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  1. 01
    Dyson air purifier outperformed by cheap DIY box fan filter in Marketplace testwww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 792walterbell2071d💬 587
  2. 02
    Pfizer vaccine appears effective against mutation in new coronavirus variantswww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 661awnird2104d💬 231
  3. 03
    Lumber crash leads to 'blowout' sales as prices craterwww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 604awnird1854d💬 527
  4. 04
    FCC commissioner wants TikTok removed from app stores over spying concernswww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 536breitling1567d💬 505
  5. 05
    Dominion Voting Systems Sues Rudy Giulianiwww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 517cf100clunk2088d💬 765
  6. 06
    School custodian refuses to download app that monitors location, got her firedwww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 458docdeek2010d💬 291
  7. 07
    Meterorite chunk crashes into house, bedroom, pillowwww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 433walrus011827d💬 243
  8. 08
    A man is looking for the friends who shipped him overseas in a crate in 1965www.cbc.ca
    ▲ 400colinprince2015d💬 238
  9. 09
    Cousins are disappearing. Is this reshaping the experience of childhood?www.cbc.ca
    ▲ 379thunderbong975d💬 1228
  10. 10
    CO2 already emitted will warm Earth beyond climate targets, study findswww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 342colinprince2105d💬 250
  11. 11
    Spanish climber emerges after 500 days in cavewww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 341colinprince1279d💬 251
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    Internet down in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., after beaver chews through fibre cablewww.cbc.ca
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  13. 13
    French workers protest plan to increase retirement agewww.cbc.ca
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  14. 14
    Canada's parliament votes to label China's persecution of Uighurs as genocidewww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 326lawrenceyan2057d💬 172
  15. 15
    Facing sky-high connection fees, rural Ontarians go off the gridwww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 317dgudkov1814d💬 388
  16. 16
    Solar-assisted fabrication of large-scale, patternable transparent woodwww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 310lazycrazyowl2075d💬 156
  17. 17
    B.C. woman buried in Amazon packages she did not ask for and does not wantwww.cbc.ca
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  18. 18
    China pressured Concordia University to cancel event with Uighur activist (2019)www.cbc.ca
    ▲ 297baylearn2020d💬 86
  19. 19
    Photographer captures 'odd but exciting' crow behaviour known as antingwww.cbc.ca
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  20. 20
    Instant Brands, maker of Instant Pot and Pyrex cookware, files for bankruptcywww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 290colinprince1219d💬 346
  21. 21
    Covid infections are causing IQ drops and years of brain aging, studies suggestwww.cbc.ca
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  22. 22
    Peloton replaces CEO and lays off 2,800 peoplewww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 270colinprince1709d💬 338
  23. 23
    Woodworking through the mind of an engineerwww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 266Ivoah1421d💬 155
  24. 24
    Scientists rediscover lost coffee species suited to a warmer climatewww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 263throw0101a1972d💬 78
  25. 25
    Man scammed after AI told him fake Facebook customer support number was realwww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 262deviantintegral866d💬 144
  26. 26
    How U.S. media lost the trust of the publicwww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 262empressplay2025d💬 431
  27. 27
    Amazon shipped fake product, refuses refund until 'correct' item returnedwww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 251liamk1409d💬 179
  28. 28
    Amazon buys 11 Boeing 767s to expand its cargo fleetwww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 247seryoiupfurds2107d💬 192
  29. 29
    Scientist behind Covid-19 mRNA vaccine says her team's next target is cancerwww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 241srameshc2034d💬 109
  30. 30
    British Columbia to recriminalize use of drugs in public spaceswww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 239Kairon900d💬 439
  31. 31
    At the world's oldest social housing, rent hasn't changed since 1521www.cbc.ca
    ▲ 238pseudolus1870d💬 194
  32. 32
    Scientists have found a way to harden wood to make a knife that rivals steelwww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 238curmudgeon221816d💬 162
  33. 33
    Georgia teacher read the fine print and won $13K (2019)www.cbc.ca
    ▲ 232ColinWright1754d💬 171
  34. 34
    Greenland bans all oil explorationwww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 222elorant1914d💬 52
  35. 35
    U.S. inflation rate rises to 13-year high of 5.4%www.cbc.ca
    ▲ 214awnird1827d💬 410
  36. 36
    Canada has fewer entrepreneurs today than it did 20 years agowww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 207amichail1088d💬 327
  37. 37
    Why winter exercise can be especially hard on the lungswww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 204curmudgeon222047d💬 118
  38. 38
    Vancouver seaplane company to resume test flights with electric planewww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 195seryoiupfurds2088d💬 175
  39. 39
    Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna rediscovered in Indonesiawww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 191curmudgeon221068d💬 52
  40. 40
    Vaccine passport app exposed hundreds of thousands of users' personal datawww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 189jlos1841d💬 121
  41. 41
    Johnson and Johnson single-shot vaccine appears 66% effective in global trialwww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 186heyheyheysome2084d💬 263
  42. 42
    New Brunswick monitoring more than 40 cases of unknown neurological diseasewww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 185curmudgeon222036d💬 124
  43. 43
    Masks distributed in Canada with microscopic graphene potentially toxicwww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 159SQL22192023d💬 108
  44. 44
    We caught technicians snooping on our personal deviceswww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 149colinprince1090d💬 76
  45. 45
    Wildfires in Canada are creating their own weather systems, experts saywww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 143colinprince1904d💬 60
  46. 46
    Employee refuses to download app that monitors location, says it got her firedwww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 143Black1012009d💬 128
  47. 47
    Out-of-control Chinese rocket expected to fall to Earth in the coming dayswww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 141pseudolus1988d💬 146
  48. 48
    Seal-mounted camera recovered after 3 years on ocean floor yields hours of videowww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 140curmudgeon221832d💬 57
  49. 49
    Could face and voice recognition become the new 'phrenology'?www.cbc.ca
    ▲ 134pseudolus1949d💬 79
  50. 50
    Inmates in a Brazil prison shorten their sentences by writing book reviewswww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 132thunderbong1279d💬 89
  51. 51
    'Most homes' in Lytton destroyed by catastrophic fire, B.C. minister sayswww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 132gentleman111930d💬 94
  52. 52
    Canada to require vaccinations for air and train passengerswww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 130miles1887d💬 157
  53. 53
    5-year study finds no brain abnormalities in 'Havana Syndrome' patientswww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 128awnird940d💬 85
  54. 54
    Buildings made with fungi could live, grow, and then biodegradewww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 128znpy2027d💬 96
  55. 55
    Functioning iPhone returned to owner after six months at bottom of lakewww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 127Tiktaalik2047d💬 101
  56. 56
    Artist trained rats to take selfies to make a point about social mediawww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 126pseudolus992d💬 90
  57. 57
    Singh proposes corporate tax hike tied to CEO-worker pay gapwww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 124nithinj1250d💬 168
  58. 58
    The Canadian government's plan to plant two billion treeswww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 122voisin927d💬 107
  59. 59
    For soccer players, the less brain they use, the better for penalty kickswww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 120pseudolus1970d💬 101
  60. 60
    Tired of dating apps, Vancouver man launches social experiment to find companionwww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 119empressplay1851d💬 147
  61. 61
    Virtual passport app presents real data risk, experts warnwww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 118pseudolus2060d💬 97
  62. 62
    A Canadian opens up about her secret wartime work, eavesdropping on Japanwww.cbc.ca
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  63. 63
    A chimpanzee brought Xerox to the masseswww.cbc.ca
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  64. 64
    Shell sold carbon credits for carbon that was never capturedwww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 109nithinj888d💬 30
  65. 65
    In 1950, a U.S. troop plane vanished without a trace in the Yukonwww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 107geox983d💬 58
  66. 66
    Canada's 'gamble' on delaying, mixing and matching Covid-19 vaccines paid offwww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 107colinprince1830d💬 169
  67. 67
    Frozen baby woolly mammoth discovered in Yukon gold fieldswww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 103worldvoyageur1572d💬 22
  68. 68
    Right-to-disconnect legislation being introduced by Ontario Governmentwww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 98neom1814d💬 22
  69. 69
    Charlie Munger defends windowless dorm rooms for California studentswww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 97pseudolus1805d💬 255
  70. 70
    Controversial bill to regulate online streaming becomes law in Canadawww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 96standeven1265d💬 136
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    ᐊᐣᑕᔚᐣᐦᐃ ᐁᐏᒋᑭᐍ ᐅᑕᐱᓇᒪᐣ ᓂᒪᒪ ᐅᑎᔑᑭᔑᐍᐏᐣ ᒷᔦ ᐃᐡᑿᓭᐠwww.cbc.ca
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  72. 72
    It's time to put cancer warning labels on alcohol, experts saywww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 94pigtailgirl1366d💬 190
  73. 73
    Nobel scientist's deletion from Wikipedia points to wider biaswww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 92cf100clunk1882d💬 142
  74. 74
    Lyft, Uber lash out at legal threat from strict Texas abortion lawwww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 91neom1865d💬 110
  75. 75
    Is autism the legacy of humans evolving the ability to innovate?www.cbc.ca
    ▲ 91davesailer2040d💬 95
  76. 76
    U.S. states sue Instagram owner for making social media addictive to kidswww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 90colinprince1063d💬 107
  77. 77
    Scientists develop transparent wood that is stronger and lighter than glasswww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 89ooboe2073d💬 29
  78. 78
    Canadians will no longer have access to news content on Facebook and Instagramwww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 88mfiguiere1209d💬 68
  79. 79
    'Scary moment' as orcas disrupt ocean boat racewww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 88colinprince1208d💬 89
  80. 80
    Bison rangers wanted to oversee U.K. herdwww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 88BayAreaEscapee2093d💬 71
  81. 81
    Calgarians detail life with an electricity load limiterwww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 86PaulHoule1668d💬 130
  82. 82
    Surveillance of reporter a 'serious attack on freedom of the press in Canada' (2016)www.cbc.ca
    ▲ 83dmbche1248d💬 19
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    Village of Lytton, B.C., evacuated as mayor says 'the whole town is on fire'www.cbc.ca
    ▲ 83cyclecity1931d💬 58
  84. 84
    London Drugs closes stores until further notice due to cyberattackwww.cbc.ca
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  85. 85
    Air Canada ordered to pay couple $2k. Instead, it's taking them to courtwww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 77jabsters861d💬 30
  86. 86
    Bank of Canada raises its interest rate to 5%www.cbc.ca
    ▲ 74colinprince1190d💬 126
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    Canada to introduce 2% tax on stock buybacks starting in 2024www.cbc.ca
    ▲ 74mfiguiere1440d💬 51
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    BC Supreme Court bars man from calling himself an 'engineer'www.cbc.ca
    ▲ 72whycome1032d💬 127
  89. 89
    Health minister: Unexplained high death counts in New Brunswick concerningwww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 72IdEntities1586d💬 103
  90. 90
    Canadian government reaches deal with Google on Online News Actwww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 71Corvus1050d💬 202
  91. 91
    Hundreds of workers at cybersecurity agency vote to strikewww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 69megzh2057d💬 46
  92. 92
    Ottawa to create regulator to hold platforms accountable for harmful contentwww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 68segasaturn961d💬 127
  93. 93
    Alcohol should have cancer warnings, say researchers pushing to raise awarenesswww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 68brimnes1739d💬 24
  94. 94
    New Zealand plans to make it illegal for kids to buy cigarettes – for lifewww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 67colinprince1770d💬 157
  95. 95
    Health-care cyberattack is worst in Canadian history, says expertwww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 64mmphosis1804d💬 37
  96. 96
    U.S. jobless numbers surge as worsening Covid-19 pandemic hurts businesseswww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 63heyheyheysome2099d💬 95
  97. 97
    Instead of cheques to fight climate change, billionaires should just pay taxeswww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 63colinprince1800d💬 35
  98. 98
    Ontario Science Centre to close immediately due to risk of roof collapsewww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 64amichail844d💬 34
  99. 99
    Canada's population is booming – access to family doctors hasn't kept pacewww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 61voisin996d💬 115
  100. 100
    Is map-reading a lost art? In era of GPS, here's what map fans say we're losingwww.cbc.ca
    ▲ 59pseudolus1219d💬 69

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