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We really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really need you recognize the brilliance of Catherine O'Hara.
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At least once a year, a mother and her brood of ducklings make their way from her nesting grounds, through a high school to a nearby creek. Staff have helped guide the family on their journey for the last 10 years.
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A Newfoundland woman captured this video of a rare piebald moose — and had quite the time narrating it. |
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When you realize Mr. Dressup is trending because Canadians are tweeting how much they love him and NOT because something from his past came to light.
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On this day, 20 years ago, Terry Fox ended the Marathon of Hope. After 143 days and 5,373 kilometres, the 21-year-old made the difficult decision to end his marathon across Canada after cancer spread to his lungs.
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Was Mr. Dressup part of your childhood? The show first aired on CBC TV 50 years ago today!
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Sesame Street marks its 50th anniversary today. In the five decades since it first aired on television screens across the U.S., Sesame Street has helped teach children to count, to spell, and has exposed them to all kinds of music. Who grew up watching Sesame Street?
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Today's our 82nd anniversary! No matter the decade, CBC has always been in style. Take a look at some of our hottest looks over the years.
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"It's okay to be difficult. You know we have this idea of women that we're supposed to make nice, play nice and you know I really want women to feel permission to be themselves and that includes a range of emotions." - #IWD2019
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The cutest video you’ll watch today ❤️ These five-year-old teammates from Brampton, Ontario were huddling during their very first basketball practice when they couldn’t help but show an extra little love for each other.
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On this day in 1980, Terry Fox dipped his leg in the Atlantic Ocean to begin the Marathon of Hope. He would go on to run 5,373 km in 143 days, raising funds and awareness for cancer research that continues to this day. |
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Complaining about the weather is a national past-time for Canadians. 😏☀️🇨🇦😏☀️🇨🇦
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This is 6 year old Pituaq Okalik. She graduated from Kindergarten in Rankin Inlet. Asked what inspired her look, she said "because It makes me feel Inuk!" Thank you to her mother Delphine Shouldice for sharing her photo! |
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When a stranded zamboni looked like it might block their ice time, this girls' minor hockey team pushed it out of the way. Now that's teamwork. |
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A Mountie goes through the Tim Hortons drive-thru on horseback. No, that's not the beginning of a joke. That's what happened in Rosetown, Sask., after a local parade this weekend. |
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This Good Samaritan spotted a duck that wouldn't move from an Airdrie road, so he took a look in the storm drain and found her ducklings. The lucky ducks were all safely rescued. (Video: Tom Mayich) |
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Teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg opened the United Nations Climate Action Summit with an angry condemnation of world leaders. |
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You’re a bus driver on a primarily Punjabi-speaking route. What do you do? If you’re Mike Landry, you learn the language.
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Just about everyone in Toronto is looking for a way to beat the summer heat — including the city's raccoons. Take a look as this plump trash panda takes a dip in a local couple’s backyard pool. |
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A pizzeria in Winnipeg is paying it forward. Vikas and Shivani Sanger noticed hungry people coming into their shop without enough money for food. So they came up with a solution |
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Some of you never had to colour in the islands of Nunavut and it shows
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Woof! Woof! Bark! Woof! CBC! Bark! 🐶 Translation: Calling all dogs! Have you ever wanted the chance to be a model for our CBC platform? Tell your human to submit that gorgeous photo of you by replying to this tweet for a chance to be featured on International Dog Day! 🐶
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Kakisa, NWT's Terri Simba caught this curious fox hunting in the spring snow - wait for the leap of faith! (Or leap of lunch!)
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The Simpsons is taking fire over this scene that references "stupid Newfies" and seal clubbing. The scene about Newfoundland and Labrador has some people saying the show went too far.
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Which actor portrayed a character so well, that no other actor could ever replace them? 🎥 🎞️ 🎬
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Did The Simpsons take it too far?
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Happy Birthday Catherine O'Hara! 🎉🎉🎉 The Golden Globe winner turns 67 today. This pic is from 1975 for a CBC kids show called "Coming Up Rosie" in which O'Hara starred alongside John Candy and Dan Aykroyd. #tbt
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SPOTTED: These playful bobcats really put on a show in Parkland over the weekend. Julie Kyliuk, who took the video, believes the family has been hanging out in the southeast neighbourhood for years. |
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What TV show gripped you from the first episode? 📺📺📺
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Just beautiful. After 14 days in quarantine due to possibly being exposed to Covid-19 during childbirth Karina Leblanc shares the first moment she got to hold her new baby girl Paris. |
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today he is "deeply disappointed" by "backsliding" on abortion rights in the U.S. and around the world, and promised that Canada will remain a staunch defender of a woman's right to choose |
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