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The Surprising Artwork That Inspired Netflix's 'The Piano Lesson,' a New Movie Based on August Wilson's Award-Winning Play

A Romare Bearden print served as a starting point for the American playwright's 1987 drama, which follows a Black family's struggle to decide the fate of an ancestral heirloom




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Advocates welcome promised pay equity laws in N.B., but warn some will be left out

Advocates say pay equity laws, while needed, often do not help the most vulnerable workers.



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Sitansisk First Nation, Quebec company partner in wind farm proposal

Carleton County is getting another wind farm proposal, this time with involvement of First Nations.



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Big projects — with big price tags — central to Regina municipal election campaigns

Inflation, an increase to the debt limit, and a series of mega-projects have been focuses of the municipal election in Regina.



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Ontario wildland firefighters say new bill offering presumptive cancer care falls short

The union for wildland firefighters says a recently passed Ontario bill that makes them eligible for presumptive cancer care under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board doesn't go far enough.



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Photography exhibit in Thunder Bay, Ont., encourages people to use art to express their grief

Hospice Northwest Services is inviting people to visit its third annual photography exhibit, "A Personal Lens on Grief." Here's what the project in Thunder Bay, Ont., entails, and why staff say it's important to find creative ways to express loss.



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Aprovechar cada oportunidad

La tripulación de técnicos del Logos Hope sabe que el mantenimiento del barco es una forma de hacer ministerio.




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Aprendiendo a escuchar la voz de Dios

Durante un viaje misionero de un mes, Eduardo aprendió a escuchar y reconocer la voz de Dios, tanto personalmente como ministrando a otros.




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Legacy of Indigenous soldiers now being preserved in northwestern Alberta

A researcher in Grande Prairie, Alta., has undertaken a project to ensure past Indigenous soldiers and veterans are recognized for their sacrifices in both world wars.



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P.E.I. man sentenced to nearly 6 years for 'reprehensible' offences including making child pornography

A man from Queens County has been sentenced to five years and nine months in federal prison for charges including making and transmitting child pornography, voyeurism and intercepting private communications.



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Province earmarks $2.5M for cellphone towers, but no one has signed on to use them

P.E.I.'s capital budget has allocated $2.5 million to build up to five provincially owned cellphone towers, but so far no telecommunications companies have committed to using them.



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Henry Luyombya brings about change, from Uganda to Prince Edward Island

Henry Luyombya became a changemaker at a young age in Uganda after his father died of HIV-related illness. His work in HIV education brought him to Canada, and eventually to P.E.I. where he's a clinical social worker and the founder of New African Canadians. He is one of CBC Atlantic's Black Changemakers for 2024.




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'Major crisis' facing P.E.I. blood cancer patients as another oncologist prepares to leave

With P.E.I's only full-time blood oncologist leaving at the end of November, Health P.E.I. was planning to transfer his patients to Dr. Philip Champion. Now Champion says he intends to retire in the spring.



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Logan McLellan picked to represent Conservatives in western P.E.I. for next federal election

The entrepreneur and financial adviser defeated Adam Bassett for the party nomination in Egmont after two days of voting last week. 



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Wildland firefighters say bill meant to provide workplace health benefits falls short

Wildland firefighters were at Queen’s Park on Wednesday to outline why they feel a new bill that extends protections for cancers, heart injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder linked to their occupation falls short.



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A new printer, developed by a Sudbury woman, is helping hospital pharmacies

A Sudbury pharmacy technician has come up with a better way to do her job, while also improving patient safety. Now her method is being used at Sudbury's hospital, and is getting interest from others.



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Corruption revelations, Trump presidency loom over this year's COP climate conference

The crowning achievement at last year's COP climate conference in Dubai was a global consensus on the need to "transition away from fossil fuels." This year, the conference had not even started yet before BBC News exposed senior organizers of using the event to arrange potential deals for fossil fuel expansion. The recent election of Donald Trump in the U.S. has added an additional layer of uncertainty to this year's meeting.




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'Financially desperate' Winnipeg business swindled out of 2 properties, lawsuit alleges

A Winnipeg business owner is suing a man she alleges swindled her out of ownership of two properties after promising financial help — the latest in a string of court proceedings against the man, whom a judge previously described as showing the signs of a "predator" who seeks out financially vulnerable clients.



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Program to grant 150 scholarships to Indigenous health-care students through SCO partnership

A new program to help fund the post-secondary education of Indigenous students in Manitoba will award 150 scholarships to train new health-care professionals. The Southern Chiefs Organization hopes this can go a long way in addressing health-care delivery and shorter life expectancy among First Nation communities.



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Manitoba made 'political compromise' by cutting moose draw licences in some areas, lawyer argues

The Manitoba government made a "political compromise" in its decision to issue a reduced number of moose hunting licences to non-Indigenous hunters in northern parts of the province earlier this year, a lawyer representing a First Nation in the area has argued in court.



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Hamilton mail carrier honoured by Japan government with prestigious Order of the Rising Sun award

The president of the Canadian Japanese Cultural Centre of Hamilton is Mitchell Akira Kawasaki — an Olympian, judo master, on-call mail carrier and recent recipient of an award from the Japanese government.



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Projecting $50M deficit, Mohawk College president warns of layoffs, blames government policies

The president of Mohawk College says a drop in international student enrolment at the Hamilton institution is facing a projected $50 million deficit in the 2025-2026 school year. That’s going to mean layoffs, he said.



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16-year-old among 19 Canadian players gathering for CONCACAF Nations League pre-camp

Canada head coach Jesse Marsch has summoned 19 players, including York United FC teenager Shola Jimoh, to a camp in Toronto ahead of the full men's team gathering for the two-legged CONCACAF Nations League quarterfinal later this month against Suriname.




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With 2026 World Cup on horizon, Canadian Premier League seeks further credibility in soccer landscape

After nearly six complete seasons, the Canadian Premier League finds itself at an inflection point. Ahead of Saturday’s championship match, it appears there’s some stability — and, consequently, an opportunity to further establish the league’s place within the rapidly growing soccer landscape.



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Daan Klomp finds home with Calgary's Cavalry FC in Canadian Premier League

Cavalry FC defender Daan Klomp who considered quitting soccer in the Netherlands in 2020, will go after the Canadian Premier League title Saturday against defending champion Forge FC. And his trophy case may grow a little fuller Thursday at the CPL awards show.




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Cavalry FC to battle against Hamilton's Forge FC for Canadian Premier League championship

Calgary's Cavalry FC could win its first Canadian Premier League championship on Saturday when it takes on Hamilton's Forge FC in front of a home crowd at ATCO field.



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Canadian Premier League wants to expand by 2 teams in 2026

CPL commissioner Mark Noonan says the league is in discussions with groups in Edmonton, Laval, Que., Kelowna, B.C., Kitchener, Waterloo and Windsor, Ont., Quebec City, Saskatoon and the Toronto area.



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Calgary's Cavalry FC dethrones Hamilton's Forge FC for 1st-ever Canadian Premier League title

Calgary’s Cavalry FC can finally call itself Canadian Premier League champions. Playing in front of its hometown crowd, Cavalry FC dethroned the four-time champions Forge FC from Hamilton 2-1 Saturday in Calgary.



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Saskatchewan Huskies head coach Scott Flory after losing a defensive battle to provincial rival

It was only the second time the Saskatchewan Huskies and the Regina Rams have met in the Hardy Cup championship game. This time it was the Rams coming out on top 19-14. Huskies head coach Scott Flory says there were too many turnovers and too many plays left on the field after a hard fought game.




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Building a safe community: Front-line workers weigh in on priority issue in Saskatoon civic election

We've heard what the candidates want to do about community safety in Saskatoon. Here's what the people already doing the work say the new mayor and council should do after the civic election.



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Wind, rain warnings issued as 'vigorous' storm approaches B.C.

Officials have issued wind and rainfall warnings for Tuesday night in several regions as another fall storm approaches southwestern B.C.



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Kingston's Aaliyah Edwards holds youth basketball camp after first pro season

After playing her first season with the WNBA's Washington Mystics and representing Team Canada at the Olympics, forward Aaliyah Edwards held her second annual "You Got Knext" camp in her hometown over the weekend.




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Transit deficit the elephant in the room as Ottawa prepares for draft budget

OC Transpo is short $120 million for next year, and Wednesday's draft budget will shed light on who can expect to pay the bill.



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Figure skating Grand Prix Final cancelled over travel rules

The figure skating Grand Prix Final next week has been cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic for the second season in a row. The Dec. 9-12 event in Osaka, Japan, was the only global event matching the best skaters across all four disciplines before the Winter Olympics in Beijing in February.



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Students become 'junior historians' for a hands-on approach to Remembrance Day learning

Some educators are giving history classes new relevance by teaching students to be junior historians: offering engaging entry points into Canada's past and inspiring connections to the world today.




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Windsor asked people to help tax vacant homes and the results surprised them

Windsor's push to tax people that own houses that sit empty in a city dealing with an affordable housing crunch has led to some surprising early results.



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'There is stigma, but there is help:' Death of CBSA officer shines light on mental health in profession

Details remain scarce surrounding the death of a Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officer at the Ambassador Bridge on Saturday. The border authority and union said an employee died by suicide while on the job on the Windsor, Ont., side of the border. 



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For the 1st time, this Windsor theatre company is offering a show with sign language interpretation

Windsor Light Music Theatre's production of A Christmas Story: The Musical will feature sign language interpreters at the Nov. 22 show to make the entertainment accessible to those who are deaf or hard of hearing.




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Residential school survivors press Ottawa for more money to find unmarked graves

A group of residential school survivors and their supporters are asking the federal government to reverse what they're calling a funding cut and come up with more money to help find the unmarked graves of students who went to these institutions.




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Canadian RJ Barrett close to return from injury as Raptors prepare for Wednesday's season opener

Canadian swingman RJ Barrett was upgraded to day-to-day and engaged in non-contact practise on Monday, two days before Toronto hosts the Cleveland Cavaliers at Scotiabank Arena.




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Indigenous leaders praise report on Canada's 'disappeared' residential school children

Kimberly Murray has opened an uncomfortable and difficult but long overdue conversation about justice for Canada’s "disappeared" residential school children, Indigenous leaders say in response to the special interlocutor's two-volume final report.