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12 young leaders changing Canada in this week's Generation Why

Categories: Community

Tags: Generation Why

si-220-cover.jpg If the number of young entrepreneurs and innovators in Canada is any indication, the generation that came of age alongside the modern web is ready to rethink everything.

Meet 12 young people our readers nominated as the most dedicated, impressive, creative and intelligent Canadians under the age of 30 they know.

U.S. students create 'hate map' of bigoted tweets

Categories: Community, World

Tags: internet, Storify, Twitter, U.S.

hate-map-twitter-220.jpgAn interactive map released this week by U.S. geography students shows what regions in America originate the highest number of racist and homophobic posts on Twitter.

Canadians share memories, photos of Elijah Harper online

Categories: Canada, Community

Tags: storify

si_elijah_harper_RIP.jpgPoliticians, First Nations leaders, and Canadians from coast to coast are sharing memories of Aboriginal leader Elijah Harper on Twitter and Instagram today in the wake of his death.

Chat Replay: How common is Angelina Jolie's 'breast cancer gene'?

Categories: Community, World

Tags: CBC Live Online, Community, Health, World

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This week on CBC Live Online, host Lauren O'Neil chats with our guests about Angelina Jolie's op-ed on her preventive double mastectomy.

How common is the gene mutation that Jolie has? Are the procedures she described covered across Canada? Learn more by watching the replay.

Dutch man says 'Good Morning!' to everyone

Categories: Community

Tags: storify

si_goodmorningproject.jpgMartijn van Osch recently spent three months wishing every single person he passed on his way to work a "good morning" in an attempt to make Holland happier. Now, with "The Good Mornings Project," he's looking to take the trend global.

Abercrombie-scorning video also mocks homeless, say critics

Categories: Community

Tags: CBC, Community, Storify

si-220-ab-homeless.jpgThe founder of an online anti-Abercrombie & Fitch mission to turn the 'cool only' message of the brand's CEO against it is facing an online backlash himself, and people are accusing him of using the homeless and disenfranchised as props in his #FitchTheHomeless campaign.

May mugshots photo contest: Show us your portraits!

Categories: Community

Tags: Photo Contest

si_may_mugshot.jpg Ladies, gentlemen, kids, cats, and Canadian creatures of all different kinds -- CBC News wants your mug for this month's photo contest.

Theatregoer removed after tossing woman's phone

Categories: Community

Tags: CBC, Community, Storify

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A New York blogger has sparked an online debate about using mobile devices in performance venues after he was kicked out of a performance last night for throwing a fellow audience member's cellphone across the room.

Texans post images of tornado clouds, damage

Categories: Community, World

Tags: Photos, Storify, Twitter, U.S., video, weather

texas-hail-220.jpgA series of tornadoes in northern Texas has killed at least six people and destroyed hundreds of homes in small towns there. 

Reporters and residents have posted images of the storm clouds, enormous hail stones, and tornado damage online.

Chris Hadfield crowned 'King of Space' by the Internet

Categories: Community

Tags: storify

si_hadfield_space_king.jpgA photo of Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield wearing traditional clothes from Kazakhstan during a ceremony have people around the web today claiming he's been crowned the "King of Space."