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How a Spy Known as the ‘Limping Lady’ Helped the Allies Win WWII

A new biography explores the remarkable feats of Virginia Hall, a disabled secret agent determined to play her part in the fight against the Nazis




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Researcher Identifies the Last Known Survivor of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Matilda McCrear was just 2 when she was captured and brought to Alabama on the "Clotilda"




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What Experts Know About Masks and COVID-19

The CDC recommends wearing a fabric mask in public where social distancing is difficult, like at the grocery store




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The Great Barrier Reef Is Now Facing Most Widespread Bleaching Event Yet

The severity of this year's bleaching is second only to 2016, during which a third of the reef’s corals died




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Shel Silverstein's Historic Sausalito Houseboat Is Now on Sale

The children's book author and illustrator purchased the repurposed World War II vessel in 1967




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The Museum of Modern Art Now Offers Free Online Classes

The nine classes span contemporary art, fashion and photography




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For Male Lemurs, Love Stinks—and Scientists Now Know Why

A newly identified trio of chemicals may help the primates find a mate




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Why Microsoft Word Now Considers Two Spaces After a Period an Error

Traditionalist "two-spacers" can still disable the function




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What Does Your Sourdough Starter Smell Like? Science Wants to Know

A citizen science project aims to chart the microbial diversity present in starters all over the world




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Groundbreaking Fossil Suggests Spinosaurus Is First Known Swimming Dinosaur

Its paddle-like tail, unearthed in Morocco, suggests the Cretaceous carnivore ventured into the water to hunt




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You Can Now Download 1.9 Million Free Images From the British Museum

The London institution's online offerings include 280,000 newly added Creative Commons images




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Newly Unsealed Vatican Archives Lay Out Evidence of Pope Pius XII's Knowledge of the Holocaust

The Catholic Church's actions during World War II have long been a matter of historical debate




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Snow White and the Huntsman




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Crabeater Seal swimming on a snowy day in Antarctica

A Crabeater Seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) swimming by an iceberg in Antarctica on a snowy day.




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Liquor can now be delivered to your door in the N.W.T.

Residents can now order up to two bottles of wine, 24 cans of beer or more than a litre of spirits from local restaurants and bars.



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Snow and gusty winds coming Saturday, just in time for ... Mother's Day?

If New Brunswickers were planning on doing any yard work this weekend they will likely be using their snow shovels instead of their lawn rakes. 



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May storm brings more snow to parts of N.B.

It looks like New Brunswickers will see more snow Saturday with a snowfall warning issued for central and northern parts of the province. 



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Storm set to bring 30 cm of snow to some areas of N.B.

A spring storm is set to slam parts of New Brunswick this weekend, bringing up to 30 cm of snow. 



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For its Food Helpline, this community group teamed up with a well-known phone number

The new service will join others at the existing 811 HealthLine, helping connect people with their local food services and offering answers for those without access to online services.



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CBC Here and Now May 08, 2020

Every day around the province the Here and Now team pull out all the stops to cover your news and weather



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May snowfall breaks record in Sudbury

Those in Sudbury may have had a few choice words when waking up Friday morning after a snowfall overnight.



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A Snowbird flew over Nova Scotia, hoping to bring comfort to his home

As Nova Scotians gazed up at the Canadian Forces Snowbirds soaring through the clouds last weekend, Matt MacKenzie was looking down and feeling the weight of successive tragedies that had enveloped his home province. 



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COVID-19 in Quebec: What you need to know on Saturday

Grim projections, travel rules and feeling safe while shopping at your local market — here's what's going on today.



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Heavy May snowfall may be on the way for southwestern Manitoba

Hope you didn't pack away those winter boots yet: southwestern Manitoba, from Riding Mountain south to the Canada-U.S. border, is expected to get heavy rain and snow Friday night.



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Layer of snow covers parts of southwestern Manitoba

We can expect to see more seasonable temperatures by next weekend, says a meteorologist from Environment Canada.



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8 Things New E-Commerce Entrepreneurs Need to Know

With something like 380 websites being created every minute, building an e-commerce shop can be a daunting task. It's easy to look at all of the success stories out there and think, "How could I possibly be that lucky?" However, the opportunity for growth in e-commerce is not slowing down. E-commerce sales are projected to grow 85 percent from their 2019 totals by 2022.




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Merchants Now Can List Products on Google Shopping for Free

Merchants soon will be able to sell products on Google Shopping at no charge. Previously, they had to pay per click, but the cost was not fixed. There was no minimum, but they had to set a maximum for ad spend and Google would stop displaying their ads once the maximum was reached. Starting next week, search results on the Google Shopping tab will consist primarily of free product listings.




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Taxpayers on the hook for $600K 'bridge to nowhere', says local woman

A petition is being circulated to get a $600,000 bridge replacement project near Millvale scrapped.



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Democracy Now! 2020-04-27 Monday

Planned Parenthood's president says many states used the pandemic to restrict abortion access; Director Eliza Hittman on her new film about abortion, "Never Rarely Sometimes Always"; Science journalist Tanya Lewis on drugs being tested to treat COVID-19.




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Democracy Now! 2020-04-28 Tuesday

In a Democracy Now! exclusive, singer-songwriter Fiona Apple discusses her acclaimed new album, Fetch the Bolt Cutters; and Native American activist Eryn Wise of Seeding Sovereignty talks about land acknowledgment and COVID-19 in Indigenous communities.




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Democracy Now! 2020-04-29 Wednesday

President Trump lashes out at the U.S. Postal Service. His attacks could threaten voting by mail; We look at the impact of the coronavirus on schools, universities, students, parents and teachers, and who is at the table to shape what happens next.




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Democracy Now! 2020-04-30 Thursday

French economist Thomas Piketty on how the economic crisis triggered by the pandemic may be a catalyst to address global inequality; longtime WHO adviser Lawrence Gostin on Trump's order barring states from closing meatpacking plants with virus outbreaks.




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Democracy Now! 2020-05-01 Friday

Workers call for a general strike on May Day; Joe Biden denies Tara Reade's sexual assault allegations. We speak with her neighbor from the 1990s who says Reade told her the story decades ago; Protesters demand more COVID-19 relief & tests in Puerto Rico.




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Democracy Now! 2020-05-04 Monday

As meat plant workers get sick and die from COVID-19, workers protest conditions, and LULAC calls for Meatless May Mondays; McConnell seeks to protect corporations from liability; Dr. Richard Levitan says patients unknowingly suffer oxygen deprivation.




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Democracy Now! 2020-05-05 Tuesday

As the Navajo Nation suffers the third most COVID-19 cases, we talk to the partner of a 28-year-old victim and doctors treating patients; 80 percent of prisoners at Marion prison test positive; Prof. Ruth Wilson Gilmore on the case for prison abolition.




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Democracy Now! 2020-05-06 Wednesday

As President Trump starts to reopen the country, Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer Laurie Garrett predicts the pandemic will last at least 36 months; Did a former Green Beret mastermind a failed coup attempt in Venezuela? Two Americans were arrested.




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Democracy Now! 2020-05-07 Thursday

We get an update from Moscow on the pandemic in Russia, which has the second-highest infection rate in the world; We look at who gets access to drugs like remdesivir being developed by pharmaceutical giant Gilead, which is poised to make massive profits.




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Democracy Now! 2020-05-08 Friday

Two white men are charged with the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, more than two months after his killing; The pandemic hits African Americans hardest. We speak with NYT Magazine's Linda Villarosa; Dr. Leana Wen on what the U.S. faces as states begin to reopen.




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We Need National Service. Now.

The formative moment for a new generation.




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What you need to know about COVID-19 in Ottawa on Saturday, May 9

CBC Ottawa's latest roundup of key points during the coronavirus pandemic.



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Raftaar: Our biggest contribution will be to acknowledge the fact that the COVID warriors are doing a brilliant job

"I have tied up with several NGO’s like Parivartan the change who donate food to over 500 people every day as well with welfare organisations like 4dogsakeindia where we feed over 200 street dogs."



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What you need to know about COVID-19 in Waterloo region on May 7

More than 400 people have recovered from COVID-19 in Waterloo region, new numbers released by Region of Waterloo Public Health Thursday morning showed.



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What you need to know about COVID-19 in B.C. on May 8, 2020

B.C.'s unemployment rate grew by over four points in the month of April due to COVID-19, rising to 11.5 per cent.



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What you need to know about COVID-19 in B.C. on May 9, 2020

Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry will give her daily briefing at noon.



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