Graffiti is making a mess of St. John’s. The Scrub Squad is here to clean it upNewsDuration 3:10It seems they’re everywhere you look in St. John’s — graffiti tags marking up businesses, street signs — even murals and other public artworks. Now removing graffiti from businesses has turned into a business for two young men.
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July 24, 2024 12:13 UTC
With a crisis at home, Bangladeshi students want MUN to suspend tuition paymentsNewsDuration 2:37As violence sweeps their home country, Bangladeshi students in St. John's are facing another crisis: looming tuition payments. Protests in Bangladesh have cut off some students at Memorial University from friends, family and financial support — and the new semester is right around the corner.
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July 24, 2024 11:33 UTC
Raging wildfire torches Jasper National Park, closes in on townsiteNewsDuration 2:12An intense wildfire burning through Alberta’s Jasper National Park has forced at least 25,000 people to flee the park and the town of Jasper, as the flames move dangerously close to the community.
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July 24, 2024 08:51 UTC
UBC lecturer goes viral after ranking every single Disney animated film songNewsDuration 12:03Robert Komaniecki, a music theory and music history professor at the University of B.C., talks about how he ranked every song in the Disney animated film library and the reaction he's been getting to his list.
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July 24, 2024 08:39 UTC
Thousands of residents, visitors flee Jasper wildfireNewsDuration 1:56With a wildfire burning south of Jasper, the popular tourist destination was evacuated late Monday night. After a harrowing drive, many of those forced to flee the fire are now in B.C. or other Alberta communities.
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July 24, 2024 08:05 UTC
U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez is resigning from office Aug. 20 following his conviction for taking bribes for corrupt acts including acting as an agent of the Egyptian government. Menendez had insisted after the July 16 verdict that he was innocent and promised to appeal. Prosecutors said Menendez used his influence to meddle in three different state and federal criminal investigations to protect his associates. From there, he was elected to the state Assembly, then the state Senate before heading to the U.S. House. In light of this guilty verdict, Senator Menendez must now do what is right for his constituents, the Senate, and our country, and resign.
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July 24, 2024 05:13 UTC
Wildfire situation in Jasper 'volatile and evolving'NewsDuration 1:03Two wildfires are burning out of control in Jasper. RCMP say it's a volatile and evolving situation. Travis McEwan has been covering the fires from as close as he can get, which was supposed to include a tour from the RCMP late this afternoon. But wildfires don't always co-operate.
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July 24, 2024 03:33 UTC
Ukrainian breakdancer breaks through gloom of war onto the Olympic stageNewsDuration 1:36Oleg Kuznietsov is a breakdancer for Ukraine's Olympic team and is eager to represent his country in front of the world. According to Kuznietsov, he's been chastised before for not enlisting in the military. "Sometimes I get messages like, 'Yo, bro, what are you doing? Go to [the] army,'" he says. But he sees this Olympic opportunity as his personal mission to showcase the culture, history and beauty of Ukraine through dance.
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July 24, 2024 02:49 UTC
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July 24, 2024 01:28 UTC
More Canadians should receive their main health care through teams of professionals so their increasingly complex needs can be met while not paying privately for it, the Canadian Medical Association said in a new report released Tuesday. "Perhaps knowing that that backstop is there will give some reassurance to people who worry about wait times and also light a fire under our governments to solve the wait times issues." Norma Luks, her husband, daughter and some grandchildren are patients of the Markham Family Health Team, north of Toronto. Norma Luks praises her family health team in Markham, north of Toronto. (Turgut Yeter/CBC)"They go above and beyond," Luks said of the family health team.
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July 24, 2024 00:31 UTC
What obstacles does Harris face in taking on Trump? NewsDuration 9:56David Frum, a staff writer at The Atlantic, joins Power and Politics to discuss what an election race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump could look like. He predicts that Republican attacks against Harris will focus on her ‘identity as a woman.’
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July 24, 2024 00:23 UTC
Début du widget Widget. Fin du widget Widget. City staff also received 66 calls for overflowing catch basins, with 23 resolved and 43 of those requests still pending. City council is set to debate that motion this week, with an eye to helping identify more ways to help homeowners and businesses avoid flooding. What can we do to have less storm water runoff, especially in a big parking lot?
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July 23, 2024 17:44 UTC
Casual dining chain Boston Pizza says it has offered halal options for around a decade in Canadian restaurants. The company has offered halal meats for more than 30 years, and is a major player in the Canadian market for halal meats, primarily through its Zabiha Halal brand. WATCH | Most Halal mortgages need religious approval:Début du widget Widget. Fin du widget Widget. An adaptation of this news story is available in SpanishABOUT THE AUTHOR Anis Heydari (new window) · CBC News · Senior Reporter Anis Heydari is a senior business reporter at CBC News.
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July 23, 2024 17:30 UTC
Tourist shares family's experience fleeing Jasper wildfiresNewsDuration 2:54Stephanie Goertz and her family of four say they've been on the road for several hours after evacuating Jasper, Alta., due to wildfires in the area. She shares her family's experience with CBC Morning Live.
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July 23, 2024 17:15 UTC
Thousands flee Jasper, Alta., as wildfire prompts evacuation orderNewsDuration 4:38DESCRIPTION: A wildfire south of Alberta’s mountain town of Jasper prompted an evacuation order Monday night for about 4,700 residents. According to the Alberta Wildfire Status Dashboard, there are 170 active wildfires burning across the province as of Tuesday morning. Read more: cbc.ca/1.7272029.
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July 23, 2024 16:55 UTC