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New shows for CBC Radio's fall Sunday lineup
Fall 2020 brings new changes to CBC Radio One programming on Sundays. Here's what you need to know.
Ontario doctor subject of complaints after COVID-19 tweets
Ontario doctor Kulvinder Kaur Gill has been criticized by fellow doctors and others after a series of tweets that they claim are spreading misinformation about COVID-19 and touting hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for virus.
Support for anti-government, pro-gun Boogaloo movement growing in Canada
An anti-government, pro-gun movement linked to recent violence in the U.S. is gaining supporters in Canada — prompting warnings from experts over their often hateful, violent remarks against protesters, police and Ottawa's new firearms restrictions.
COVID-19 is worse than a bad flu season, despite online claims to the contrary
A widely shared meme claims the COVID-19 death rate without a vaccine is lower than the flu death rate with a vaccine, but that assertion is incorrect, say epidemiologists.
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Online rumours claiming bricks left out for Toronto protests are misleading
Rumours of bricks supposedly left out to encourage protesters to commit violence swirled on social media ahead of a planned march against anti-back racism Friday in Toronto. But the bricks have been linked to construction sites.
Some U.S. officials are blaming outside agitators for unrest. That tactic has a long history, experts say
Some U.S. officials have blamed so-called outside agitators for stoking unrest as nationwide protests against police violence have ruptured America this week, and experts say those claims echo a decades-old tactic to dismiss and delegitimize protests.
How a debunked COVID-19 video kept spreading after Facebook and YouTube took it down
Although social media giants such as Facebook and YouTube have largely removed a debunked documentary about the COVID-19 pandemic from their platforms, copies and variations of the video are still up on alternative social media sites where hundreds of thousands of people are watching them.
WeChat's surveillance of international users boosts censorship in China, researchers say
WeChat is one of the world’s most popular apps, but researchers at the University of Toronto caution it is surveilling international users and using their information to broaden censorship on the app in China.
Quebec police investigating possible link between cell tower fires and 5G coronavirus conspiracy theories
Quebec provincial police are investigating whether at least two cellphone tower fires north of Montreal could be linked to conspiracy theories that 5G wireless technology caused the coronavirus pandemic.
Some Canadians who received unsolicited copy of Epoch Times upset by claim that China was behind virus
The Epoch Times, a newspaper that has polarized people over its content, is coming under fire for advancing a conspiracy theory about the origin of the coronavirus — and having it delivered straight into people's mailboxes unsolicited.