in the middle of a pandemic
by Sue JonesIn one of the most complex tax seasons in living memory — in the middle of a global pandemic and widespread lockdowns — many Canadians and the tax professionals who help them are scrambling to make today’s filing deadline.The federal government is not extending the income tax filing deadline this year, as it did last year. (Shutterstock)In one of…
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Can Canada reach its emissions targets while still producing so much oil and gas?
by Sue JonesIn this week’s issue of our environment newsletter, we look at the disconnect between Canada’s new emissions targets and the continued support of the oil and gas sector, and how some European jurisdictions are banning short-haul flights.(Sködt McNalty/CBC)Hello, Earthlings! This is our weekly newsletter on all things environmental, where we highlight trends and solutions that are…
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As provinces eased COVID-19 restrictions, the rise in variant cases told a different story
by Sue JonesWhen several provinces eased restrictions, reacting to a downward curve in overall COVID-19 cases, a rising arc of more-infectious variants was already on a trajectory to thrust Canada into a third wave of infections, a CBC News data analysis reveals.A laboratory technologist holds a genome cartridge while working to sequence the genome of the SARS-CoV-2…
Editor’s note: The bodycam video featured in this story is disturbing. In a federal lawsuit, a 68-year-old Black librarian is accusing North…
Facebook is hiring an additional 3,000 people to help monitor videos posted on the social media giant’s Facebook Live feature. CNET editor…
Family says Topeka Kansas Police Officer Aaron Bulmer was sent by God after he rescued their 4-year-old boy with autism from a…