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"I want to fight for the country that I think we can become again."

"I still think we have a huge lack of honesty and transparency and reasonableness about Brexit."
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Fifty years ago, the folks on Fogo Island — most of whom were fishers — were ordered to abandon their homes and resettle in larger communities on the larger island of Newfoundland.
Until a film crew came to town.

"As soon as people start to think in a real way about their predicament, their ability to see it, and see it clearly, and do something to alter it, is much enabled."
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“I was infuriated, but I used that anger ... You know it paid off. It worked. It worked out in our favour.”

"Of course it is in their best interest to say that polar bears are happy and healthy and that climate change is a joke, because otherwise their quota might be reduced."

A group that released viral footage of an emaciated polar bear has drawn the ire of Iqaluit's mayor for suggesting Inuit hunters are downplaying climate change to protect their bottom line.
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San Francisco resident Fran Taylor speaks with As It Happens about the SPCA's security guard robot.

"The punchline of Walking Eagle is basically [it's] a bird so full of crap that it can't fly."

Four months ago, Tim Fontaine was what he calls a “serious journalist” - he was the lead reporter for CBC Indigenous, but he decided to walk away from that to start something new.
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You have to hear this rare wind instrument on CBC This Is That.
"The body is mostly a yak's bladder with a bell-shaped opening rimmed in oyster shell. To make this these days would be completely unethical - because, of course, you'd have to kill about six animals."

After two-years in a small country in the far east, Herbert Brust returns to This is That to show Pat Kelly his latest discovery.
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"When the world can seem like a dark place with wars and tragedy, I think we can feel very disempowered. And we want to embrace something that makes us feel in control."

“Witchfest North: Out of the Broom Closet” is a month-long event to celebrate the ancient tradition of the Wise Woman - including those who practise Wicca, or witchcraft. It was created by Monica Bodirsky, an artist who teaches design at The Ontario College of Art & Design University.
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As head coach and owner of the Toronto Newsgirls Boxing Club, Savoy Howe is constantly motivating others.

As head coach and owner of the Toronto Newsgirls Boxing Club, Savoy Howe is constantly motivating others. We asked her to share some of the questions she asks people who are stuck in a rut or at a personal crossroad.
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Wondering what to get the little ones in your life for the holidays? This'll help.

The Next Chapter's children's book panel, Michele Landsberg and Ken Setterington, share the books that you should be giving to young readers this holiday season.
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Hundreds of homes, cabins and structures were burned to the ground. But somehow, a carved cedar bear survived, now surrounded by ash and charred ground.

Jennifer Chrumka visits four people whose lives were changed this past summer by the Elephant Hill wildfire, one of the most devastating fires in a record-breaking wildfire season in B.C. Her documentary is called “From the Ashes.”
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Watch this adorable animation made by our friends at CBC Arts. It's the story of how Hawaiian pizza came to be, as told by its Canadian creator. 🍍🍕

Who knew a Canadian was responsible for the world's most polarizing pizza topping combination?
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"I felt like the best move for me, as a white Canadian author, was to look back at some of the towering male figures from Western history and take them down a few pegs."

The author discusses how she wrote her first book, What I Think Happened: An Underresearched History of the Western World.
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Are sex scenes necessary in movies?

Luca Guadagnino shares the thought process behind why he chose not to film a sex scene in Call Me By Your Name.

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"We cannot continue to be a Blockbuster service in a Netflix world. We need to up our game."

If tech companies around the world can invent ground-breaking programs, apps and services every day — why can't the government?
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A panel of former war crimes judges has concluded that North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un should be prosecuted for crimes against humanity.

Kim Jong-un should be prosecuted for crimes against humanity, according to a panel of former war crimes judges that includes Thomas Buergenthal, an Auschwitz survivor.
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