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University cheating charges leave some CBC readers calling for compassion

by Aleksandra Sagan Posted: December 19, 2014 1:45 PM Last Updated: December 19, 2014 1:53 PM

Categories: Canada, Community

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Police charged two university students with uttering forged documents and personation at an exam after a first-year math student at the University of Waterloo allegedly paid a PhD student $900 to write her final math exam. The swift response and police charges have divided CBC readers.
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Anti-marijuana ad's 'fear-mongering' angers CBC readers

by Aleksandra Sagan Posted: December 18, 2014 12:58 PM Last Updated: December 18, 2014 1:38 PM

Categories: Canada, Community, Health

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CBC readers are annoyed with a Health Canada anti-marijuana ad that makes a widely disputed claim that smoking a joint can decrease someone's IQ.
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Henrietta Edwards' 165th birthday celebrated with Google Doodle

by Aleksandra Sagan Posted: December 18, 2014 8:58 AM Last Updated: December 18, 2014 9:03 AM

Categories: Canada, Community

henrietta-edwards-220.jpgToday's Google Doodle celebrates a famous Canadian woman's 165th birthday - Henrietta Edwards.


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Floor-crossing angers CBC News readers annoyed with Alberta, Ontario politics

by Aleksandra Sagan Posted: December 16, 2014 1:03 PM Last Updated: December 16, 2014 1:16 PM

Categories: Community

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Ontario and Alberta legislatures are both being hit with floor-crossing stories Tuesday, and most CBC News readers are expressing frustration with the practice.
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#IllRideWithYou: Aussies offer support to Muslims fearing #SydneySiege backlash

by Aleksandra Sagan Posted: December 15, 2014 9:15 AM Last Updated: December 15, 2014 9:36 AM

Categories: Community

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Aussies are uniting to respond with love rather than fear as police negotiate for the release of hostages in a suspected jihadist attack.

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Bikini-wearing mom calls out body shaming bullies

by Aleksandra Sagan Posted: August 1, 2014 5:30 PM Last Updated: August 1, 2014 5:34 PM

Categories: Community

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A 33-year-old mother of five is calling out three people who she says bullied her over her bikini body after she had decided to sunbathe in public for the first time in more than a decade.

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Big Bang Theory cast's $1M salary demands stall season 8 production

by Aleksandra Sagan Posted: August 1, 2014 1:42 PM Last Updated: August 1, 2014 2:21 PM

Categories: Community

TBBT220.jpgThe eighth season of the highly-rated comedy The Big Bang Theory is off to a slow start as some of the main cast members are reportedly seeking a $1 million pay cheque - per episode.


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CBC's News Network celebrates 25 years on the air

by Aleksandra Sagan Posted: July 31, 2014 1:21 PM Last Updated: July 31, 2014 1:32 PM

Categories: Community

NNpic3 (1) 220.jpgTwenty-five years ago today, CBC's News Network had its inaugural broadcast. On July 31, 1989, CBC Newsworld -- as it was known at the time -- went on the air.


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Richard Dawkins's rape, pedophilia logic tweets ignite 'Twitter storm'

by Aleksandra Sagan Posted: July 30, 2014 1:44 PM Last Updated: July 30, 2014 4:25 PM

Categories: Community

Dawkins220.jpgBiologist and best-selling author Richard Dawkins ignited what he calls "a bizarre Twitter storm" after providing some controversial examples about date rape and pedophilia to prove a logic argument.


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OkCupid defends fake matches in the name of science

by Aleksandra Sagan Posted: July 29, 2014 1:22 PM Last Updated: July 29, 2014 1:24 PM

Categories: Community, Science & Technology

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Facebook is not the only company freely experimenting on its users. "If you use the internet, you're the subjects of hundreds of experiments at any given time, on every site. That's how websites work," wrote OkCupid, announcing in its first blog post in three years that it has run many experiments on its clientele.

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