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Oct 26, 2011

CBC World News, Oct 26, 2011


Hadden: NPR's evil Canadian twin
The Detroit News
The CBC plays a much larger role in the Canadian broadcasting world than NPR or the US Corporation for Public Broadcasting does in the American media universe. So the stakes are much higher. Given these stakes, it is not surprising that the CBC is ...
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Shark fin ban sought in Vancouver
CBC.ca
"I'm extremely excited,” Li told CBC News. “The fact that Toronto passed this ban makes a huge statement for all of Canada and the rest of theworld that we need healthy oceans and healthy shark populations." Toronto councillors capped off a ...
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Orders of the Day - Let the debate over the fate of the gun registry begin!
CBC.ca (blog)
Minister of State for Science and Technology Gary Goodyear is in Montreal to speak to university and college officials celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada. Governor General David Johnston delivers ...
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Rick Mercer promotes Bay of Fundy as 'Wonder'
CBC.ca
It also has the potential to become one of the world's greatest producers of tidal energy, hosts more than 12 species of whales during their summer and fall feedings, and its marine biodiversity has been compared to the Amazon Rainforest. Canadianscan ...
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Rogers throttling may breach net neutrality rules
CBC.ca
In a statement emailed to CBC News, Rogers said its network management "is in full compliance with CRTC regulations." According to the company's network management policy, high-speed internet and portable internet customers face a maximum upload speed ...
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University students in Canada may soon be able to make a quick buck just by ...
Huffington Post Canada
The company's founders will get a chance to pitch their idea to investors on Wednesday night's episode of Dragons' Den, the CBC reality show that features entrepreneurs working to convince investors to put money into their business. ...
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Personal drive, Canadian passport key to success
Vancouver Sun
I couldn't leave Canada. All that I have achieved in life has been made possible by just two factors: My drive to succeed and my Canadian passport. Spending my childhood in the rural Croatian village of Zbjeg had taught me that nothing in this world is ...
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More Than You Ever Needed to Know About What Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez ...
The Province
Jewel of the prairies and the Slurpee capital of the world! Also Canada's violent crime capital of 2010 (unrelated to Slurpee consumption)! And, should you be a Belieber, the dreamiest of dream-date locales outside of Justin Bieber's pants. ...
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Anaphylaxis Canada enlists a dragon for Halloween food allergy awareness campaign
Canada NewsWire (press release)
TORONTO, Oct. 26, 2011 /CNW/ - A dragon may make for a scary Halloween costume, but not when it comes in the form of CBC Television's Dragons' Den star Bruce Croxon joining Anaphylaxis Canada as a public ambassador to raise awareness about food ...
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Canadian ice dancers Tessa Virtue, left. and Scott Moir will make their season ...
CBC.ca
The Grand Prix of Figure Skating tour comes to Mississauga, Ont., this week for Skate Canada, where reigning men's world champion Patrick Chan and Olympic ice dance gold medallists Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir will compete for the first time this season. ...
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Mobilewalla: Hockey Apps
nwitimes.com
CBC Hockey (Free) - Hockey nirvana from Canadian Broadcasting Corp.'s "Hockey Night in Canada," which gives all NHL up-to-the-minute scores, stats, standings and live video. (Mobilewalla Score: 86/100) The Hockey News (Free) - Offers everything hockey ...
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Vancouver Merging Media conference Oct. 27, 28: Film, TV + interactive in a ...
Vancouver Sun (blog)
In Canada, funding that encourages the development of multi-platform projects has this even more to the forefront. Christine Lim-Labossiere, chief executive and founder of Merging Media Productions, host of the conference, said it was prompted by the ...
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Brilliant 'soundscape' opens OSO season
Vernon Morning Star
Costumed for this performance as the falconer of the title (“That's my vision from Toronto”), he has premiered numerous works by Canadian composers through theCBC, the Canada Council and the Ontario Arts Council. Described by Montreal's Le Devoir as ...
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Crime bill penalizes logic
Times and Transcript
In another instalment of that ripe Canadian political tragicomedy 'You Can't Tell These Guys Anything,' the federal government is turning a deaf ear to criticism - dutifully collected and broadcast last week by the CBC's Terry Milewski - from long-horn ...
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Sitcoms rule
Macleans.ca
Matt Watts, a Canadian writer-performer who stars as a neurotic therapy subject in theCBC's Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays (airing Tuesdays, but not Thursdays), told Maclean's that although it's “more dramatic than most half-hours,” if it were an ...
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Teachers square off over second chances for students caught cheating on exams ...
Yahoo! News Canada (blog)
Since parents would likely kick in to pay this cost,hopefully they will further discipline the student at home. michele 6 hours ago Alot of the problems in the world now stem from dishonesty on many levels. IfCanada wants to become a good country to ...
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Yahoo! News Canada (blog)
Hon. Hilary M. Weston and the Writers' Trust Announce Charles Foran Winner of ...
Canada NewsWire (press release)
These special guests were Noah Richler, writer and broadcaster; Sheila McCarthy from CBC's Little Mosque on the Prairie; and three members of the Soulpepper Theatre Company, William Webster, Joseph Ziegler, and Diego Matamoros. ...
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Canada NewsWire (press release)
Passion and optimism
The Barrie Advance
Midland inventor Sue Eckenswiller (left), who twice faced the CBC Dragons unscathed, attended an Oct. 18 presentation by show host Dianne Buckner as part of Small Business Week. The annual breakfast event was organized by North Simcoe Futures ...
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GOP Pins Hopes on Flat Taxes, Economic Illiteracy
The Mark
Previous games had been set in fake versions of Miami, California, and London, but this could be the first that's explicitly set in the real world. We can't wait. And the interviews-gone-wrong tally between the CBC and Rob Ford just keeps rising . ...
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Hiker found after 10 days was ready to die
CBS News
The CBC reports St. Laurent didn't have a cell phone with him on his hike. Search teams had come near him, but he was unable to yell for help because he was dehydrated. St. Laurent told reporters, "I could hear them, they didn't hear me and then,...
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BCTF Demands Government Action after Supreme Court Win
TheTyee.ca
"The decision is many, many pages and contains many things, but it first of all does not oblige us to an outcome in terms of recreating the world as it existed in 2001," Abbott told reporters during a conference call, according to CBC News. ...
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Okanagan College Media Release
Castanet.net
Johnston, who has been one of the regular contributors to CBC Radio's popular series A Verse to Summer, says it always amazes him to see what even novice writers can do with a single word. “So much meaning can be attached to such small things,” he said...
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Sydney author Ed Macdonald shortlisted for prominent award
Cape Breton Post
His writing credits include “This Hour Has 22 Minutes,” numerous episodes of the series “Made In Canada,” The Comedy Network's series “Liocracy,” the CBC sketch comedy series “The Bette Show,” and the award-winning series “Hatching, Matching And ...
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Our Spy Spotted a 'Season 1' Set is Coming Very Soon
TVShowsOnDVD.com
And they screw up in ways that can only be described as world class. But like all great spy heroes, Alex and her NISA team get the bad guys and make Canada a safer place. Just not always on purpose. The CBC series comes to DVD in just two weeks,...
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New Upstairs Downstairs worth a look
CanadaEast.com
(CBC, 9 AT) * The scheming and skulduggery on Survivor: South Pacific - watched by 2.2 million viewers across Canada last week - has the added benefit of being real, or more real than fire-breathing dragons and shape-shifting harridans, anyway. ...
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Info commissioner wants narrower access law for CBC : Breaking ...
By admin
Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault says it would be helpful if Canada's access to information law was changed so the journalistic independence exemption granted to the CBC is more narrowly defined. Read More.... Tags: ...
Breaking News | Canadian News...
Toronto Mayor Rings Police After CBC TV Ambush - The Hollywood ...
By Etan Vlessing
Rob Ford didn't see the joke when the Canadian satirical news show "This Hour Has 22 Minutes" came calling at his private home for an unexpected interview.
International
Friday is new doomsday, Christian radio network says - Canada ...
While a California-based Christian group says the world will end on Friday, a Queen's University religion professor expects Family Radio ... CBC News Canada ...
www.cbc.ca/.../f-family-radio-prediction-harold-camping.html
Scouts failed to stop sexual predator: CBC investigation - News ...
By CBC News, cbc.ca, Updated: October 21, 2011 9:40 PM ... The CBC investigation catalogued nearly 80 cases in Canada, dating from the 1950s, where either ...
news.ca.msn.com/.../scouts-failed-to-stop-sexual-predator-cbc-...
CBC should be sold: Report | Canada | News | Toronto Sun
The Canadian Centre for Policy Studies argues the broadcaster fails to ... “The CBC is a world-class broadcaster,” says the report written by David Krayden. ...
www.torontosun.com/2011/10/13/cbc-should-be-sold-report
Liberals rally to support CBC | Canada | News | Calgary Sun
Rae has launched a Hands Off Our CBC petition to rally support for the ... afloat following the 2008 financial meltdown that sunk economies around the world. ...
www.calgarysun.com/2011/10/13/liberals-rally-to-support-cbc
CBC World News's post on Canada | Latest updates on Sulia
A spokesman for Pakistan's army says authorities have forced an Indian military helicopter to land and have taken its four-member crew into custody for violating ...
www.sulia.com/.../f/837314df5adb6bbd0bc71ba69b543ad0/
Scouts Canada kept 'confidential list' of pedophiles
Skip to main content; Skip to Scouts Canada kept 'confidential list' of pedophiles; Skip to supplementary story content; Skip to related news content; Skip to CBC ...
www.cbc.ca/news/.../10/.../scouts-canada-confidential-list.html
CBC should be sold: Report | Canada | News | Edmonton Sun
The Canadian Centre for Policy Studies argues the broadcaster fails to ... “The CBC is a world-class broadcaster,” says the report written by David Krayden. ...
www.edmontonsun.com/2011/10/.../cbc-should-be-sold-report
Canada Line lawsuit turned down by Supreme Court
CBC News. Posted: Oct 20, 2011 7:13 AM PT. Last Updated: Oct 20, 2011 6:00 PM PT. The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear the appeal of Susan ...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/.../bc-canada-line-susan-heyes.html
Quebecor hits CBC with lawsuit notice
The battle between Quebecor and CBC heated up Friday with legal notice being ..."distributed with the obvious intention by CBC-Radio Canada of harming the ...
www.torontosun.com/.../quebecor-hits-cbc-with-lawsuit-notice

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