Top Hackernews posts from www.cbc.ca

1. Dyson air purifier outperformed by cheap DIY box fan filter in Marketplace test (www.cbc.ca)
   792 points by walterbell almost 55 years | 587 comments
2. Pfizer vaccine appears effective against mutation in new coronavirus variants (www.cbc.ca)
   661 points by awnird almost 55 years | 231 comments
3. Lumber crash leads to 'blowout' sales as prices crater (www.cbc.ca)
   604 points by awnird almost 55 years | 527 comments
4. FCC commissioner wants TikTok removed from app stores over spying concerns (www.cbc.ca)
   536 points by breitling almost 55 years | 505 comments
5. Dominion Voting Systems Sues Rudy Giuliani (www.cbc.ca)
   517 points by cf100clunk almost 55 years | 765 comments
6. School custodian refuses to download app that monitors location, got her fired (www.cbc.ca)
   458 points by docdeek almost 55 years | 291 comments
7. Meterorite chunk crashes into house, bedroom, pillow (www.cbc.ca)
   433 points by walrus01 almost 55 years | 243 comments
8. A man is looking for the friends who shipped him overseas in a crate in 1965 (www.cbc.ca)
   400 points by colinprince almost 55 years | 238 comments
9. Cousins are disappearing. Is this reshaping the experience of childhood? (www.cbc.ca)
   379 points by thunderbong almost 55 years | 1228 comments
10. CO2 already emitted will warm Earth beyond climate targets, study finds (www.cbc.ca)
    342 points by colinprince almost 55 years | 250 comments
11. Spanish climber emerges after 500 days in cave (www.cbc.ca)
    341 points by colinprince almost 55 years | 251 comments
12. Internet down in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., after beaver chews through fibre cable (www.cbc.ca)
    328 points by barbazoo almost 55 years | 142 comments
13. French workers protest plan to increase retirement age (www.cbc.ca)
    327 points by thesuitonym almost 55 years | 811 comments
14. Canada's parliament votes to label China's persecution of Uighurs as genocide (www.cbc.ca)
    326 points by lawrenceyan almost 55 years | 172 comments
15. Facing sky-high connection fees, rural Ontarians go off the grid (www.cbc.ca)
    317 points by dgudkov almost 55 years | 388 comments
16. Solar-assisted fabrication of large-scale, patternable transparent wood (www.cbc.ca)
    310 points by lazycrazyowl almost 55 years | 156 comments
17. B.C. woman buried in Amazon packages she did not ask for and does not want (www.cbc.ca)
    304 points by hnuser0000 almost 55 years | 320 comments
18. China pressured Concordia University to cancel event with Uighur activist (2019) (www.cbc.ca)
    297 points by baylearn almost 55 years | 86 comments
19. Photographer captures 'odd but exciting' crow behaviour known as anting (www.cbc.ca)
    293 points by pgrote almost 55 years | 111 comments
20. Instant Brands, maker of Instant Pot and Pyrex cookware, files for bankruptcy (www.cbc.ca)
    290 points by colinprince almost 55 years | 346 comments
21. Covid infections are causing IQ drops and years of brain aging, studies suggest (www.cbc.ca)
    272 points by luu almost 55 years | 271 comments
22. Peloton replaces CEO and lays off 2,800 people (www.cbc.ca)
    270 points by colinprince almost 55 years | 338 comments
23. Woodworking through the mind of an engineer (www.cbc.ca)
    266 points by Ivoah almost 55 years | 155 comments
24. Scientists rediscover lost coffee species suited to a warmer climate (www.cbc.ca)
    263 points by throw0101a almost 55 years | 78 comments
25. Man scammed after AI told him fake Facebook customer support number was real (www.cbc.ca)
    262 points by deviantintegral almost 55 years | 144 comments
26. How U.S. media lost the trust of the public (www.cbc.ca)
    262 points by empressplay almost 55 years | 431 comments
27. Amazon shipped fake product, refuses refund until 'correct' item returned (www.cbc.ca)
    251 points by liamk almost 55 years | 179 comments
28. Amazon buys 11 Boeing 767s to expand its cargo fleet (www.cbc.ca)
    247 points by seryoiupfurds almost 55 years | 192 comments
29. Scientist behind Covid-19 mRNA vaccine says her team's next target is cancer (www.cbc.ca)
    241 points by srameshc almost 55 years | 109 comments
30. British Columbia to recriminalize use of drugs in public spaces (www.cbc.ca)
    239 points by Kairon almost 55 years | 439 comments
31. At the world's oldest social housing, rent hasn't changed since 1521 (www.cbc.ca)
    238 points by pseudolus almost 55 years | 194 comments
32. Scientists have found a way to harden wood to make a knife that rivals steel (www.cbc.ca)
    238 points by curmudgeon22 almost 55 years | 162 comments
33. Georgia teacher read the fine print and won $13K (2019) (www.cbc.ca)
    232 points by ColinWright almost 55 years | 171 comments
34. Greenland bans all oil exploration (www.cbc.ca)
    222 points by elorant almost 55 years | 52 comments
35. U.S. inflation rate rises to 13-year high of 5.4% (www.cbc.ca)
    214 points by awnird almost 55 years | 410 comments
36. Canada has fewer entrepreneurs today than it did 20 years ago (www.cbc.ca)
    207 points by amichail almost 55 years | 327 comments
37. Why winter exercise can be especially hard on the lungs (www.cbc.ca)
    204 points by curmudgeon22 almost 55 years | 118 comments
38. Vancouver seaplane company to resume test flights with electric plane (www.cbc.ca)
    195 points by seryoiupfurds almost 55 years | 175 comments
39. Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna rediscovered in Indonesia (www.cbc.ca)
    191 points by curmudgeon22 almost 55 years | 52 comments
40. Vaccine passport app exposed hundreds of thousands of users' personal data (www.cbc.ca)
    189 points by jlos almost 55 years | 121 comments
41. Johnson and Johnson single-shot vaccine appears 66% effective in global trial (www.cbc.ca)
    186 points by heyheyheysome almost 55 years | 263 comments
42. New Brunswick monitoring more than 40 cases of unknown neurological disease (www.cbc.ca)
    185 points by curmudgeon22 almost 55 years | 124 comments
43. Masks distributed in Canada with microscopic graphene potentially toxic (www.cbc.ca)
    159 points by SQL2219 almost 55 years | 108 comments
44. We caught technicians snooping on our personal devices (www.cbc.ca)
    149 points by colinprince almost 55 years | 76 comments
45. Wildfires in Canada are creating their own weather systems, experts say (www.cbc.ca)
    143 points by colinprince almost 55 years | 60 comments
46. Employee refuses to download app that monitors location, says it got her fired (www.cbc.ca)
    143 points by Black101 almost 55 years | 128 comments
47. Out-of-control Chinese rocket expected to fall to Earth in the coming days (www.cbc.ca)
    141 points by pseudolus almost 55 years | 146 comments
48. Seal-mounted camera recovered after 3 years on ocean floor yields hours of video (www.cbc.ca)
    140 points by curmudgeon22 almost 55 years | 57 comments
49. Could face and voice recognition become the new 'phrenology'? (www.cbc.ca)
    134 points by pseudolus almost 55 years | 79 comments
50. Inmates in a Brazil prison shorten their sentences by writing book reviews (www.cbc.ca)
    132 points by thunderbong almost 55 years | 89 comments
51. 'Most homes' in Lytton destroyed by catastrophic fire, B.C. minister says (www.cbc.ca)
    132 points by gentleman11 almost 55 years | 94 comments
52. Canada to require vaccinations for air and train passengers (www.cbc.ca)
    130 points by miles almost 55 years | 157 comments
53. 5-year study finds no brain abnormalities in 'Havana Syndrome' patients (www.cbc.ca)
    128 points by awnird almost 55 years | 85 comments
54. Buildings made with fungi could live, grow, and then biodegrade (www.cbc.ca)
    128 points by znpy almost 55 years | 96 comments
55. Functioning iPhone returned to owner after six months at bottom of lake (www.cbc.ca)
    127 points by Tiktaalik almost 55 years | 101 comments
56. Artist trained rats to take selfies to make a point about social media (www.cbc.ca)
    126 points by pseudolus almost 55 years | 90 comments
57. Singh proposes corporate tax hike tied to CEO-worker pay gap (www.cbc.ca)
    124 points by nithinj almost 55 years | 168 comments
58. The Canadian government's plan to plant two billion trees (www.cbc.ca)
    122 points by voisin almost 55 years | 107 comments
59. For soccer players, the less brain they use, the better for penalty kicks (www.cbc.ca)
    120 points by pseudolus almost 55 years | 101 comments
60. Tired of dating apps, Vancouver man launches social experiment to find companion (www.cbc.ca)
    119 points by empressplay almost 55 years | 147 comments
61. Virtual passport app presents real data risk, experts warn (www.cbc.ca)
    118 points by pseudolus almost 55 years | 97 comments
62. A Canadian opens up about her secret wartime work, eavesdropping on Japan (www.cbc.ca)
    114 points by wglb almost 55 years | 36 comments
63. A chimpanzee brought Xerox to the masses (www.cbc.ca)
    109 points by geox almost 55 years | 56 comments
64. Shell sold carbon credits for carbon that was never captured (www.cbc.ca)
    109 points by nithinj almost 55 years | 30 comments
65. In 1950, a U.S. troop plane vanished without a trace in the Yukon (www.cbc.ca)
    107 points by geox almost 55 years | 58 comments
66. Canada's 'gamble' on delaying, mixing and matching Covid-19 vaccines paid off (www.cbc.ca)
    107 points by colinprince almost 55 years | 169 comments
67. Frozen baby woolly mammoth discovered in Yukon gold fields (www.cbc.ca)
    103 points by worldvoyageur almost 55 years | 22 comments
68. Right-to-disconnect legislation being introduced by Ontario Government (www.cbc.ca)
    98 points by neom almost 55 years | 22 comments
69. Charlie Munger defends windowless dorm rooms for California students (www.cbc.ca)
    97 points by pseudolus almost 55 years | 255 comments
70. Controversial bill to regulate online streaming becomes law in Canada (www.cbc.ca)
    96 points by standeven almost 55 years | 136 comments
71. ᐊᐣᑕᔚᐣᐦᐃ ᐁᐏᒋᑭᐍ ᐅᑕᐱᓇᒪᐣ ᓂᒪᒪ ᐅᑎᔑᑭᔑᐍᐏᐣ ᒷᔦ ᐃᐡᑿᓭᐠ (www.cbc.ca)
    95 points by adamrmcd almost 55 years | 59 comments
72. It's time to put cancer warning labels on alcohol, experts say (www.cbc.ca)
    94 points by pigtailgirl almost 55 years | 190 comments
73. Nobel scientist's deletion from Wikipedia points to wider bias (www.cbc.ca)
    92 points by cf100clunk almost 55 years | 142 comments
74. Lyft, Uber lash out at legal threat from strict Texas abortion law (www.cbc.ca)
    91 points by neom almost 55 years | 110 comments
75. Is autism the legacy of humans evolving the ability to innovate? (www.cbc.ca)
    91 points by davesailer almost 55 years | 95 comments
76. U.S. states sue Instagram owner for making social media addictive to kids (www.cbc.ca)
    90 points by colinprince almost 55 years | 107 comments
77. Scientists develop transparent wood that is stronger and lighter than glass (www.cbc.ca)
    89 points by ooboe almost 55 years | 29 comments
78. Canadians will no longer have access to news content on Facebook and Instagram (www.cbc.ca)
    88 points by mfiguiere almost 55 years | 68 comments
79. 'Scary moment' as orcas disrupt ocean boat race (www.cbc.ca)
    88 points by colinprince almost 55 years | 89 comments
80. Bison rangers wanted to oversee U.K. herd (www.cbc.ca)
    88 points by BayAreaEscapee almost 55 years | 71 comments
81. Calgarians detail life with an electricity load limiter (www.cbc.ca)
    86 points by PaulHoule almost 55 years | 130 comments
82. Surveillance of reporter a 'serious attack on freedom of the press in Canada' (2016) (www.cbc.ca)
    83 points by dmbche almost 55 years | 19 comments
83. Village of Lytton, B.C., evacuated as mayor says 'the whole town is on fire' (www.cbc.ca)
    83 points by cyclecity almost 55 years | 58 comments
84. London Drugs closes stores until further notice due to cyberattack (www.cbc.ca)
    81 points by nvy almost 55 years | 76 comments
85. Air Canada ordered to pay couple $2k. Instead, it's taking them to court (www.cbc.ca)
    77 points by jabsters almost 55 years | 30 comments
86. Bank of Canada raises its interest rate to 5% (www.cbc.ca)
    74 points by colinprince almost 55 years | 126 comments
87. Canada to introduce 2% tax on stock buybacks starting in 2024 (www.cbc.ca)
    74 points by mfiguiere almost 55 years | 51 comments
88. BC Supreme Court bars man from calling himself an 'engineer' (www.cbc.ca)
    72 points by whycome almost 55 years | 127 comments
89. Health minister: Unexplained high death counts in New Brunswick concerning (www.cbc.ca)
    72 points by IdEntities almost 55 years | 103 comments
90. Canadian government reaches deal with Google on Online News Act (www.cbc.ca)
    71 points by Corvus almost 55 years | 202 comments
91. Hundreds of workers at cybersecurity agency vote to strike (www.cbc.ca)
    69 points by megzh almost 55 years | 46 comments
92. Ottawa to create regulator to hold platforms accountable for harmful content (www.cbc.ca)
    68 points by segasaturn almost 55 years | 127 comments
93. Alcohol should have cancer warnings, say researchers pushing to raise awareness (www.cbc.ca)
    68 points by brimnes almost 55 years | 24 comments
94. New Zealand plans to make it illegal for kids to buy cigarettes – for life (www.cbc.ca)
    67 points by colinprince almost 55 years | 157 comments
95. Health-care cyberattack is worst in Canadian history, says expert (www.cbc.ca)
    64 points by mmphosis almost 55 years | 37 comments
96. U.S. jobless numbers surge as worsening Covid-19 pandemic hurts businesses (www.cbc.ca)
    63 points by heyheyheysome almost 55 years | 95 comments
97. Instead of cheques to fight climate change, billionaires should just pay taxes (www.cbc.ca)
    63 points by colinprince almost 55 years | 35 comments
98. Ontario Science Centre to close immediately due to risk of roof collapse (www.cbc.ca)
    64 points by amichail almost 55 years | 34 comments
99. Canada's population is booming – access to family doctors hasn't kept pace (www.cbc.ca)
    61 points by voisin almost 55 years | 115 comments
100. 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 almost 55 years | 69 comments