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What one Michigan county can tell us about the U.S. election

Differing opinions are common in Saginaw County, a diverse area north of Detroit, home to around 190,000 urban and rural voters. Its voting record has given it a reputation as a political bellwether and this years presidential race could also be tight.

1 million books and 4 months later, Toronto's library recovers from a cyberattack

More than four months after a ransomware attack shut down the Toronto Public Library's computer systems, staff are finally putting a million stranded books back on the shelves.

Ski techs hope their secret wax recipes will be liquid 'gold' for Canada's Olympians

There's a behind-the-scenes Olympic competition to develop the best waxes and ski-tuning techniques to give athletes an edge over the competition on the slopes.

How Canada's athletes are training for what could be the hottest Olympics

Canada's Olympians and the scientists who help train them have found some creative ways to help beat the heat in Tokyo.

Ontario health guidance downplays aerosol spread of COVID-19. Critics say this puts lives at risk

Lessons from SARS were ignored in Ontario's COVID-19 pandemic response, health experts say.

Ontario mining company 1st to try new mobile test that diagnoses COVID-19 in as little as an hour

New Gold Inc. is turning to a new test that can diagnose COVID-19 cases in as little as one hour outside a lab setting in the hope of keeping its gold and silver mine in northern Ontario free of the disease.
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Essential Canadians: Meet the people working on the front lines of the pandemic

How going to work every day has affected some of those who never expected to be crucial to the country's response to a health crisis - and why they do it.

How Thanksgiving dinner and a Facebook post made gerrymandering a Michigan midterm issue

The outcome of November's U.S. midterms could affect local election results in Michigan for the next decade. Its all because of push-back around a centuries-old American political practice known as gerrymandering, where politicians in power redraw electoral boundaries to give their party an advantage.
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Class of 2018: Meet remarkable Canadians graduating from high school this year

CBC tracked down some truly exceptional students graduating from high schools across the country this month who are making a difference in their communities. Here are their stories.
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Dealing with doping: Sports world can learn from Canada and Ben Johnson legacy

Three decades after the Ben Johnson scandal at the Seoul Olympics, doping is once again making headlines. Paul Melia, head of the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport, says the international sporting community could learn from Canada's experiences when it comes to dealing with cheating.