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17 Apr 2023
Today: Crab was king in Newfoundland and Labrador last year, but that has changed. We learn why some crabbers are refusing to set their pots.
Also, cosmologist Thomas Hertog on Stephen Hawking; and librarians push back.
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16 Apr 2023
Penmanship may be in decline, but handwriting can benefit motor skills and memory, says Hetty Roessingh, professor emeritus at the University of Calgary's Werklund School of Education. cbc.ca/1.6807155
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16 Apr 2023
Thanks @caj and @jhrnews for recognizing these important stories — and congrats to the team at @thenarwhalca!
Listen to the award-winning audio here: The global refugee crisis, and what can be done to help.
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16 Apr 2023
Another TIE for our @jhrnews Human Rights Reporting category. Congratulations to:
@mattgallowaycbc @lizhoath @LaraOBrien1 @lindsrempelcbc @juliecrysler with CBC The Current
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Ian Willms, The Narwhal
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16 Apr 2023
Once donated lungs are removed, they’re usually kept on ice and have about 6 to 8 hours to be placed in the chest of a waiting patient. But a new method pioneered by Canadian scientists is expanding the transplant window to 36 hours.
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15 Apr 2023
Farmers in parts of Africa have long known that elephants won't go near trees with beehives in them.
Now, scientists with Save the Elephants are using bees to steer herds away from conflict with humans.
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14 Apr 2023
Some comedians and scientists are teaming up and using laughs to raise the alarm about climate change.
"We listen to jokes more than we listen to lectures," says Ben Carey, founder and creative director of the Utopia Bureau.
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14 Apr 2023
Kara Swisher has been covering the tech industry since the earliest days of the internet — and butting heads with some of its biggest personalities.
LISTEN | cbc.ca/1.6811237 .
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In her new book, Sheima Benembarek tells the stories of six Muslim women in North America, and their experiences around sex, autonomy and cultural norms.
She says it’s a conversation that was missing during her own upbringing.
LISTEN | cbc.ca/1.6810626 .
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14 Apr 2023
Today: Many low-income Canadians don’t file taxes & miss refunds they’re entitled to. But a new automatic filing program could put cash in their pockets.
Plus, dissecting the latest in Canadian politics; & pushing against cultural norms around sexuality. cbc.ca/1.6810521
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13 Apr 2023
Rick Collins expected to be in hospital for three weeks after he received a lung transplant using a new method involving ‘warmer lungs’ — but he was out in just nine days.
"The 10-degree thing … that's got to have a lot to do with it," he said.
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13 Apr 2023
On today’s show: A U.S. legal fight over abortion drug mifepristone is heating up — and
prompting concern about setting a precedent for access to other drugs.
Plus, Kara Swisher on tech's big personalities; and tackling climate change with comedy. cbc.ca/1.6809076
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12 Apr 2023
As humans continue to expand into the wild, elephants in Africa are being forced into smaller spaces — & into conflict with people. So to solve this very large problem, some scientists are calling on the assistance of another, much smaller critter: bees. cbc.ca/1.6808203
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12 Apr 2023
In an age where pen and paper have dramatically fallen out of use, people like the members of the Toronto Letter Writers Society are gathering to keep up their handwriting. cbc.ca/1.6807155
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12 Apr 2023
On today’s show: We talk to parents who welcome $10-a-day child care — but are frustrated at the lack of daycare spots, at any price.
Plus: King Charles, the monarchy and slavery; "warmer" lung transplants; & climate change’s impact on baseball home runs. cbc.ca/1.6807828
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11 Apr 2023
On today’s show: We hear the story of a sisterhood of survivors, who say they endured an abusive relationship with the same man, and want to warn others.
Plus, reviving the endangered art of handwriting; and a major leak of top secret U.S. intelligence. cbc.ca/1.6806584
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10 Apr 2023
Today on The Current: A Halifax case has renewed a debate about whether more testing and regulations of senior drivers would improve safety on the road.
Plus, tackling a record-size mass of sargassum; & the story of the human mind. cbc.ca/1.6806022
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9 Apr 2023
Jeremy Hansen of London, Ont., is one of four astronauts who will board NASA's Artemis II mission, a test mission to return astronauts to the surface of the moon.
"I'm looking at the moon a little bit differently these days," he said. cbc.ca/1.6800781
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Two months after deadly earthquakes in Syria and Turkey, the United Nations is warning of a looming mental health crisis in the regions.
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