June 20, 2013

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WATCH: Minor Pot Conviction Barred Man From Entering U.S.

HuffPost Live | Posted 04.09.2013 | HuffPost Live 321

There's a "moral turpitude" test in U.S. immigration law that prevents entry if as a foreigner, you've admitted to smoking pot ... and you could be ba...

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The Two Freds

David Kleeman | Posted 02.18.2013 | Media

Read More: Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Saint-Vincent-College, Digital Media, David Kleeman, Children, Early Learning, Children Ipads, Touchscreen, Fred Rogers Center, Media, Mister Rogers, Cbc, Children's Media, Early Childhood Education, Fred Rogers, Prix Jeunesse, Accm, Media News

For someone in my field, merely having my name in the same sentence as Mister Rogers is a heady, humbling experience. I'm too old to have grown up with him as a "television friend," but young enough that his work was seminal to my career choice.

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CBC Brings Out the Big Guns This Winter

Denette Wilford | Posted 01.14.2013 | TV

Read More: CBC TV Schedule, Cbc, TV Canada, Heartland, CBC 2012, Arctic Air, Cracked, Dragons Den, CBC TV, Republic of Doyle, CBC TV Lineup, CBC 2013, Mr. D, CBC Winter Lineup, TV News

Canadians, if you thought CBC's fall TV schedule was huge, things just got a whole lot bigger.

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Congressional Black Caucus Unveils Plan To Combat Voter Suppression Laws

HuffingtonPost.com | Leigh Owens | Posted 09.25.2012 | Black Voices

Read More: Video, 2012 Elections, Voter Rights, Cbc, Bv-Politics, Congressional Black Caucus, Emanuel Cleaver, Elections 2012, Voter ID Laws, Annual Legislative Conference, Restrictive Voter Laws, Alc, Voter Suppression, Voter ID, Black Voices News

WASHINGTON -- The Congressional Black Caucus held a series of events throughout the country on Tuesday to educate communities on voter suppression law...

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Kevin Zegers On 'Titanic: Blood & Steel' And His Jaunty Mustache

HuffingtonPost.com | Annette Bourdeau | Posted 09.19.2012 | TV

Read More: TV Canada, Cbc, Titanic, Titanic CBC, Titanic Blood and Steel, Kevin Zegers Interview, Kevin Zegers Titanic, Kevin Zegers Titanic Blood and Steel, Kevin Zegers, Video, TV News

Everybody knows the story of how the Titanic came to sink. But ever wonder what went into bringing the Ship of Dreams to fruition in the first place? ...

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Canada Reaches Key Step With China

CBC | Posted 08.19.2012 | Business

Canada is set to announce it has completed an important step toward closer trade ties with China, CBC News has learned. Prime...

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Why New Sports Show Is Offensive To Women

Lori Fradkin | Posted 07.24.2012 | Women

Read More: Lena Sutherland Jules Mancuso, Sports, Jules Mancuso, Cbc, What the Women Want, Lena Sutherland, Video, Women News

"While The Women Watch" features commentary about sporting events from producer Lena Sutherland and holistic nutritionist Jules Mancuso, which according to their website includes "everything from interpreting the rules of the game to coaches in need of a makeover."

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'Little Mosque On The Prairie': Saying Goodbye

HuffingtonPost.com | Annette Bourdeau | Posted 03.30.2012 | TV

Zaib Shaikh and Sitara Hewitt, better known to "Little Mosque on the Prairie" fans as their alter egos Amaar Rashid and Rayyan Hamoudi, are reminiscin...

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Life Is Wonderful, Life Is Strange, Life Is Hard

Kristina Groves | Posted 05.21.2012 | Sports

Read More: Cbc, Aboriginal Youth, Sport and Play, First Nations, Nik Zoricic, Right to Play, Sports News

Back in the familiar surroundings and relative comforts of my own home, it's hard to imagine that the week I just had actually happened and that it wasn't a dream or some crazy trip to an alternate universe.

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Whitney Houston Honored By Congressional Black Caucus

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 02.16.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The Congressional Black Caucus will honor Whitney Houston with a resolution that will be sent to Houston's family in time for the late s...

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PHOTOS: 7 Things To Watch On Harper's China Trip

CBC | Posted 04.04.2012 | Home

Prime Minister Stephen Harper leaves for China Monday with four cabinet ministers and seven MPs in tow. It will be his second visit to the...

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Minister Volunteers Department For Deepest Cuts

CBC | Posted 03.28.2012 | Home

Canada's heritage minister says his own department will be cut first and perhaps deepest in order to give more money to arts groups durin...

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NDP Tout Attack Plan For Battle With Harper

CBC | Posted 03.25.2012 | Home

Read More: Nycole Turmel, Ndp Harper, Cbc, Ndp Budget, Turmel Harper, NDP Nycole Turmel, Ndp Leadership, Ndp Turmel, Ndp Leader, Turmel Ndp, NDP Interim Leader, Home News

Interim NDP Leader Nycole Turmel said Tuesday that her party plans to hold Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government to account on the u...

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Men With Brooms: Requiem for an Obscure Canadian Sitcom

Morgan Glennon | Posted 03.06.2012 | TV

Read More: Cbc, Cancelled Shows, Sitcoms, Paul Mather, Due South, Men With Brooms, Curling, Paul Gross, Slings and Arrows, Canadian Sitcom, Canadian Tv, Cancelled Tv, TV Canada, TV News

Men With Brooms was a sweet little sitcom about a group of friends who hang out in a bar and form a curling team. You know curling, that sport we try to care about during the Winter Olympics.

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Canadian TV: Have We Lost Our Identity?

Stephanie Earp | Posted 02.12.2012 | Canada

Read More: Canada TV Evolution, Canada TV Future, Bill Brioux, Canada Tv, Canadian Tv, Kirstine Stewart, Cbc, Canada News

Of the top 20 TV shows in Canada, 18 of them are American. In this rather bleak landscape, what is the future of Canadian television? Should we even bother producing TV anymore?

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'This Hour Has 22 Minutes': Almost 20 And Still Funny

Stephanie Earp | Posted 02.12.2012 | Canada

Read More: TV Canada, 22 Minutes 20 Years, Video, Canada Tv, Cbc, 22 Minutes, Canada Sketch Comedy, Sketch Comedy, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Canada News

While most TV shows need to be taken out back and mercifully shot after about five seasons, sketch comedy has a longer lifespan, and 'This Hour Has 22 Minutes' demonstrates this perfectly.

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Elizabeth May: Kyoto Withdrawal Breaking The Law

CBC | Posted 02.12.2012 | Home

Read More: Green Party Canada, Cbc, Kyoto, Elizabeth May, Canada Climate Change, Canada Kyoto Protocol, Kyoto Protocol, Video, Home News

Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his government are breaking the law by withdrawing from the Kyoto Protocol, Green Party Leader Elizabet...

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Doorman Stabbed Outside Pointe-Claire Bar

CBC | Posted 02.09.2012 | Home

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Ontario Town Devastated By Suicides

CBC | Posted 02.06.2012 | Home

Read More: Teenage Suicide, Pembroke Ontario Suicide, Depression, Mental Health, Cbc, Suicide, Ontario Suicide, Teen Mental Health, Home News

Residents of Pembroke, Ont., are devastated and looking for answers after three teenagers committed suicide over the last four months. ...

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Honour-Killing Expert To Testify At Shafia Trial

CBC | Posted 12.05.2011 | Home

Read More: Honour Killings Trial, Shafia Family, Cbc, Honour Killings, Mohammad Shafia, Shafia Trial, Kingston Honour Killings, Tooba Yahya, Hamed Shafia, Home News

A so-called honour-killing expert is expected to testify Monday at the canal deaths trial in Kingston, Ont. Shahrzad Mojab is...

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Quebec Police Officer Killed

CBC | Posted 01.31.2012 | Canada

Read More: Quebec, Quebec Police Officer Killed, Cbc, Police, Quebec Police, Bromont, Surete Due Quebec, Quebec Police Officer Dead, Canada News

A Bromont municipal police officer has died after he was hit by a truck on the side of a road Thursday, Quebec provincial police say. ...

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ANALYSIS: Papandreou's Referendum Gamble

CBC | Posted 01.01.2012 | Home

Read More: Eurozone, George Papandreou, Cbc, Greece, Greek Bailout, Euro, Home News

George Papandreou's surprise referendum gamble — offering to put this latest European bailout plan to a popular vote in Greece — is n...

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Edmonton Imam Released After Alleged Beating, Arrest In Saudi Arabia

CBC | Posted 12.31.2011 | Home

An Edmonton imam who was allegedly assaulted and detained in Saudi Arabia over the weekend thanked those who helped secure his release fr...

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Friends Of Old Time Radio Gather In Newark, N.J. For One Last Convention (VIDEO)

HuffPost Weird News | David Moye | Posted 12.16.2011 | Weird News

Read More: Pbs, Prairie Home Companion, Bbc, Golden Age of Radio, Sean Dougherty, Lone Ranger, Arthur Anderson, Martin Grams, Video, Cbc, Friends of Old Time Radio, Radio Drama, Old Time Radio, Lucky Charms Leprechaun, Let's Pretend, Jack Benny, Weird News News

From 1920 until the mid-1950s, no other medium unified America like radio. Unlike newspapers, which were regionally focused, radio dramas like "The...

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