CBCNews.ca blog watch
CBCNews.ca stories generating the most discussion on blogs in the past week.
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- China frees 3 Canadian activists after Tibet protest
- 15 new links from 14 blogs. View All »
- " The preposterous, bitterly laughable irony of this, gave way yesterday to a ray of hope when I read about the courage of this and then discovered this. I was wondering when someone was going to stick a big ol' burr in that saddle. Hope they keep it up all year. In other hopeful news, I've discovered that Sakyadhita, the International Association of Buddhist Women, will be" — Dreaming Of Danzan Ravjaa
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- Rhino party escapes extinction to run in September byelection
- 15 new links from 15 blogs. View All »
- " The return of the Rhinoceros Party!" — Public Castration
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- Drug giant seeing red over Red Cross emblem
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- " Oh, that's real classy." — Problem Attic — Log
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- Yangtze dolphin extinct
- 7 new links from 7 blogs. View All »
- "s oldest animals. It was called�the �goddess of the Yangtze� in China, and has been recognized as endangered for many years. From as many as 400 in the 1980s, its numbers fell to 13 in a 1997 survey. - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reporting on article published in Biology Letters on Wed Aug 8, 2007 Posted in Wildlife, Hazardous Materials, Water, World, China, Environment | No Comments �" — EnviroStats!
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- Harper announces expansion of N.W.T. park
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- "For those who have been overly critical of Stephen Harper on the environment, accusing the leader of putting dollars before nature, this latest move must come as a particularly difficult piece of news. Harper has announced the expansion of the size of the Nahanni National Park, which will add more than 5,000 square kilometres to protected land in the southern Northwest Territories. If people believe Harper could have nothing in common with the Liberals, then-Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau established the reserve in 1972 to" — Unambiguously Ambidextrous
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- Planned army base, port in North heat up Arctic quest
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- "old Nanisivik Mine, which closed in 2002, into a Canadian naval station. An army training centre is expected to be located in Resolute, Nunavut, one of Canada's most northern communities, sitting on the shores of the disputed Northwest Passage." CBC August 9, 2007 Just in case some may not know where Resolute and Nanisivik are located here's a map showing the top of Baffin Island (if you don't know where the Baffin is just look for a land mass which is about 2 and 1/3 times the size of Great Britain a stones" — Panglossian Notes
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- CSIS suspected U.S. would deport Arar to be tortured: documents
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- "security officials believed the United States might send the Syrian-born Canadian to a foreign country to be questioned under torture. The blacked-out portions of the Arar inquiry's report were released on the July order of a Federal Court judge. CBC News story Report sections released by court order (PDF) Original 362-page report In his report, dated Sept. 18, 2006, on Canada's involvement in the extraordinary rendition and torture in a Syrian jail of Canadian engineer Maher Arar, Judge Dennis O'Connor" — ThisCanadian
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- Toronto author Redhill to vie for Man Booker Prize
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- " by Catherine O'Flynn Animal's People by Indra Sinha Winnie & Wolf by A.N. Wilson A short list will be announced on September 6, with the final prize being awarded on October 16. For the full article see: http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2007/ Posted by Book Buzz Host Aug 8, 2007 4:59 pm Comments: 0 | + | Email to Friend" — The Buzz ... about books
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- Toronto network falls to No. 2 on Facebook pecking order
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- "O�Farrell at the podium at FacebookCamp Toronto] Facebook�s Caitlin O�Farrell gets the ball rolling at FacebookCamp Toronto. Accordion City loves Facebook � we�ve got 725,000 Facebook users (out of a population of around 3 million), and until recently, we were the number 1 city in the world as far as Facebook users go. It�s not just ordinary Toronto Facebook users who are in love with social networking site; Torotno developers are also interested, if last night" — The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century
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- Not-so-precise Swiss army unit mistakenly invades Liechtenstein
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- " whoops" — LoneWolf's Journal
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- N.L. Right to Life says HPV vaccine big mistake
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- "on news related items while I was on vacation. I figured I would only do a few blog updates on how the vacation was going and that was it. But when you hit upon something so radically stupid, it's hard to pass it up. The mind-boggling stupid thing is this story" — Townie Bastard
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- Made-for-baby videos may harm language development: study
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- " Sometimes I wonder if we�re being too strict about our �No TV until he�s at least 3 Rule�, since everyone I know let�s their babies watch DVDs and TV - and then they release yet another study (Made-for-ba by videos may harm language development: study) and I�m reminded that we are making the right decision. In reality, Logan can amuse himself for 10 minutes with a couple of bowls or for 20 minutes with a toy that lights up! He really really really doesn" — Monkey Shoes
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- Shuttle carrying Canadian astronaut lifts off from Cape Canaveral
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- " 1 Canadian aboard.�NASA reports: Endeavour and Crew Space Station Bound [IMG Endeavour launches.] Image above: Rising from clouds of smoke and steam, Space Shuttle Endeavour roars into the early evening sky as it lifts off Launch Pad 39A. Image credit:" — News From Space! - The Original Space Weblog
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- 2 dead, 6 wounded in shooting at Vancouver restaurant
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- "in a place that is open 24 hours, your chances of having some sort of problem with someone along the line are higher than if you are not in such an environment. The facts of the shooting in Vancouver are still emerging. For the latest, you can go to CBC" — Threat Assessment and ManagementThreat Assessment and Management
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- Calgary commuters going green, says study
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- "than are driving, according to a new study by the city. The report shows 55 per cent of morning commuters arrive on foot, bike or transit. That's up from less than 40 per cent a decade ago, said John Hubble, the city's transportation manager. Read the article..." — thegreenpages - Canada
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- HPV vaccine abstinence debate heats up
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- "of Ontario who are trying to make it a mandatory vaccine for school-aged children....with NO long term studies on the effects of this drug on young girls and women. So the debate begins in Newfoundland, where they are going through a simillar issue CBC Story" — more words rumbling out my mouth:
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- Oilers not for sale, owners tell billionaire suitor
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- "Karel Pilar, who is attempting an NHL comeback after a heart condition. Luke Richardson signs with Ottawa Senators Veteran defenceman Luke Richardson is going home after signing a one-year, two-way contract with the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday. Oilers not for sale, owners tell billionaire suitor The Edmonton Oilers are not for sale, the owners of the hockey team told Alberta billionaire Daryl Katz on Tuesday. More Hockey �" — Sports - CBC.ca
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- Canseco claims to have 'stuff' on Alex Rodriguez
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- "wanted to take off the Wally head, but I thought that would be breaking the Wally code.� [IMG] On behalf of CSTB�s contributors, readers and advertisers, I would like to sincerely congratulate Alex Rodriguez on becoming the youngest player�.to become the subject of a Jose Canseco smear campaign. Permalink Comments" — Can’t Stop The Bleeding
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- Ancient skull tangles path of human evolution
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- " A Kenyan-based research team has found ancient evidence that undermines the idea that humans evolved in a more or less straight line from Homo habilis to Homo erectus to Homo sapiens. FULL STORY: http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2007/ ALGERIA SHOOTS FOR THE SUN Algeria, aware that its oil and gas riches will one day run dry, is gearing up to tap its sunshine on an industrial scale for itself and even Europe. FULL STORY:" — Verbena-19
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- U.S. panel reviewing effects of plastic additive
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- " U.S. panel reviewing effects of plastic additive" — ThisCanadian