Monday, 31 May 2021

Mirvish announces 1st stage show since start of pandemic


Goodbye to Toronto theatre

Mirvish Productions says the "socially distanced sound installation" Blindness will premiere at the Princess of Wales Theatre on Aug. 4 — marking Toronto's first indoor stage show since the pandemic shut down theatres in May 2020.

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Canadiens defeat Leafs in Game 7 after stunning series comeback


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The Montreal Canadiens have booked a date in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs after defeating the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 on Monday.

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Hundreds of protesters flood back into old-growth blockade camps cleared by RCMP


Fairy creek activist Lou dory in hemlock

Activists on Vancouver Island have reoccupied blockade camps in the Fairy Creek watershed where police have spent weeks making arrests to enforce a B.C. Supreme Court injunction allowing logging activities to continue in the area.

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Ottawa set to approve NHL travel exemption that requires strict testing and hotel bubbles


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The federal government is poised to approve a travel exemption for the Stanley Cup playoffs that would allow U.S. teams to enter Canada if they adhere to a strict regimen of daily COVID-19 testing and remain in a bubble that includes team hotels and the arena. 

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Pride breaks with Halifax libraries after controversial book kept on shelves


Halifax Central Library

Halifax Public Library's decision to keep a controversial book on its shelves, containing what advocates call transphobic misinformation and hate speech, has led to local backlash and a break with Halifax Pride.

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COVID-19 is 'surging again' in South Africa


Virus Outbreak South Africa

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Sunday that his country will impose stricter measures in the face of a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases that indicate the virus is "surging again" in Africa's worst-affected nation.

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The National On Demand: Residential school tributes, Manitoba ICUs, Sports gambling


The National On Demand: Residential school tributes, Manitoba ICUs, Sports gambling

May 30, 2021 | Tributes across the country as the search for information about the remains a B.C. First Nations says were found at a former residential school. Manitoba’s COVID-19 crisis worsens with a record number of ICU admissions. Plus, the new legislation that could change how Canadians bet on sports.

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Vancouver teenager was one of 12 mistakenly given Moderna instead of Pfizer vaccine


Noora Alenezi

Vancouver Coastal Health says 12 children were mistakenly given the Moderna vaccine last week. Only the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is approved in Canada for children under 18.

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China easing birth limits further to cope with aging society


China Birth Limits

China's ruling Communist Party said Monday it will ease birth limits to allow all couples to have three children instead of two in hopes of slowing the rapid aging of its population, which is adding to strains on the economy and society.

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Anti-Asian racism in Vancouver’s Chinatown


Anti-Asian racism in Vancouver’s Chinatown

In the last year, there has been a tremendous uptick in reports of anti-Asian hate crimes across North America. In Vancouver, police in February reported a 717 per cent increase in anti-Asian hate crimes over the past year. Today on Front Burner, producer Elaine Chau’s documentary shows how these incidents have changed one neighbourhood in the city: Chinatown.

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Canadian awards show honouring Black talent to air on CBC


Stephan James and Shamier Anderson

The first-ever Canadian awards show dedicated to Black talent will celebrate achievement in film, television, music, sports and culture, and air on CBC in fall 2022.

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Newly discovered glaciers on Mars may help humans settle on the Red Planet one day


Mars dust storm

Researchers from Western University in London, Ont., have found a unique subsurface ice feature in a location that would be optimal for future explorers of the Red Planet.

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Benjamin Netanyahu's days leading Israel could be numbered as new coalition forms


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On Sunday, right-wing nationalist party leader Naftali Bennett announced a deal with centrist Yair Lapid to form a new 'unity government' to end the political upheaval in Israel. If successful, it would mark the end of Benjamin Netanyahu's current 12-year run as prime minister.

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Canadian Coast Guard moving toward gender-neutral uniforms


Coast Guard cadets

The coast guard's uniform catalogue has recently shifted away from gender identity, part of a broader move toward gender-neutral uniforms which are expected in 2022.

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Thinking of buying a new couch? The price may have just quadrupled


Dino Colalillo, Edgewood Furniture

The federal government slapped tariffs on certain types of furniture made in Vietnam and China earlier this month, and the impact on consumers and retailers has been dramatic, with some items now costing almost four times what they did before.

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Manitoba officials didn't heed warnings about a 3rd COVID-19 wave. Now hospitals are overwhelmed


 medical intensive care unit at the Health Sciences Centre

Across Canada, most provinces are relaxing pandemic restrictions or planning on reopening their economies later this spring or in the early summer — but Manitoba is a stark exception. Epidemiologists, infectious disease experts and intensive care unit (ICU) physicians say the provincial government has only itself to blame.

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The coast guard destroyed his boat without asking. Now, a federal agency wants him to pay $8,500 bill


Tom Puglas

Tom Puglas, a First Nations elder on Vancouver Island, says he planned to repair his aging boat. But before he could — and without any warning, he says — the coast guard destroyed the boat, which it says was sinking and leaching oil. Now, a federal agency wants Puglas to pay the $8,500 bill.

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Sunday, 30 May 2021

NHL working on Canadian quarantine exemption for Stanley Cup playoffs: reports


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Work is reportedly underway for a travel exemption that would let the winner of the NHL's all-Canadian division and a U.S. counterpart cross the border during the third and final rounds of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

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The National


The National

Welcome to The National, the flagship nightly newscast of CBC News.

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How Vancouver Aquarium otters took over a Twitch channel featuring video gamers live streaming from hot tubs


Wally meets Tanu

The live stream might not be what viewers are expecting when they head to the Pools, Hot Tubs and Beaches category on Twitch, but an otter trainer says it's helping build a whole new wave of sea otter enthusiasts.

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