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Scientist fired from Winnipeg disease lab intentionally worked to benefit China: CSIS report

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Scientist fired from Winnipeg disease lab intentionally worked to benefit China: CSIS report

One of the scientists who was fired from Canada’s top infectious disease laboratory “intentionally” shared scientific information with China — potentially putting people’s health in jeopardy — says an assessment by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS).   The intelligence assessment was released late Wednesday afternoon by the federal government, along with hundreds of other documents about the mysterious dismissal of Dr. Xiangguo Qiu and her … Read more

Explorers think they’ve found Amelia Earhart’s long-lost plane. Not everyone’s convinced

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Explorers think they’ve found Amelia Earhart’s long-lost plane. Not everyone’s convinced

The Current11:27Explorers say they’ve found Amelia Earhart’s plane A deep-sea exploration company says it may have found the wreckage of Amelia Earhart’s plane, reigniting a mystery that dates back to the famed pilot’s disappearance in 1937. “She’s America’s favourite missing person … she was a fantastic person, a pioneer in the aviation field, an early … Read more

“Subtraction”: A Masterwork of Realistic Fantasy

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“Subtraction”: A Masterwork of Realistic Fantasy

Iranian cinema has risen to international prominence in recent decades, largely through the meticulous realism of such directors as Abbas Kiarostami and Jafar Panahi, who probe ordinary people’s lives in passionate detail. Mani Haghighi is somewhat different. Now in his fifties and one of Iran’s most distinguished and distinctive filmmakers, he’s a specialist in tales … Read more

Dress code: How a Winnipeg codebreaker cracked one of the ‘world’s top unsolved messages’

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Dress code: How a Winnipeg codebreaker cracked one of the ‘world’s top unsolved messages’

University of Manitoba research computer analyst Wayne Chan holds a copy of the Silk Dress cryptogram. (Trevor Brine/CBC) “Bismark Omit leafage buck bank.” That seemingly random string of words appears in something called the Silk Dress cryptogram, 23 handwritten lines on two sheets of crinkled paper that were discovered in a hidden pocket of a Victorian-era dress … Read more

What to stream for free over the holidays in Canada

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What to stream for free over the holidays in Canada

If this was the year you decided to cut back on cable or one of your many streaming platforms, you may be looking for content to watch this holiday season for free. The CBC News Entertainment team has put together a short watchlist of free shows and films streaming in Canada — including our favourite … Read more

Mating dance of sea fireflies is ‘the coolest fireworks show that you’ve ever seen’

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Mating dance of sea fireflies is ‘the coolest fireworks show that you’ve ever seen’

As It Happens6:32The mating dance of sea fireflies is ‘the coolest fireworks show that you’ve ever seen’: scientist Nicholai Hensley has spent countless hours standing waist-deep in pitch-black waters off the coast of Panama, watching thousands of tiny sea creatures perform dazzling displays of bright blue light. The creatures — each the size of a … Read more