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Slain U.K. MP David Amess remembered as a 'kind, gentle man' with a zest for life
You'd be hard pressed to find anyone from any political party with a bad word to say about David Amess, says his friend and colleague Pauline Latham.
This 71-year-old writer's coming-of-age novel is a debut like no other
Okanagan First Nation writer Brian Thomas Isaac's debut is a window into a unique Indigenous boy's childhood.
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Woman who lost her home in Lytton, B.C., fire pushes back against TSB report
Edith Loring Kuhanga wants the rail companies in Lytton, B.C., to take responsibility for the deadly fire that ripped through the town this summer, killing two people and destroying almost everything in its path — including her home.
As It Happens: The Friday Edition
Oct. 15, 2021
This chemist cooked up medieval gunpowder recipes and fired them out of a cannon
Chemistry professor Dawn Riegner had a literal blast during her pandemic downtime, as she recreated gunpowder recipes and helped a friend studying medieval weapons.
This U.K. bakery was ordered to stop using 'illegal sprinkles'
Rich Myers, who owns Get Baked in Leeds, England, never thought he'd get a visit from "the sprinkle police." Then he was told he was being investigated for selling products that use sprinkles containing a food colouring not approved for use in baked goods.
As It Happens: The Thursday Edition
Oct. 14, 2021
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Why sending William Shatner to space was 'a marketing victory' for Jeff Bezos
By sending William Shatner on a brief trip into space, Jeff Bezos has crafted a narrative of optimism and hope, instead of one about, for example, the privatization in space flight or the ethics of Amazon's labour policies, says culture writer Ted Anthony.
How Matt Amodio won 38 games of Jeopardy! — and why the last question tripped him up
The Yale computer science student from Medina, Ohio, made made Jeopardy! history, securing the second most consecutive wins and the third highest non-tournament winnings.
Buyers bid big on garden statues believed to be ancient Egyptian relics
A U.K. family selling a variety of items at auction got way more than they bargained for when a pair of statues they believed to be replicas sold for a price that suggests they're actual antiquities.
As It Happens: The Wednesday Edition
Oct. 13, 2021
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She had a career she was proud of in Afghanistan. Now she has to stay home
A former director at a government ministry in Afghanistan says she used to travel the world, working for her people and championing the rights of women. Now, with the Taliban in power, she has no income and just stays home watching TV news.
Van Gogh considered this among his most important works. Everyone else thought it was trash
Vincent Van Gogh's The Potato Eaters was rejected by the art community in 1885 and never publicly displayed during the artist's lifetime. Now it's at the centre of a new exhibit called Mistake or Masterpiece?
She won the World Porridge Making Championships for fried risotto — and the judges didn't even taste it
The winner of the 2021 World Porridge Making Championships technically didn't make any porridge.
Ultra-marathoner who escaped a mountain snowstorm plans to run the race again next year
When Annie Macdonald started running an 80-kilometre ultra-marathon through Utah’s rugged mountain peaks, she figured she was prepared for whatever Mother Nature would throw her way.
As It Happens: The Tuesday Edition
Oct. 12, 2021
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Jonathan Franzen's new novel Crossroads is a window into American exceptionalism
The novelist and essayist says his characters' convictions about their inherent goodness mirror the "annoying" convictions his country has about itself as a nation.
Hayley Wickenheiser says hockey prepared her for a career in medicine
The six-time Olympian’s new book, Over the Boards: Lessons From The Ice, tells the story of a gilded hockey career and an even more unlikely midlife transition to medicine.
As It Happens: The Monday Edition
Oct. 11, 2021
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Dmitry Muratov's Nobel Peace Prize win offers hope 'Russian journalism will survive,' says reporter
If it wasn't for editor in chief — and now Nobel Peace Prize winner — Dmitry Muratov, the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta would've folded a long time ago, said one of paper's investigative reporters.
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Malaria shots for children across Africa will have 'great impact' says Ghana doctor
This week, the World Health Organization endorsed a malaria vaccine for wide use, welcome news to Dr. Kwame Amponsa-Achiano, who leads Ghana's malaria vaccine pilot program.
