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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 1h

🇨🇦 Danielle Smith calls reports that Alberta separatists offered the U.S. water and resource royalties for independence support “absurd,” CBC reports. One separatist confirmed the offer to another outlet; another denies it. CBC hasn't verified it. What transparency is needed?

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 2h

📚🇨🇦 Canadian poet and essayist Anne Carson, 76, has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature! Known for Autobiography of Red and her inventive blending of poetry, mythology and prose, Carson has long been featured on CBC Radio's Writers & Company. Have you read her work?

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 4h

💧 Two First Nations are challenging Bell's $52B Saskatchewan AI data centre, CBC reports, raising concerns about consultation, water security and environmental impacts. As Canada expands AI infrastructure, should comprehensive assessments and Indigenous consultation happen before construction?

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 14h

🇨🇦 Canada pulled its sponsorship from a disinformation conference featuring panels examining the U.S. as a potential foreign interference risk, CBC reports. Global Affairs hasn't explained specifically what changed. Should allies face the same scrutiny as adversaries?

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 15h

🕊️ “Don't use my mother's name to justify killing in Gaza.” Vivian Silver's son tells CBC Radio that using the murdered Israeli Canadian peace activist's memory to defend violence betrays everything she stood for. Three years later, Yonatan Zeigen is still working for peace.

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 16h

🇨🇦 Ottawa is warning Stelco's U.S. owner that tariffs don't erase its legally binding job commitments, CBC reports. Cleveland-Cliffs plans up to 500 layoffs after committing to maintain more than 1,500 jobs. How strongly should Canada enforce conditions attached to foreign takeovers?

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 17h

🇨🇦🇺🇸 “Canada is not our enemy.” Michigan Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers is breaking with Trump and calling for the Canada-U.S. tariff war to end, CBC reports. He previously supported the tariffs. Are the politics of the trade war beginning to shift in U.S. border states?

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 19h

Canada will indefinitely exclude mental illness as a sole condition for MAID, CBC reports. Ottawa also plans to open the door to advance consent for people with incurable illnesses that will eventually remove their capacity. What safeguards should Canadians expect?

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 20h

🔥 Canadian firefighters estimate lithium batteries caused about 1,500 fires last year, CBC reports, yet only 40% of surveyed departments had formal training for them. E-bike fires are a growing concern, while EV fires remain comparatively rare. Is Canada prepared for our battery-powered future?

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 22h

🇨🇦 Higher prices, fewer choices and longer waits may be the next phase of the Canada-U.S. trade war, CBC reports. But grocers are also seeing roughly 20% more purchases of Canadian products. Have you changed what you buy, and would you pay more to reduce Canada's U.S. dependence?

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 23h

🇨🇦 CBC reports past meetings between Alberta separatists and U.S. officials won't appear in Canada's new foreign influence registry because they predate the law. Only 30 submissions were received despite 2,422 being estimated as potentially eligible. Are Canada's transparency rules strong enough?

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Canada's immigration minister appeared unfamiliar with the landmark Singh decision on refugee Charter rights, CBC/Radio-Canada reports, despite it being central to a legal challenge against her government's Bill C-12. How well should ministers know the foundational law governing their portfolios?

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

🇫🇷 More than 250,000 people joined France's school protests Tuesday, CBC reports. Police used tear gas and water cannons, and 6,100 people, overwhelmingly minors, have been arrested since protests began. Students are demanding teachers, repairs and better school conditions.

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

🔨🇨🇦 Camryn Rogers has been nominated for 2026 World Athlete of the Year! 🙌 Another huge moment for one of Canada’s great track and field stars. CBC Sports has helped Canadians follow her rise on the world stage.

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

🎸🇨🇦 On this day in 1992, The Tragically Hip released Fully Completely. Courage. Wheat Kings. Fifty Mission Cap. At the Hundredth Meridian. 34 years later, it's a Canadian classic. CBC would later bring the Hip's final Kingston concert to millions nationwide. Favourite track?

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

🇨🇦 Canada's trade surplus hit $4.2B in August, its highest in 4+ years. But CBC reports exporters were racing to beat new 50% U.S. tariffs, sending U.S.-bound exports up 8.1%. Economists say September may reveal the real tariff impact. Is Canada diversifying fast enough?

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

CBC reports Christa Pike is awake after surviving Tennessee's attempt to execute her with 2 doses of pentobarbital. 🇨🇦 For Canadians watching from a country without the death penalty: should the state ever have the power to execute someone, let alone attempt it twice?

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Quebec's outgoing premier Christine Fréchette is resigning as CAQ leader after the party went from a massive majority four years ago to zero seats. CBC reports she'll remain premier until the PQ's Paul St-Pierre Plamondon is sworn in. What happens to the CAQ now?

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

CBC reports a deeper Canada-U.S. connection to the Tumbler Ridge shooting. A Washington man allegedly helped the shooter for months, tested a livestream and even helped her get her car started after the first killings. He is charged with conspiracy. The allegations remain unproven.

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

🌊 A huge underwater Kelvin wave linked to El Niño is heading toward B.C., CBC reports. It could temporarily raise sea levels by 30 cm or more. Combined with king tides, storms and rising seas from climate change, scientists warn it could worsen coastal flooding and erosion.

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

🇨🇦 Ottawa has given Stelco's U.S. owner 5 days to explain how it will protect Hamilton jobs after announcing up to 500 layoffs. CBC obtained the minister's warning that the cuts may violate binding takeover commitments. How strongly should Canada enforce promises made by foreign buyers?

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Quebec elected a sovereignist PQ government, but CBC notes polling shows 70% don't support separation. The PQ won a minority with roughly 28% of the vote after the CAQ collapsed. Was this an endorsement of sovereignty, or a vote for change? And should another referendum proceed?

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

CBC reports the Dominion Society wants mass “remigration” and a Canada more “hostile” to foreign cultures. Its founder says Ottawa should “brace themselves.” Beyond criminal law, what should communities do about organized racism and its everyday impact on racialized Canadians?

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Black Canadians face a 66% higher chance of serious maternal complications even after researchers accounted for other factors, a major Canadian study found. CBC speaks with advocates calling for race-based data, Black-led care and accountability. How should health systems respond?

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The Southern Chiefs' Organization has condemned a Winnipeg Sun column questioning how residential-school deaths are understood. CBC reports at least 4,200 Indigenous children are documented as having died in the system. What responsibility does media have here?

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

🗳️ CBC News now projects a PQ minority government in Quebec, with Paul St-Pierre Plamondon becoming premier. The PQ won just 3 seats in 2022 and hasn't formed government since 2012. The CAQ has conceded, while Quebec's Conservatives are making significant gains.

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

An Alberta judge has denied separatist figure and lawyer Jeff Rath access to another $776K in frozen funds, finding his financial disclosures “incomplete and unreliable.” CBC traces the dispute to a $57.6M Tallcree First Nation settlement and years of litigation over trustee fees.

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

🇨🇦 Ottawa wants to make its Defence Investment Agency a Crown corporation, CBC reports, potentially giving it more independence to speed up military purchases. Faster procurement may be needed, but billions in public spending still require scrutiny. What safeguards should come with those powers?

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

⚠️ More than 30 years after three Ontario children were sexually assaulted, CBC is covering the trial of a man prosecutors say was identified through genetic genealogy and later DNA and fingerprint matches. Richard Neil has pleaded not guilty. His defence disputes he was the attacker.

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Hundreds are protesting at Cornell over its handling of an alleged 2024 gang rape. CBC reporters on campus are hearing demands for Title IX reform, transparency and stronger survivor supports. No criminal charges were originally laid, but the case is now under renewed investigation.

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🇨🇦 Canada has 136,000 citizenship certificate applications waiting, with processing times reaching 33 months. CBC reports some Canadian families are being kept apart because children born abroad can't get the documents needed for Canadian passports. How should urgent cases be prioritized?

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🏠 Build Canada Homes has committed to supporting about 19,000 affordable homes, but CBC reports only around 2,000 are currently being built. CMHC says Canada needs 417,000 to 469,000 new homes annually through 2036 to restore 2019 affordability. Can Canada build fast enough?

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

For more than 200 years, Six Nations has sought redress over the Haldimand Tract. Now its lawsuit against Canada and Ontario is going to trial. CBC examines claims of lost land and mismanaged trust funds, disputed by both governments. What should meaningful reconciliation look like?

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🇨🇦 Alberta's independence referendum may be reshaping provincial politics. A CBC poll has the UCP and NDP essentially tied provincewide, with the NDP eight points ahead in battleground Calgary. Experts caution the UCP retains major advantages. Will the referendum have lasting political effects?

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🇨🇦❄️ As many as 30 Canadian troops suffered varying degrees of frostbite during an Arctic warfare exercise in Alaska. Internal evaluations obtained by CBC reveal gaps in winter skills, medical preparation and equipment. Is Canada ready to defend its North?

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

💙 Young men's mental health is declining in Canada. CBC examines rising anxiety, gambling, isolation, a lack of mentorship and the manosphere's influence on boys searching for belonging. How do we give young men healthier communities and role models before harmful spaces fill the void?

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🇨🇦 Hiring at CSIS can take 12–18 months. Internal documents obtained by CBC reveal plans to speed recruitment, expand outside hiring and outsource some screening as security demands grow. How can Canada's spy agency address staffing shortages without weakening security safeguards?

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🇨🇦 When broadcaster Rishi Nagar immigrated from India, his dream was Canada. In a CBC First Person essay, he explains why Alberta's separation debate concerns immigrants in his community, while acknowledging legitimate provincial grievances. What shapes your sense of Canadian identity?

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🛸 On Oct. 4, 1967, mysterious lights were reported across Nova Scotia, including an object witnesses said descended into Shag Harbour. RCMP, fishermen and navy divers searched, but found nothing. CBC revisits Canada's famous UFO mystery 59 years later. Have you ever seen something unexplained?

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🤖🔬 AI is accelerating discoveries in cancer research, brain science and medical diagnosis. But researchers also warn about potentially catastrophic risks. CBC examines the tension between scientific progress and AI safety. How do we protect the public without obstructing medical breakthroughs?

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

🧡 Nearly 30 years after Canada signed a Manitoba treaty land agreement, just over half of the promised 445,000 hectares has become reserve land. A federal judge condemned Ottawa's delays: "This is not reconciliation." CBC examines the ruling and ongoing dispute. When will promises become action?

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A homecoming banner reading "Drop-off zone: Acadia girlfriends" has drawn condemnation from two Nova Scotia universities. CBC spoke with a St. FX professor who says the incident reflects longstanding concerns about rape culture. How can universities turn promises of safety into cultural change?

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

🎸💔 Canadian rock singer Sass Jordan has passed away at 63. The Montreal-raised Juno winner gave us Tell Somebody, Racine and Make You a Believer, leaving a remarkable legacy in Canadian music. CBC remembers a powerhouse voice whose music defined an era. What's your favourite Sass Jordan song?

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

🇨🇦 Florida may slash property taxes for permanent residents while leaving Canadian snowbirds paying more. CBC reports Canadians own an estimated $60B US in Florida property, but winter visits have fallen 20%. Would higher taxes and political tensions change your travel plans?

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

🇨🇦 Volkswagen's ON battery plant is delayed until 2029 after billions in public commitments. CBC examines whether Canada overestimated EV demand or invested early in a decades-long industry. EV registrations are recovering, but financial risks remain. How should taxpayers' interests be protected?

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

📚➕ Canadian math scores are declining, and CBC News asks whether teaching methods need rethinking. Researchers recommend stronger foundations, step-by-step instruction and practice alongside problem-solving, not simply more memorization. What would help students build confidence in math?

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