VIDEO: The CBC Community Weekly Webcast, Sept. 28, 2012

Categories: Community

Tags: weekly webcast

si_qwiki_sept28.jpgToo busy to catch up on internet buzz this week?

Kick back and spend a few minutes watching our weekly webcast to find out what people are talking about right now.

Our top blog posts the week include NFL replacement refs, Justin Trudeau, a courageous bearded Sikh woman, Rona Ambrose and the bagel head trend that's sweeping through Japan.

U.K. mailbox turns time capsule after 23 years of neglect

Categories: World

Tags: World

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Yes, 23 years is a long time to wait for mail, but many of the letters and cards discovered at the Birmingham New Street station now bear the unique stamp of time. A neglected mailbox spotted during renovations has become something of an accidental time capsule.

Netanyahu's cartoon "Bibi bomb" explodes online

Categories: Community, Politics, World

Tags: storify

si_bibi_bomb.jpgA simple graphic that Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu used to demonstrate a point at the U.N. Thursday sent his message reeling across the world and the web in a way that experts are calling "a brilliant stroke of political stagecraft."

NYC restaurant reheats horse meat debate

Categories: Canada, World

Tags: animals, Canada, food & drink, World

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With the addition of horse to the menu of a New York City restaurant, the debate over eating the animal's meat will surely rear its head once again. What is your stance on eating horse meat? Have you, or would you, try it?


Reaction to delay in recall of contaminated beef

Categories: Community

Tags: Community, Community Reaction

si-220-graduate-UBC.jpgThe Canadian Food Inspection Agency is defending its decision today to delay recalling beef from XL Foods. The CBC Community had a lot to say about that delay, and about who to blame for the contamination.

Canada leads the world in highly-educated adults

Categories: Canada, World

Tags: Canada, Education, World

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A new report shows Canada has the highest proportion of highly-educated adults among all OECD countries, as 51 per cent of the population has earned a post-secondary degree. But researchers also point out that high education does not always translate to high income.

Cook's Apple maps apology wins praise

Categories: Community, Science & Technology

Tags: Storify, Technology, Technology and Science, Twitter

si-iphone5-220-CP03258140.jpgApple CEO Tim Cook posted a letter to customers Friday apologized for the poor performance the company's new Maps app after iPhone and iPad users expressed frustrated with the update.

Should Canada drop the plan to buy F-35 jets and start over?

Categories: Canada, Community, Politics

Tags: Canada, Community, Politics, POV

F-35A former Canadian chief of the air staff says the military's recommendation to purchase F-35 fighter jets was based on an incomplete review of the capabilities of other aircraft.

Should Canada drop the plan to buy F-35 jets and start over?

Japanese hipsters get 'bagel head' saline injections

Categories: Community, Science & Technology

Tags: storify

si_bagelhead_natgeo.jpgAn extreme body modification procedure in which people get bagel-shaped saline bubbles injected into their foreheads is making its way into mainstream Japanese youth culture, according to National Geographic.

UFO home inspired by decades-old heartbreak

Categories: World

Tags: space, World

si-220-UFO.jpgThis other-worldly home in Puerto Rico may look like something out of a science fiction novel, but the story behind it would be more appropriately filed under romance.