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Dyson air purifier outperformed by cheap DIY box fan filter in Marketplace test (www.cbc.ca)

792 points by walterbell over 3 years ago | 587 comments
Pfizer vaccine appears effective against mutation in new coronavirus variants (www.cbc.ca)

661 points by awnird over 3 years ago | 231 comments
Lumber crash leads to 'blowout' sales as prices crater (www.cbc.ca)

604 points by awnird about 3 years ago | 527 comments
FCC commissioner wants TikTok removed from app stores over spying concerns (www.cbc.ca)

536 points by breitling about 2 years ago | 505 comments
Dominion Voting Systems Sues Rudy Giuliani (www.cbc.ca)

517 points by cf100clunk over 3 years ago | 765 comments
School custodian refuses to download app that monitors location, got her fired (www.cbc.ca)

458 points by docdeek over 3 years ago | 291 comments
Meterorite chunk crashes into house, bedroom, pillow (www.cbc.ca)

433 points by walrus01 almost 3 years ago | 243 comments
A man is looking for the friends who shipped him overseas in a crate in 1965 (www.cbc.ca)

400 points by colinprince over 3 years ago | 238 comments
Cousins are disappearing. Is this reshaping the experience of childhood? (www.cbc.ca)

379 points by thunderbong 7 months ago | 1228 comments
CO2 already emitted will warm Earth beyond climate targets, study finds (www.cbc.ca)

342 points by colinprince over 3 years ago | 250 comments
Spanish climber emerges after 500 days in cave (www.cbc.ca)

341 points by colinprince over 1 year ago | 251 comments
Internet down in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., after beaver chews through fibre cable (www.cbc.ca)

328 points by barbazoo over 3 years ago | 142 comments
French workers protest plan to increase retirement age (www.cbc.ca)

327 points by thesuitonym over 1 year ago | 811 comments
Canada's parliament votes to label China's persecution of Uighurs as genocide (www.cbc.ca)

326 points by lawrenceyan over 3 years ago | 172 comments
Facing sky-high connection fees, rural Ontarians go off the grid (www.cbc.ca)

317 points by dgudkov almost 3 years ago | 388 comments
Solar-assisted fabrication of large-scale, patternable transparent wood (www.cbc.ca)

310 points by lazycrazyowl over 3 years ago | 156 comments
B.C. woman buried in Amazon packages she did not ask for and does not want (www.cbc.ca)

304 points by hnuser0000 about 1 year ago | 320 comments
China pressured Concordia University to cancel event with Uighur activist (2019) (www.cbc.ca)

297 points by baylearn over 3 years ago | 86 comments
Photographer captures 'odd but exciting' crow behaviour known as anting (www.cbc.ca)

293 points by pgrote over 3 years ago | 111 comments
Instant Brands, maker of Instant Pot and Pyrex cookware, files for bankruptcy (www.cbc.ca)

290 points by colinprince over 1 year ago | 346 comments
Covid infections are causing IQ drops and years of brain aging, studies suggest (www.cbc.ca)

272 points by luu 5 months ago | 271 comments
Peloton replaces CEO and lays off 2,800 people (www.cbc.ca)

270 points by colinprince over 2 years ago | 338 comments
Woodworking through the mind of an engineer (www.cbc.ca)

266 points by Ivoah almost 2 years ago | 155 comments
Scientists rediscover lost coffee species suited to a warmer climate (www.cbc.ca)

263 points by throw0101a over 3 years ago | 78 comments
Man scammed after AI told him fake Facebook customer support number was real (www.cbc.ca)

262 points by deviantintegral 4 months ago | 144 comments
How U.S. media lost the trust of the public (www.cbc.ca)

262 points by empressplay over 3 years ago | 431 comments
Amazon shipped fake product, refuses refund until 'correct' item returned (www.cbc.ca)

251 points by liamk almost 2 years ago | 179 comments
Amazon buys 11 Boeing 767s to expand its cargo fleet (www.cbc.ca)

247 points by seryoiupfurds over 3 years ago | 192 comments
Scientist behind Covid-19 mRNA vaccine says her team's next target is cancer (www.cbc.ca)

241 points by srameshc over 3 years ago | 109 comments
British Columbia to recriminalize use of drugs in public spaces (www.cbc.ca)

239 points by Kairon 5 months ago | 439 comments
At the world's oldest social housing, rent hasn't changed since 1521 (www.cbc.ca)

238 points by pseudolus about 3 years ago | 194 comments
Scientists have found a way to harden wood to make a knife that rivals steel (www.cbc.ca)

238 points by curmudgeon22 almost 3 years ago | 162 comments
Georgia teacher read the fine print and won $13K (2019) (www.cbc.ca)

232 points by ColinWright over 2 years ago | 171 comments
Greenland bans all oil exploration (www.cbc.ca)

222 points by elorant about 3 years ago | 52 comments
U.S. inflation rate rises to 13-year high of 5.4% (www.cbc.ca)

214 points by awnird almost 3 years ago | 410 comments
Canada has fewer entrepreneurs today than it did 20 years ago (www.cbc.ca)

207 points by amichail 11 months ago | 327 comments
Why winter exercise can be especially hard on the lungs (www.cbc.ca)

204 points by curmudgeon22 over 3 years ago | 118 comments
Vancouver seaplane company to resume test flights with electric plane (www.cbc.ca)

195 points by seryoiupfurds over 3 years ago | 175 comments
Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna rediscovered in Indonesia (www.cbc.ca)

191 points by curmudgeon22 10 months ago | 52 comments
Vaccine passport app exposed hundreds of thousands of users' personal data (www.cbc.ca)

189 points by jlos almost 3 years ago | 121 comments
Johnson and Johnson single-shot vaccine appears 66% effective in global trial (www.cbc.ca)

186 points by heyheyheysome over 3 years ago | 263 comments
New Brunswick monitoring more than 40 cases of unknown neurological disease (www.cbc.ca)

185 points by curmudgeon22 over 3 years ago | 124 comments
Masks distributed in Canada with microscopic graphene potentially toxic (www.cbc.ca)

159 points by SQL2219 over 3 years ago | 108 comments
We caught technicians snooping on our personal devices (www.cbc.ca)

149 points by colinprince 11 months ago | 76 comments
Wildfires in Canada are creating their own weather systems, experts say (www.cbc.ca)

143 points by colinprince about 3 years ago | 60 comments
Employee refuses to download app that monitors location, says it got her fired (www.cbc.ca)

143 points by Black101 over 3 years ago | 128 comments
Out-of-control Chinese rocket expected to fall to Earth in the coming days (www.cbc.ca)

141 points by pseudolus over 3 years ago | 146 comments
Seal-mounted camera recovered after 3 years on ocean floor yields hours of video (www.cbc.ca)

140 points by curmudgeon22 almost 3 years ago | 57 comments
Could face and voice recognition become the new 'phrenology'? (www.cbc.ca)

134 points by pseudolus over 3 years ago | 79 comments
Inmates in a Brazil prison shorten their sentences by writing book reviews (www.cbc.ca)

132 points by thunderbong over 1 year ago | 89 comments
'Most homes' in Lytton destroyed by catastrophic fire, B.C. minister says (www.cbc.ca)

132 points by gentleman11 about 3 years ago | 94 comments
Canada to require vaccinations for air and train passengers (www.cbc.ca)

130 points by miles about 3 years ago | 157 comments
5-year study finds no brain abnormalities in 'Havana Syndrome' patients (www.cbc.ca)

128 points by awnird 6 months ago | 85 comments
Buildings made with fungi could live, grow, and then biodegrade (www.cbc.ca)

128 points by znpy over 3 years ago | 96 comments
Functioning iPhone returned to owner after six months at bottom of lake (www.cbc.ca)

127 points by Tiktaalik over 3 years ago | 101 comments
Artist trained rats to take selfies to make a point about social media (www.cbc.ca)

126 points by pseudolus 8 months ago | 90 comments
Singh proposes corporate tax hike tied to CEO-worker pay gap (www.cbc.ca)

124 points by nithinj over 1 year ago | 168 comments
The Canadian government's plan to plant two billion trees (www.cbc.ca)

122 points by voisin 6 months ago | 107 comments
For soccer players, the less brain they use, the better for penalty kicks (www.cbc.ca)

120 points by pseudolus over 3 years ago | 101 comments
Tired of dating apps, Vancouver man launches social experiment to find companion (www.cbc.ca)

119 points by empressplay about 3 years ago | 147 comments
Virtual passport app presents real data risk, experts warn (www.cbc.ca)

118 points by pseudolus over 3 years ago | 97 comments
A Canadian opens up about her secret wartime work, eavesdropping on Japan (www.cbc.ca)

114 points by wglb almost 3 years ago | 36 comments
A chimpanzee brought Xerox to the masses (www.cbc.ca)

109 points by geox about 1 year ago | 56 comments
Shell sold carbon credits for carbon that was never captured (www.cbc.ca)

109 points by nithinj 4 months ago | 30 comments
In 1950, a U.S. troop plane vanished without a trace in the Yukon (www.cbc.ca)

107 points by geox 8 months ago | 58 comments
Canada's 'gamble' on delaying, mixing and matching Covid-19 vaccines paid off (www.cbc.ca)

107 points by colinprince almost 3 years ago | 169 comments
Frozen baby woolly mammoth discovered in Yukon gold fields (www.cbc.ca)

103 points by worldvoyageur about 2 years ago | 22 comments
Right-to-disconnect legislation being introduced by Ontario Government (www.cbc.ca)

98 points by neom almost 3 years ago | 22 comments
Charlie Munger defends windowless dorm rooms for California students (www.cbc.ca)

97 points by pseudolus almost 3 years ago | 255 comments
Controversial bill to regulate online streaming becomes law in Canada (www.cbc.ca)

96 points by standeven over 1 year ago | 136 comments
ᐊᐣᑕᔚᐣᐦᐃ ᐁᐏᒋᑭᐍ ᐅᑕᐱᓇᒪᐣ ᓂᒪᒪ ᐅᑎᔑᑭᔑᐍᐏᐣ ᒷᔦ ᐃᐡᑿᓭᐠ (www.cbc.ca)

95 points by adamrmcd over 2 years ago | 59 comments
It's time to put cancer warning labels on alcohol, experts say (www.cbc.ca)

94 points by pigtailgirl over 1 year ago | 190 comments
Nobel scientist's deletion from Wikipedia points to wider bias (www.cbc.ca)

92 points by cf100clunk about 3 years ago | 142 comments
Lyft, Uber lash out at legal threat from strict Texas abortion law (www.cbc.ca)

91 points by neom about 3 years ago | 110 comments
Is autism the legacy of humans evolving the ability to innovate? (www.cbc.ca)

91 points by davesailer over 3 years ago | 95 comments
U.S. states sue Instagram owner for making social media addictive to kids (www.cbc.ca)

90 points by colinprince 10 months ago | 107 comments
Scientists develop transparent wood that is stronger and lighter than glass (www.cbc.ca)

89 points by ooboe over 3 years ago | 29 comments
Canadians will no longer have access to news content on Facebook and Instagram (www.cbc.ca)

88 points by mfiguiere about 1 year ago | 68 comments
'Scary moment' as orcas disrupt ocean boat race (www.cbc.ca)

88 points by colinprince about 1 year ago | 89 comments
Bison rangers wanted to oversee U.K. herd (www.cbc.ca)

88 points by BayAreaEscapee over 3 years ago | 71 comments
Calgarians detail life with an electricity load limiter (www.cbc.ca)

86 points by PaulHoule over 2 years ago | 130 comments
Surveillance of reporter a 'serious attack on freedom of the press in Canada' (2016) (www.cbc.ca)

83 points by dmbche over 1 year ago | 19 comments
Village of Lytton, B.C., evacuated as mayor says 'the whole town is on fire' (www.cbc.ca)

83 points by cyclecity about 3 years ago | 58 comments
London Drugs closes stores until further notice due to cyberattack (www.cbc.ca)

81 points by nvy 5 months ago | 76 comments
Air Canada ordered to pay couple $2k. Instead, it's taking them to court (www.cbc.ca)

77 points by jabsters 4 months ago | 30 comments
Bank of Canada raises its interest rate to 5% (www.cbc.ca)

74 points by colinprince about 1 year ago | 126 comments
Canada to introduce 2% tax on stock buybacks starting in 2024 (www.cbc.ca)

74 points by mfiguiere almost 2 years ago | 51 comments
BC Supreme Court bars man from calling himself an 'engineer' (www.cbc.ca)

72 points by whycome 9 months ago | 127 comments
Health minister: Unexplained high death counts in New Brunswick concerning (www.cbc.ca)

72 points by IdEntities over 2 years ago | 103 comments
Canadian government reaches deal with Google on Online News Act (www.cbc.ca)

71 points by Corvus 10 months ago | 202 comments
Hundreds of workers at cybersecurity agency vote to strike (www.cbc.ca)

69 points by megzh over 3 years ago | 46 comments
Ottawa to create regulator to hold platforms accountable for harmful content (www.cbc.ca)

68 points by segasaturn 7 months ago | 127 comments
Alcohol should have cancer warnings, say researchers pushing to raise awareness (www.cbc.ca)

68 points by brimnes over 2 years ago | 24 comments
New Zealand plans to make it illegal for kids to buy cigarettes – for life (www.cbc.ca)

67 points by colinprince almost 3 years ago | 157 comments
Health-care cyberattack is worst in Canadian history, says expert (www.cbc.ca)

64 points by mmphosis almost 3 years ago | 37 comments
U.S. jobless numbers surge as worsening Covid-19 pandemic hurts businesses (www.cbc.ca)

63 points by heyheyheysome over 3 years ago | 95 comments
Instead of cheques to fight climate change, billionaires should just pay taxes (www.cbc.ca)

63 points by colinprince almost 3 years ago | 35 comments
Ontario Science Centre to close immediately due to risk of roof collapse (www.cbc.ca)

64 points by amichail 3 months ago | 34 comments
Canada's population is booming – access to family doctors hasn't kept pace (www.cbc.ca)

61 points by voisin 8 months ago | 115 comments
Is map-reading a lost art? In era of GPS, here's what map fans say we're losing (www.cbc.ca)

59 points by pseudolus over 1 year ago | 69 comments