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A Canadian boy genius turns to international villainy: Canada Did What? podcast
He was an all-Canadian whiz kid, a celebrated rocket-engineering prodigy, who wanted to make this country a serious player in the 1960s space race. But when science sidestepped Gerald Bull’s plan to build gargantuan guns that could launch projectiles into orbit, he just … broke. He turned his brilliance in missile design to darker pursuits,…
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Still have to file your taxes? Here’s how to find yourself some money
Tick, tick, tick. This year’s tax deadline is coming quick. Here’s what tax experts who spoke with CBC News say you should keep in mind as you’re filling out your return so you don’t miss out on opportunities to find and save money.
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House prices dropping in Canada’s most expensive cities, but still out of reach for many
Housing prices are dipping in Canada’s priciest markets, but real estate experts say it’s not necessarily the break for which potential first-time homebuyers have been waiting — and that break may never come.
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How Canadian military members violated intelligence-gathering rules during COVID-19
Canadian Armed Forces members used their own personal social media accounts, computers and networks at home during the COVID-19 pandemic and gathered information about Canadians, violating intelligence-gathering rules, according to a newly released report.
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Watchdog’s report on controversial RCMP unit delayed due to lack of chairperson
A years-long investigation into a special RCMP unit that polices protests against resource extraction in British Columbia is finished but can’t be finalized because the RCMP’s oversight body has been without a chairperson for more than a year.
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The Ambassador Bridge has lost its spot as the busiest U.S.-Canada trade corridor
High tolls at Windsor’s Ambassador Bridge are pushing commercial truck traffic north to Sarnia, where the Blue Water Bridge has become the busiest crossing on the Canada-U.S. border. The shift comes as the delayed, overbudget Gordie Howe bridge opening remains in limbo.
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Winnipeg woman slams bank’s decision not to refund her after ‘dumbfounding’ scam
A Winnipeg woman who lost thousands after scammers got into her bank account almost two months ago says she’s “absolutely shocked” her bank’s fraud department denied her appeals to refund her — disbelief she said comes in part because of how clearly fraudulent some of the transactions the bank allowed were.
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2 fighting bald eagles freed from power line in Surrey, B.C.
A pair of bald eagles found themselves in a tangle in Surrey, B.C., before power and fire crews helped a local wildlife rehabilitation group free the birds.
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Taking the temperature in Terrebonne, Que., as advance voting wraps up in federal byelection
Monday marked the last day of advance voting in the Terrebonne, Que., byelection that, along with two more in Toronto, could result in a federal majority government.
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Champagne says he recused himself due to ‘personal connection’ to high-speed rail company
OTTAWA — Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne released a letter on Monday that he says he wrote in September, vowing not to participate in any decisions about the government-backed organization behind the proposed high-speed rail link from Toronto to Quebec City. The letter, addressed to Prime Minister Mark Carney, was dated less than two months before…