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Russian President Vladimir Putin told Kyiv on Wednesday that there was a chance to end the war in Ukraine via negotiations "if common sense prevails," but that he was ready to end it by force if that was the only way.

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A dark haired cleanshaven man wearing glasses is shown smiling while wearing a t-shirt.

Britain's most senior police chief is defending the arrest of an Irish comedy writer over comments about transgender issues, saying officers were in an impossible position, arbitrating between free speech and criminal content.

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A 11-year-old boy plays with his father's phone outside school in Barcelona, Spain

Screen time for kids in Nova Scotia could soon look different as social media might be banned for children under 16. CBC’s Puneet Nijjar on why advocates and parents are calling for the age restriction.

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A woman wearing glasses stands in front of a row of large sunflowers growing from a small crack of the sidewalk next to the road.

Dozens of sunflowers, some growing as tall as a person, sprouted in a tiny crack between the sidewalk and curbside outside a Rosewood home this spring. Now, the city says they must go.

QOTD: On the 1950s

Sep. 3rd, 2025 10:56 am
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"Much of the Fifties existed in order to edit out of history the freedoms of wartime: a renewed McCarthyite puritanism drove homosexuality further underground with the inevitable psychic consequences. By the mid-to-late Sixties, there were all sorts of exposé! books, but not then: just a few coded, discreet novels (like James Barr's Quatrefoil), which would usually end in suicide or death."

Jon Savage (quoted in Loaded, by Dylan Jones)

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Toronto Indy setup. For good measure we got some Ontario Place and some downtown city skyline shots.

The roar on Toronto's lakeshore is no more as Toronto's annual NTT IndyCar Series weekend races north. Green Savoree Racing Promotions told CBC News exclusively Tuesday it is moving the IndyCar Series race to downtown Markham in 2026 on a multi-year agreement.

lolsob

Sep. 3rd, 2025 03:35 pm
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Tomorrow is the day the report I wrote will be published.

Writing the report has also involved basically being the project manager for all the moving parts: communications and social media and PR and linking people up and answering random questions and already doing a couple of media interviews and having to film myself for social media which sucks and I'm bad at it...

I think I had my first it's too early for a drink isn't it thought at like 10:30 this morning.

Good news

Sep. 3rd, 2025 10:23 am
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Both of Premee's cats have been found and returned.
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The front of a commercial building is shown, with the word 'Google' displayed prominently on the building face.

The ruling orders the company to share some of its prized data with competitors — a big win for artificial intelligence companies in particular that seek to overtake Google's web searching dominance.

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Police seen in front of a residential home.

In an update Wednesday on several recent violent crimes in York Region, police said Abdul Aleem Farooqi confronted home invaders and was fatally shot. Political leaders and family friends had previously told CBC News Farooqi had been shot and killed in his home in front of his children.

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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre holds a news conference in Mississauga, Ont., to make an announcement about immigration.

What UNICEF saw in Gaza

Sep. 3rd, 2025 08:00 am
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CBC FRONT BURNER

At a time international journalists have been kept out of Gaza, Unicef’s James Elder has been there five times. Elder joins the show with an account of what he’s seen on the ground in a conflict he calls a ‘war against children.’

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Four people and a dog take a selfie in a wooded area.

After being stranded on a cliffside for two nights, Boomer the dog has been reunited with his owner — who has left northwestern Ontario with a newfound appreciation of Thunder Bay, Ont.'s climbing community. Here's how three climbers worked together to rescue the dog, and what they say people should keep in mind when bringing their pets near heights.

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A woman in a chief's headdress speaks at a podium in front of an array of flags.

First Nations chiefs and delegates from across the country are gathering in Winnipeg for the Assembly of First Nations annual general assembly starting Wednesday.

Books read, September 2025

Sep. 3rd, 2025 08:13 am
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  • 3 September
    • Komi Can't Communicate, vol. 26 (Tomohito Oda)
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A plane that has the logo United on its side is shown on the tarmac, in front of a building that has a Boeing logo.

A U.S. judge on Wednesday will hold a hearing on whether to approve a deal between the Justice Department and Boeing that allows the planemaker to avoid prosecution on a charge stemming from two fatal 737 Max plane crashes that killed 346 people.

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