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REPLAY Pope Benedict resigns: What's next for the Catholic church?

Categories: Community, World

Tags: World

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Two weeks ago, for the first time in almost 600 years, an active Pope announced that he was stepping down as leader of the Catholic Church.

In this week's episode of CBC Live Online, our panelists chatted about what's next for the Vatican, Catholics in Canada, and congregations around the world.

Russian 'ghost' ship has Twitter intrigued

Categories: Community, World

Tags: Canada, CBC, Community

si-220-ghost-ship.jpgRussian cruise ship Lyubov Orlova broke free from its tow line while en route from St. John's, Newfoundland, to a scrap yard in the Dominican Republic .

After weeks of drifting aimlessly through international waters, the unmanned, rat-infested "ghost ship" is turning heads as it inches towards European soil.

Vote for our February photo contest winner

Categories: Community

Tags: Photo Contest

si_photovote.jpgFor our February 2013 photo contest, we asked you to embrace all things warm and fuzzy. We've narrowed down our selection to five photos based upon the community's reaction, and once again, need your help to determine a winner!

Boeing's bid to replace CF-18s gets CBCNews.ca readers talking

Categories: Canada, Community, Politics

Tags: CBC, Community, Community Reaction

Super HornetTerry Milewski's look at the Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet, now emerging as a rival to the Lockheed Martin F-35 as the Canadian Forces' replacement for its aging CF-18s, really got the CBC Community talking.

Vatican scrubs @pontifex Twitter account

Categories: Community, World

Tags: World

si-220-twitter.jpgFollowing Pope Benedict XVI's official resignation, the Vatican has scrubbed his official account, moving all the emeritus pope's tweets and his photo to an online archive.

'Warm and fuzzy' February photo contest

Categories: Canada, Community

Tags: Canada, Community

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"Our pug adopted all of the stray kittens around as if they were his own," writes CBC Community member Kelly Penner. "The kittens loved him so much they would not leave his side for one second."

Audrey Hepburn posthumously stars in chocolate ad

Categories: Business, Community, World

Tags: Business, Community, World

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A U.K. chocolate commercial starring a hyper-realistic Audrey Hepburn has sparked debate online, as fans and critics debate the appropriateness of posthumous celebrity endorsements.

Should icons be resurrected for promotional purposes?

Are they EI 'targets' or fraud 'quotas'? CBCNews.ca readers have some thoughts on that.

Categories: Community, Politics

Tags: Community, Community Reaction, Politics

FinleyOur stories on employment insurance reforms and fraud investigations have been some of the most commented-upon recently.

Members of the CBC Community said that Human Resources Minister Diane Finley was quibbling when she clarified that fraud investigators have "targets," not "quotas." 

Should Canada's drug laws crack down on synthetic pot?

Categories: Canada, Community

Tags: Canada, law, POV, Storify

Synthetic potHerbal incense containing synthetic cannibinoids can be purchased at head shops across Canada thanks to a legal grey area over which chemicals have been declared illegal and which have not.

Should Canada's laws be changed to crack down on synthetic pot?

Have you been tempted to try horsemeat since European meat scandal broke?

Categories: Canada, Community

Tags: Canada, Community, Community Reaction, food, POV

HorsemeatButchers and restaurateurs are reporting the interest in eating horsemeat is climbing amid growing media coverage of the scandal of products in Europe labelled as beef containing horse. 

Have you been tempted to try it? 

CBCNews.ca readers debate 'best before' dates

Categories: Community, Health

Tags: Canada, Community, food, Health

FishThe latest story from the Go Public investigative team got the CBC Community taking about food, grocery stores and what's safe to eat. 

Physicists find Spider-Man's webs could stop runaway train

Categories: Community, Science & Technology

Tags: Technology and Science

si-220-spiderman.jpg In a paper titled 'Doing Whatever a Spider Can', three physics students from the University of Leicester calculated that the strength of Spider-Man's webbing could actually bring a runaway train to a screeching halt.

Does superhero science make physics more interesting? Add your own questions to our social poll!

Black History Month: Looking back, pressing forward

Categories: Canada, Community

Tags: Canada

si-220-asha-combo.jpgCBC reporter Asha Tomlinson took a break from the breaking news desk to produce a series of stories on what it means to be black in contemporary Canada.

"I've come to realize that it means celebrating our diverse cultures as well as recognizing that we're all Canadian," she said. 

Was teachers' fake Disney World student trip prank funny or cruel?

Categories: Canada, Community

Tags: Canada, Education, POV

Disney WorldA prank that started with a misleading Disney World brochure in a teacher's desk and ended with a slide presentation to the whole graduating class at an Ontario public school is being called "bullying" and a breach of trust. 

What do you think?

RRSPs for reluctant savers: An ostrich's guide to nest eggs

Categories: Canada, Community

Tags: Business, Canada

si-220-ostriches.jpgIt's RRSP season again, and if you're feeling like an ostrich with its head in the sand, re-watch this week's episode of CBC Live Online to embolden you to take a look around.

Meet our 2013 Oscar night live chat crew

Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Community

Tags: Arts & Entertainment

si-220-oscars.jpgCBC Arts reporter and red carpet warrior Deana Sumanac will be hosting this year's Oscar night live chat. We would like to introduce you to the savvy panellists who will be joining her throughout the night.

REPLAY: Pre-Oscars LIVE CHAT with Zulekha Nathoo

Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Community

Tags: LiveChat

si_oscars_chat_feb21.jpgZuleka joined us on Thursday, Feb. 21 at 1 p.m. to help CBC audience members get informed and excited about all things Oscar.

Is the Pistorius murder case turning into South Africa's O.J. Simpson trial?

Categories: Community, World

Tags: Community, Community Reaction, law, World

PistoriusThe murder trial of South African Olympian Oscar Pistorius hasn't even begun and already the proceedings are being called the country's own version of the O.J. Simpson trial of 1995.

Do you think the comparison is apt? 

CBCNews.ca readers pose own questions about Office of Religious Freedom

Categories: Community, Politics

Tags: Canada, Community, Community Reaction, Politics, religion

religion-ambassador-220.jpgStephen Harper named Andrew Bennett, a 40-year-old Catholic and academic, as the first head of the new Office of Religious Freedom yesterday.

We posted an article this morning addressing some of the questions that Bennett's appointment has raised. In the comments on our stories, the CBC Community is asking questions of their own. 

Is a 4-day school week a good way to cut costs?

Categories: Canada, Community

Tags: Alberta, Canada, Community, Education, Politics, POV

Year-Round-School-220.jpgThe public school board in Fort McMurray, Alta., is expected to decide Tuesday whether it will move to a four-day school week to save $1 million. 

Critics say the change would require parents to pay more for child care. What do you think?