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William Anders, Apollo 8 astronaut who took Earthrise photo, killed in plane crash (www.cbc.ca)

Retired major-general William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic Earthrise photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space in 1968, was killed Friday when the plane he was piloting alone plummeted into the waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington state. He was 90....

Britain's Rishi Sunak apologizes for leaving D-Day event early to return to campaigning (www.cbc.ca)

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak suffered a fresh setback in his struggling election campaign on Friday when he apologized for leaving D-Day commemorations early in order to give an interview attacking the main opposition party....

Rooster in the mirror: these birds may be smarter than we thought (www.cbc.ca)

TL;DR: New method of the mirror test shows self awareness in roosters. General suggestion that the mirror tests that have done in the past may have been misleading/not getting the right picture

TIL that science does still not fully understand how cycling works (www.cbc.ca)

Bank of Canada cuts key interest rate to 4.75% (www.cbc.ca)

China, India interfered in races for the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada, report says (www.cbc.ca)

A report from the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP) says there were two instance of alleged interference by China in Conservative Party of Canada leadership races....

U.S. lawmakers vote to sanction ICC after prosecutor seeks warrant for Israel's Netanyahu (www.cbc.ca)

Foreign streamers must pay into fund to boost Canadian content, CRTC says (www.cbc.ca)

Money will be put toward funding for local, Indigenous broadcasting, per briefing

Israel confirms 4 hostages killed in Gaza, military investigating circumstances of deaths | CBC (www.cbc.ca)

Black scholars criticize white writer's 'dehumanizing' use of blackface to write book on U.S. race relations (www.cbc.ca)

A Canadian journalist is defending his decision to travel the U.S. in blackface and write a book about racism, after facing a storm of criticism online....

There's a climate threat lurking in rivers around the world. New research shows where (www.cbc.ca)

Rivers and streams offer far more than pretty scenery or an opportunity for a summertime cool-off. They make up an important component of a global system that determines how much carbon is stored in soil or sent into the atmosphere....

Emigration from Canada to the U.S. hits a 10-year high as tens of thousands head south (www.cbc.ca)

Montreal Jewish school targeted by gunfire, police say (www.cbc.ca)

Lawyer turned sovcit ordered to pay neighbor $30k (www.cbc.ca)

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Watch this daring rescue of a wild foal stuck on a cliffside (www.cbc.ca)

Dustin Lyle wasn’t paying much attention to the wild horses on the side of the road until he heard his girlfriend Val scream....

U of T seeks court injunction to clear encampment as protesters stay put (www.cbc.ca)

‘Despite all these threats being made, we remain,’ organizer says of encampment...

Neuralink looks to the public to solve a seemingly impossible problem (www.cbc.ca)

Elon Musk’s quest to wirelessly connect human brains with machines has run into a seemingly impossible obstacle, experts say. The company is now asking the public for help finding a solution....

Mexico is about to experience its 'highest temperatures ever recorded' as death toll climbs (www.cbc.ca)

Shots fired at Toronto Jewish girls school, police investigating (www.cbc.ca)

Toronto police say they’re looking for multiple suspects who allegedly shot at an elementary school in North York early Saturday morning....

Airlines grapple with spike in GPS interference. Experts say it's collateral damage from global conflicts (www.cbc.ca)

Inside the air traffic control tower at Tallinn Airport in Estonia’s capital, a team tracks pilots in training as they fly above the Tartu airport, which lies about 200 kilometres south of Tallinn, and about 45 kilometres west of Russia....

Gazans fleeing Rafah say they now live in misery next to massive garbage dump (www.cbc.ca)

In Khan Younis, where Gaza’s Al-Aqsa University once stood, thousands of families say they’re being forced to live next to what has become a putrid temporary garbage dump....