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Susan Sontag's self-doubt and sexual identity explored in new biography
On the outside, Susan Sontag appeared to be a confident, effortlessly glamorous intellectual elite. But on the inside, she was wracked with uncertainly, says her biographer.
Iowa paper successfully fights libel suit by ex-police officer — but struggles to cover costs
The Carroll Times Herald newspaper successfully fought off a libel lawsuit brought by a former police officer who they exposed for having inappropriate relationships with teenage girls. Doug Burns, the paper's co-owner and vice-president of news, has started a Go Fund Me to help cover the newspaper's legal expenses.
Chrystia Freeland on climate change, electoral reform and the Liberals' new challenges in Quebec
After four years in government, the Liberals' commitment to "sunny ways" has become a little cloudy. Chrystia Freeland tells us why her party should get a second chance now that the first impression has worn off.
As It Happens: Monday Edition
Oct. 14, 2019
Michael Christie's book Greenwood tackles climate change, forestry and family dysfunction
You could categorize Michael Christie's new novel Greenwood as a sprawling work of historical fiction. But its family story is timeless — and its environmental message couldn't be more timely.
Ontario woman spends hundreds for son to meet YouTube star Blippi — who won't be there
Dana Oliver was overjoyed when she snagged tickets to take her two-year-old son to see Blippi, the YouTube sensation for preschoolers, in Toronto. Now, she's outraged to find out Blippi will be played by someone else.
As It Happens: Friday Edition
As It Happens: Friday Edition
Tech law expert nearly duped by 'very, very clever' phone scam
Pieter Gunst says he wanted to share the story of a sophisticated phishing scam that very nearly took his money because he doesn't want other people to fall for the same tricks.
B.C. man, 90, saved by teens after being stranded on logging road for 3 days
Two teenagers are being hailed as heroes after saving Paul Jones, who was stranded for three days inside his car on a logging road along B.C.'s Sunshine Coast.
Staten Island artist's monument to giant octopus attack spawns a seductive legend
No one misses the 400 people who perished when a giant octopus attacked a Staten Island ferry — the same day JFK was assassinated. That's because the attack never happened — although artist Joseph Reginella convinced many people it did.
As It Happens: Thursday Edition
As It Happens: Thursday Edition
'They are invading': Kurdish politician defiant as Turkey bombs northern Syria
Turkey launched widespread airstrikes Wednesday along their border with Syria, in a movement Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called "Operation Peace Spring." But from Salih Muslim's viewpoint, the operation has been anything but peaceful.
New distillery honours Nearest Green — the slave who taught Jack Daniel how to make whiskey
After Fawn Weaver read an article that named a former slave as the mastermind behind Jack Daniel's, she decided to bring his legacy to the forefront with a new whiskey and distillery that bears his name.
Why this city councillor believes Calgary doesn't need to declare a climate emergency
Edmonton and Canmore, Alta., have joined dozens of other cities nationwide in declaring emergencies at the local level. But city councillors in nearby Calgary, including Ward Sutherland, say they have no intention of following suit.
Squirrel blamed for car engine stuffed with nuts
A U.K. mechanic found hundreds of nuts clogging the engine of a client's Honda Civic.
As It Happens: Wednesday Edition
As It Happens: Wednesday Edition
Federal leaders' debate was 'an awesome fail' of flash over substance, says strategist
After Monday night's federal leaders' debate featuring six candidates and five moderators, all crammed into two hours, veteran journalist turned Ottawa strategist Elly Alboim tells us why the whole thing was an "awesome fail."
U.K. scientists dissected a fatberg and found, among the gunk, some false teeth
Scientists have discovered that a 63-metre-long fatberg — a mass of congealed fat, wet wipes and hygiene products — from the depths of southwest England’s sewers isn't toxic. But it tells an interesting story about the people who created it.
'It really starts to sink in': Leader of all-female plastic pollution voyage
Emily Penn just set sail with the first of 30 groups of women who will be spending the next two years touring the world's oceans, trying to solve the problem of plastic pollution and studying its effects on marine life.
'I was so surprised': Owner catches chicken sneaking into her bedroom to lay eggs
A woman in Maine discovered her six-month old chicken regularly flies the coop, sneaking into her house to lay a daily egg in her bedroom.
As It Happens: Tuesday Edition
As It Happens: Tuesday Edition
Lisa Raitt on climate change, Andrew Scheer and why this is the 'nastiest campaign' she's ever seen
Conservative deputy leader Lisa Raitt says the 2019 federal election is the most polarizing campaign she's ever been a part of. She talks with Carol Off about issues like climate change, abortion and just how well people know Andrew Scheer.
'Tell the world': Shofar smuggled out of Auschwitz to sound in NYC for Yom Kippur
For decades, a shofar that was believed to have been blown at Auschwitz was sitting in a paper bag in Judith Tydor Schwartz's house.
Wildfire causes 80% fish loss in Colorado river, survey finds
The fish in Colorado’s Animas River river have depleted about 80 per cent since last year due to the aftermath of a major wildfire, a new survey of the area has found.
Why this bright Indigenous boy who speaks 3 languages almost failed out of school in Australia
Dujuan's story is at the centre of a new documentary called In My Blood It Runs, which premiers Friday at the Hot Docs festival in Toronto.
