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This image released by Disney and Marvel Studios' shows Chadwick Boseman in a scene from "Black Panther." As Hollywood‚Äôs awards season properly gets under way, ‚ÄúBlack Panther‚Äù is poised to be the first comic book film to be nominated for best picture.

Did Hollywood change in 2018?

How much did Black Panther matter? How about Crazy Rich Asians? You’ll hear a lot about the Year of Diversity in Hollywood this month. But

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December 10, 2018

A high angle view of marinas and high-rise condominium towers crowding the North shore of downtown Vancouver's False Creek inlet, Vancouver, B.C. on Wednesday, September 19, 2018.

How deadly fentanyl builds gorgeous BC mansions

This is a story that spans the globe and touches on almost every major issue facing Canada’s westernmost province. The full scope of the criminal

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December 7, 2018

This Jan. 28, 2016, photo shows a solitary confinement cell at New York's Rikers Island jail. New York state is poised to adopt new standards for solitary confinement in local jails at the urging of Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Canada had a year to end solitary confinement. Time’s up, and it hasn’t.

The practice of isolating prisoners without meaningful human contact violates inmates’ rights, two separate provincial courts have ruled, and Canada must change it. The government

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December 6, 2018

Can we fix elections in Canada?

Wait…do they even need fixing? Well, British Columbia is voting right now on whether or not to keep their first-past-the-post election model or move to

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December 5, 2018

The CN Tower stands between a couple of condo towers in downtown Toronto, Ontario on Saturday, August 5, 2017.

Inside Toronto’s housing crisis

The average Toronto condo rents for $2,385/month. The city’s vacancy rate of 0.5 percent is at a historic low. Apartment viewings attract hundreds of people.

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December 4, 2018

In this Oct. 10, 2018, photo, scientist He Jiankui speaks during an interview in Shenzhen in southern China's Guandong province. China's government on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018, ordered a halt to work by a medical team that claimed to have helped make the world's first gene-edited babies.

Will gene editing technology change the world?

Last week a Chinese scientist announced that he had successfully created the world’s first gene-edited babies—twin girls born from embryos altered to make them resistant

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December 3, 2018

Inside the terrifying world of faulty medical implants

There are broken devices doing important jobs in the bodies of Canadians right now. We don’t know how many. We don’t know how dangerous they

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November 30, 2018

You’ve seen this movie before

The Lion King is coming back to theatres. And so is Dumbo. And Spider-Man. And Rocky. And if it’s not a remake, it’s a sequel,

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November 29, 2018

In this Aug. 2015 photo, an angler casts for silver salmon at a campsite on a wild river during an eight-day float fishing trip east of Anchorage, Alaska. Southwestern Alaska could be the most convenient place in the United States for a fly fisher to go wild. Bush pilots equipped to land on lakes, rivers or tundra operate out of virtually every airport to usher anglers into remote wilderness destinations where clouds of fish obscure river bottoms.

An upstream battle for a fish’s future

Last year they tried to save 900. Only 70 made it back. The year before that, only 32 survived. This is life for the Inner

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November 28, 2018

In this Nov. 13, 2008 file photo, people shop Chinese and foreign-made cars at a car lot in Beijing. General Motors Corp. said Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009, that its 2008 sales in China rose 6 percent to 1.09 million vehicles, but growth slowed as the market suffered from an economic downturn.

What is the car of the future? And who builds it?

General Motors announced the impending closure of its Oshawa, Ontario plant yesterday, a move that will eliminate almost 3,000 jobs. In explaining its decision, the

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November 27, 2018