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Tuesday August 29, 2017
As It Happens Debate over John A. Macdonald's name 'not what reconciliation is all about,' says Murray Sinclair
The former TRC chairman says we should stop arguing about whether schools should be named after Sir John A. Macdonald, and start honouring Indigenous heroes.
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Wednesday August 23, 2017
As It Happens Mumbai divorce lawyer cheers end of India's instant divorce law
In what's being called an historic day for Muslim women in India, courts have ruled the practice of allowing Muslim men to instantly divorce their wives unconstitutional.
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Wednesday May 24, 2017
As It Happens 'They all have plastic inside them': New film explores our impact on Pacific albatrosses
Photographer Chris Jordan is releasing a new documentary about the devastating effects of ocean plastic on the lives of albatrosses on one Pacific island.
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Tuesday September 05, 2017
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'Kicked while we were down': Paramedic who saved Harvey victims faces deportation if DACA ends
Houston-area paramedic Jesus Contreras is one of many DACA recipients dealing with Harvey's aftermath while his own future hangs in the balance. More
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Scottish mother's suspicions confirmed after baby's coffin found empty decades later
Forty-two years after newborn baby Gary Paton died in Edinburgh, an exhumation of his grave has confirmed what his mother had long suspected — that his coffin is empty. More read comments
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Arrest of alleged neo-Nazis in British army shows U.K. is 'waking up to the threat of the far right'
Extremism expert Dan Jones discusses the rise of the far right in the U.K. after four members of the British army were arrested over alleged links to a neo-Nazi group. More
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Boston man sets new record for solo run of the Appalachian Trail
Joe McConaughy, a.k.a. "Stringbean," ran the 3,500-kilometre Appalachian Trail in a record-setting 45 ½ days. More read comments
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