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[published_date] The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is here, and it features many book-to-movie adaptations and films inspired by literary giants. TIFF 2025 began Thursday and runs until Sept. 14. CBC Books went through the lineup and found all of the literary-inspired titles to add to both your reading list and watch list. A Pale View…

[published_date] As Liberal MPs prepare for a national caucus meeting in Edmonton next week, some are aiming to bring climate change to the forefront of the political agenda by creating a formal caucus to discuss the issue. The effort comes as some MPs are quietly expressing concern that Prime Minister Mark Carney has relegated green…

[published_date] The Current Miriam Toews on why she writes, and how it helps her survive WARNING: This story contains details of suicide.  In A Truce That Is Not Peace, acclaimed Canadian author Miriam Toews grapples directly with the losses of her father and sister to suicide.  While her earlier works have explored these…

[published_date] In July, Maxen, a Haitian man living in Hamilton drove to the Canada-U.S. border in Quebec where he'd arranged to pick up his two sisters coming from Miami, but the reunion didn't happen as planned.  The sisters, who fled Haiti last year due to violence, had hoped to settle in the U.S., but when…

[published_date] Potato producers across P.E.I. say this summer has been among the worst in recent memory for drought-like conditions. Andrew Lawless, operator of Hilltop Produce in Kinkora, has been running his irrigation system since the beginning of July, watering about 40 per cent of his crop once a week. Despite that, he estimates he will lose about…

[published_date] The money collected from Nova Scotians accused of breaking the province's burn ban falls well short of the more than $1 million in tickets handed out, but a criminologist remains encouraged by the numbers, saying they suggest the threat of a hefty fine is working in the government's favour. So far, the province has…

[published_date] The basketball court at J. Frank Macauley Park has been completely redone, in partnership with Buckets and Borders and the City of Charlottetown. The fresh new colours and P.E.I.-inspired design make it one of the coolest courts in town. CBC's Sheehan Desjardins dropped by to take a look. Source link

[published_date] With its sunny weather, sandy beaches and amusement parks, Florida draws millions of visitors each year, including 3.4 million Canadians in 2024, according to the state's last count.  But in light of its plan to end vaccine mandates, doctors say visitors should be vigilant about diseases like measles, whooping cough and polio before visiting the…

[published_date] Prime Minister Mark Carney rolled out a series of measures on Friday that he says will transform Canada's economy into a force that can withstand the trade shocks of the Trump administration. The measures announced in the strategy have been targeted to specifically help workers and businesses that have been most impacted by U.S.…

[published_date] A racing helmet worn by one of Canada's highest-profile IndyCar racers has been stolen from a museum in Vancouver. The B.C. Sports Hall of Fame says the theft happened on Wednesday, when staff noticed a helmet worn by Greg Moore was taken from a mannequin on display beside his IndyCar. Moore, from Maple Ridge,…

[published_date] WARNING: This story contains details of child abuse. Ada Guan, the woman convicted of manslaughter in her five-year-old daughter's death in Ottawa, is now wanted on a Canada-wide warrant after failing to appear in court multiple times in preparation for sentencing. Chloe Guan-Branch, 5, was found dead in her bedroom in May 2020, days after her fifth…

[published_date] Anthropic told a San Francisco federal judge on Friday that it has agreed to pay $1.5 billion US to settle a class-action lawsuit from a group of authors who accused the artificial intelligence company of using pirated copies of their books to train its AI chatbot, Claude, without permission. Anthropic and the plaintiffs in a court filing…