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
The River Valley wildfire near Williams Lake, B.C., is seen on Sunday. Wildfire Service listed the 40-hectare fire as being held on Tuesday, a designation that means crews don't expect it to expand at this point. The River Valley wildfire just southwest of Williams Lake, B.C., is pictured on July 21, 2024. Wildfire Service said the fire had expanded beyond 14,000 hectares, and was now just three kilometres from Wells and Barkerville. WATCH | Nakusp locals take wildfire fighting into their own hands: Nakusp residents jump into action to fight wildfires Duration 1:51 B.C.
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July 23, 2024 16:05 UTC
Would you take a heat wave more seriously if it was named heat wave Gary? We have a way to talk about that hurricane, so naming a heat wave gives us a way to talk about that heat wave. Some cities already naming, ranking heat wavesThe idea of naming heat waves isn't new. Photo: The Canadian Press / Jeff McIntoshIn 2021, a ranking system was launched in Athens, Greece, ranking heat waves from zero to three. Environment and Climate Change Canada told CBC News that naming heat waves might misdirect attention from important messaging.
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July 23, 2024 15:30 UTC
12-year-old rescued from riptide at Nova Scotia beachNewsDuration 2:15Onlookers responded quickly last week when 12-year-old Fiona Poulin suddenly found herself caught in a riptide that pulled her far out into the water. Josh Hoffman talked to the people who were at Conrads Beach that day.
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July 23, 2024 14:08 UTC
A Thunder Bay swim official will be poolside at the OlympicsNewsDuration 4:15Daryle Martin was selected to be Canada's only technical official at the Olympics this year. The CBC's Mary-Jean Cormier met up with her before she flew out to Paris.
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July 23, 2024 12:34 UTC
Canada's premiers have sent a letter to the prime minister demanding a thorough review of the bail system after the homicide of a Surrey, B.C., woman. In particular, the provincial and territorial leaders want the federal government to look at bail reform Bill C-48 passed earlier this year. "Police services should not have to chase the same criminal three or four times because of an inadequate bail system," the letter reads. Premier David Eby says he wants Ottawa to examine gaps in the bail reform bill passed earlier this year. "[The letter is] asking, in a very straightforward way, that they look at the implementation of these new bail laws," Eby said.
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July 23, 2024 09:16 UTC
Swimming (M & W) | 7/23/2024 12:01:00 AMMcGILLIANS AT THE OLYMPICS (152) / LES MCGILLOIS AUX JEUX OLYMPIQUES (152)YEAR -- OLYMPIC GAMES ATHLETES ADMIN OTHER MEDALS GOLD SILVER BRONZE FLAG-BEARERS FROM McGILL 1900 Paris Summer Games 0 0 0 0 1904 St. Louis Summer Games 1 0 0 0 1906 Athens Summer Games 0 0 0 0 1908 London Summer Games 0 0 0 0 1912 Stockholm Summer Games 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 1920 Antwerp Summer Games 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1924 Chamonix Winter Games 0 0 0 0 1924 Paris Summer Games 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 1928 St. Moritz Winter Games 1 0 0 0 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games 3 1 0 2 0 0 2 1932 Lake Placid Winter Games 1 0 0 0 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games 5 0 0 4 0 0 4 G.B. Maughan (boxing; Opening Ceremonies) 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games 5 0 0 4 0 3 1 1936 Berlin Summer Games 5 1 0 1 0 0 1 James Worrall (track; Opening Ceremonies) 1948 St. Moritz Winter Games 0 2 0 0 1948 London Summer Games 3 2 0 0 1952 Oslo Winter Games 1 2 0 0 1952 Helsinki Summer Games 1 2 0 0 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Games 0 2 0 0 1956 Melbourne Summer Games 1 1 0 0 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Games 0 2 0 0 1960 Rome Summer Games 3 1 0 0 1964 Innsbruck Winter Games 0 2 0 0 1964 Tokyo Summer Games 1 1 0 0 1968 Grenoble Winter Games 0 2 0 0 1968 Mexico City Summer Games 1 2 0 0 1972 Sapporo Winter Games 0 3 0 0 1972 Munich Summer Games 3 3 0 1 0 0 1 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games 0 3 0 0 1976 Montreal Summer Games 4 6 1 0 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games 0 4 1 0 1980 Moscow Summer Games 1 4 0 0 1984 Sarajevo Winter Games 0 2 0 0 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games 3 4 1 1 0 0 1 1988 Calgary Winter Games 0 4 1 0 1988 Seoul Summer Games 2 4 1 0 1992 Albertville Winter Games 1 2 0 0 1992 Barcelona Summer Games 6 4 1 2 0 2 0 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games 2 2 0 0 1996 Atlanta Summer Games 10 5 0 0 1998 Nagano Winter Games 2 4 0 0 2000 Sydney Summer Games 11 8 0 0 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 2004 Athens Summer Games 16 14 1 0 2006 Turin Winter Games 4 6 1 2 2 0 0 2008 Beijing Summer Games 10 10 2 1 0 0 1 2010 Vancouver Winter Games 6 14 3 4 3 0 1 2012 London Summer Games 4 10 2 0 2014 Sochi Winter Games 6 12 2 3 3 0 0 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Games 3 17 8 0 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games 1 20 8 1 0 1 0 2020 Tokyo Summer Games 6 15 5 0 0 0 0 2022 Beijing Winter Games 4 14 6 1 1 0 0 Tina Garabedian (Armenia; fig. skating; Opening Ceremonies) 2024 Paris Summer Games 6 14 2 0 TOTALS: 152 235 46 33 12 8 13BREAKDOWN OF McGILL's OLYMPIANS BY OLYMPIAD
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July 23, 2024 06:44 UTC
The complaint was filed by Gwen Jaques against her former employer, Price Industries, a large multinational manufacturing company based in Winnipeg. Price Industries denies the allegations in Jaques's complaint and says it made a reasonable settlement offer in order to conclude the case. The human rights commission adjudicator, Gary Sarcida, concluded in his decision that the company's settlement offer was "reasonable." In response, the Manitoba Human Rights Commission said it acknowledges "current wait times to be assigned to an investigator are too long." "We are committed to improving client service and removing any unnecessary delay in the human rights complaint system," Sharma said.
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July 23, 2024 00:23 UTC