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The National The legacy of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike
Winnipeg is marking one of the seminal strikes in Canadian history. One hundred years ago, tens of thousands of workers walked off the job in what would come to be known as the Winnipeg General Strike.
- 2019
- 00:02:51
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- Added on: 07/23/2019
CBC News Quebec's Bill 101 is official
At the end of a long hot summer, Bill 101, the French language charter, is adopted on August 26, 1977, kicking off the transformation from a traditionally bilingual Quebec into a unilingual French province. Bill 101 is shock therapy for what the PQ describe as a sick society that Quebec has become, reports CBC's David Bazay. The new French language ...
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- Added on: 07/22/2019
CBC News Who are the Métis?
Who is and who isn't “Métis” is a controversial topic. We hear different perspectives from the leader of the Manitoba Métis Federation and the self-described Grand Chief of an Eastern Métis organization from Nova Scotia.
- 2019
- 00:05:49
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- Added on: 07/22/2019
The National Canadians, politicians targeted by foreign interference, electronic spy agency says
Canadians are vulnerable to foreign interference in this fall's federal election — and the meddling is already underway, according to a new report from the federal electronic spy agency, Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC).
- 2019
- 00:03:46
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- Added on: 05/02/2019
The National What you need to know about the federal carbon tax
The federal Liberal government will begin levying its carbon tax on greenhouse gas-emitting fuels today in the four provinces that have refused to take part in the pan-Canadian climate framework.
- 2019
- 00:04:35
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- Added on: 05/02/2019
The National Justin Trudeau makes historic apology for past governments' mistreatment of Inuit with tuberculosis
Justin Trudeau has made a historic apology for past governments’ “colonial” and “purposeful” mistreatment of Inuit people with tuberculosis, which included taking them from their families.
- 2019
- 00:04:33
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- Added on: 03/26/2019
The National Political cartoons: Where free speech runs up against poor taste
For the second time in two weeks, a political cartoonist is apologizing for his depiction of former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould in newspaper commentary on the SNC-Lavalin scandal. So, in an arena where free speech runs up against poor taste, is there a line? And if so, who defines it?
- 2019
- 00:02:48
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- Added on: 03/26/2019
The National Ottawa unveils 'historic' Indigenous child welfare overhaul
While only seven per cent of Canada's children are Indigenous, they represent more than half of Canada's children in foster care. This is a startling statistic that a new Liberal bill, backed by First Nations leaders, aims to change.
- 2019
- 00:02:11
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- Added on: 03/26/2019
The National Residential school survivor in search of apology from Pope Francis
As the Pope prepares for a historic summit on sexual abuse in the priesthood, a Canadian Indigenous woman is getting ready to take her painful story to the Vatican in search of an apology from the head of the Catholic Church.
- 2019
- 00:02:43
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- Added on: 03/25/2019
News in Review - March 2019 Huawei Arrest: Canada Caught in a Political Tug of War
The arrest of a top executive from Chinese company Huawei has placed Canada in the middle of a political tug of war. In December 2018, Canadian authorities detained Meng Wanzhou at the Vancouver airport at the request of U.S. law officials. Meng is the daughter of the founder of Huawei, the largest technical communications company in the world. She remains ...
- 2019
- 00:13:35
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- Added on: 03/18/2019
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News in Review - March 2019 Fleeing Oppression: Saudi Teen Granted Asylum in Canada
Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun was just 18 years old when she barricaded herself in a Thai hotel room and started tweeting for help. The young Saudi woman claimed she was fleeing the oppression of her family and country and was seeking asylum. Her plight captured global attention on social media. Within days she was flying to Toronto after Canada agreed to ...
- 2019
- 00:18:01
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- Added on: 03/18/2019
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The National Can a law really stop fake news?
India, the world's biggest democracy, heads to the polls in just a few months. It's a country where fake news has actually killed people, something the government is looking to stop by making the dissemination of fake news against the law. But can a law actually stop fake news?
- 2019
- 00:02:52
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- Added on: 03/12/2019
The National Not your average tech company: What is Huawei and why it matters
Meng Wanzhou, deputy chair and CFO for the Chinese tech giant Huawei, is reportedly wanted by the United States for allegedly contravening U.S. trade sanctions against Iran. This, however, isn't the first time the tech giant has been under scrutiny internationally for its close ties to the Chinese government.
- 2018
- 00:01:11
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- Added on: 02/01/2019
News in Review - January 2019 Sir John A. Macdonald: A Legacy of Controversy
Sir John A. Macdonald has become a controversial figure in modern times. Of course, he was Canada’s first prime minister, responsible for bringing about Confederation and building a rail line across the country. But in this era of truth and reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, his image has become a symbol of oppression to some. It was his policies that saw ...
- 2019
- 00:13:26
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- Added on: 01/30/2019
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The National 'Battle' over as Trudeau, Trump, Pena Nieto sign 'new NAFTA'
The road to rewrite the North American trade agreement was a "battle," U.S. President Donald Trump said as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto joined him for a signing ceremony on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Buenos Aires.
- 2018
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- Added on: 01/07/2019
News in Review - December 2018 Certain Death: A Mexican Journalist Fights Deportation
When Mexican journalist Emilio Gutiérrez Soto fled his home country with his son back in 2008 he thought his ordeal was over. Mexico is known to have one of the highest murder rates of reporters in the world – just behind war zones like Syria and Afghanistan. Journalists are killed there at a rate of about one per month, according ...
- 2018
- 00:14:41
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- Added on: 12/21/2018
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News in Review - December 2018 Goodbye NAFTA, Hello CUSMA: Did Canada Get a Fair Trade Deal?
After more than a year of negotiations, Canada, the U.S. and Mexico finally have a new trade agreement – the Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement. CUSMA (or USMCA as its named by President Trump) replaces NAFTA and maintains the elimination of many tariffs between the three countries, to facilitate the free flow of goods. But many argue that the Trudeau government had to give ...
- 2018
- 00:12:32
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- Added on: 12/21/2018
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The National Tracking bots in the lead-up to the U.S. midterms
Various sites, apps and dashboards have been created to track everything from fake accounts to hashtag hijacking in the lead-up to the U.S. midterms. In this dispatch from Wilkes-Barre, Penn., Steven D'Souza looks at the role social media and fake news will play in this November’s elections, and meets the people being tasked with tackling the problem.
- 2018
- 00:06:04
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- Added on: 12/06/2018
The National Quebec considers ban on religious symbols for public servants
Quebec’s premier-designate François Legault says his new government wants to implement a ban on public servants wearing visible religious symbols.
- 2018
- 00:02:01
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- Added on: 12/06/2018
News in Review - November 2018 Venezuelan Migrants: Colombia's Crisis
It’s one of the biggest migrations on earth. More than 1.5 million Venezuelans have fled their homeland since 2015. Most head to Colombia in the hopes they can find jobs and food for their families. But the influx of the mass migration is putting serious strain on Colombia’s resources. And while the United Nations struggle to find ways to assist, ...
- 2018
- 00:15:47
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- Added on: 12/04/2018
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CBC Docs POV Shut Him Down: The Rise of Jordan Peterson
In less than one year University of Toronto Professor Jordan Peterson has gone from near anonymity to being lauded as the most important public intellectual in the Western world. How did this happen? Shut Him Down provides an intimate behind-the-scenes glimpse of Peterson's meteoric and controversial rise to fame as the film unravels his stand against preferred (trans)gender pronouns and political correctness, ...
- 2018
- 00:45:01
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- Added on: 11/22/2018
The Passionate Eye Documenting Hate
Reporter A.C. Thompson shines an unflinching light on the rise of America’s new white supremacist groups and how they recruit. The result of a year-long investigation, the documentary shows how some of those behind the deadly violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, went unpunished and continued to operate. Documenting Hate is an eye-opening examination of how white supremacist ideologies have moved out ...
- 2018
- 00:46:04
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- Added on: 11/22/2018
The National From Anita Hill to Christine Blasey Ford: Has anything changed?
Twenty-seven years after Anita Hill testified against Judge Clarence Thomas, Christine Blasey Ford did the same against Judge Brett Kavanaugh, but has anything changed for women in that time?
- 2018
- 00:08:18
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- Added on: 11/06/2018
The National Social media, Saudi Arabia and spyware
An activist from Saudi Arabia sought refuge in Canada after making critical comments on social media. Omar Abdulaziz thought he was safe until he received a text message that put spyware on his cellphone.
- 2018
- 00:03:25
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- Added on: 11/06/2018
The National A historic vote in the Quebec election
This may be the province’s most important election in decades. Not since 1970 has a party other than the Liberals or Parti québécois held power in Quebec. Now the Coalition avenir Québec, a right-of-centre party that has never held power, will form a majority government in the province, dealing a historic blow to the incumbent Liberals.
- 2018
- 00:04:14
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- Added on: 11/06/2018
