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  • NewsCanadian Press Videos

    Russia's Manizha releases 'Candlelight,' in face of music ban

    Russia's 2021 Eurovision entrant Manizha - who is banned from performing in her home country after speaking out against the war in Ukraine - releases new single "Candlelight," "to give hope;" and considers whether Russia, expelled from the Song Contest over the invasion, could one day return. (May 8)

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  • LifestyleCBC

    Northern projects net $3.2 million funding boost from Arctic Inspiration Prize

    A project to revitalise Inuttitut and promote pride in Inuit identity in northern Labrador has collected the top award from the 12th annual Arctic Inspiration Prize. At the ceremony in Whitehorse on Tuesday night, judges also endorsed a two-eyed recovery and wellbeing centre, a therapeutic farm school for neurodiverse learners in the Yukon, and an initiative to teach boys and young men traditional fishing skills for Arctic Char in Nunavut, among others. The Arctic Inspiration Prize website says

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  • US PoliticsYahoo News

    2024 election: Your guide to all the key primaries, debates and what happens next

    Up next: Maryland, Nebraska and West Virginia, which are holding primaries on May 14, followed by Kentucky and Oregon on May 21.

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  • SportsThe Weather Network

    Your Mother's Day weekend plans may need extra attention to the forecast

    Will Mother Nature deliver a winning day for all the moms this Mother's Day? See the national weather divide shaping up

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  • NewsCBC

    Why poplars are so popular in Calgary — in number, that is

    They are hardy trees capable of handling the region's most difficult weather conditions — and provide sought-after shade for citizens on a hot day.But poplars have also been maligned (unfairly, it turns out) for making noses run and eyes water, while frustrating people with sticky seeds that can stain clothes.Whether you love them or hate them, poplars have become a big part of Calgary.Around 70 years ago, there were only seven kinds of shade trees that were able to survive in Calgary's unique c

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  • NewsCBC

    Federal union filing complaints about increase to office time

    The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) is putting together formal complaints that by mandating federal public servants return to offices at least three days a week in September, the federal government is undermining collective agreements.The government directed all public servants, with few exceptions, to be in the office three days a week starting Sept. 9. That's an increase from the current rules that, broadly and varying by department, require these workers in the office either two or t

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  • NewsCBC

    Cambridge man recalls seeing wrong-way driver on Hwy 401: 'It could have taken a really bad turn'

    A Cambridge man is recalling the terrifying experience of seeing a driver traveling head-on towards traffic on Highway 401.Jakob Weisz says he and his wife were heading home from the Ayr area on Sunday. They had just driven onto the highway from the Cedar Creek Road on-ramp when they noticed a car going the wrong way on the other side of the median. "I first noticed the car on the other side of the median pretty much right away when I merged and it took me a couple of seconds to kind of process

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