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1.

Canada Border Services seizes lawyer's phone, laptop for not sharing passwords (www.cbc.ca)

950 points by cpncrunch 2019-05-05 | 457 comments

2.

Canadian surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes (www.cbc.ca)

853 points by curtis 2016-09-01 | 339 comments

3.

Penguin travels every year to visit man who rescued him (2016) (www.cbc.ca)

834 points by colinprince 2019-01-09 | 284 comments

4.

Teenager facing prison for downloading unsecured files from government website (www.cbc.ca)

793 points by eigenvector 2018-04-16 | 483 comments

5.

Surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes (2016) (www.cbc.ca)

677 points by navinsylvester 2018-03-29 | 306 comments

6.

Pee, Not Chlorine, Causes Red Eyes from Swimming Pools: CDC (2015) (www.cbc.ca)

674 points by colinprince 2019-02-20 | 330 comments

7.

Ticketmaster recruits pros for secret scalper program (www.cbc.ca)

517 points by rinze 2018-09-19 | 290 comments

8.

Twins get different results when they put 5 ancestry DNA kits to the test (www.cbc.ca)

500 points by Gaessaki 2019-01-18 | 258 comments

9.

I Grew Up Gifted, but My Life Didn’t Turn Out the Way I Expected (www.cbc.ca)

450 points by pseudolus 2019-05-31 | 407 comments

10.

Scientist discovers particular seaweed nearly eliminates cow methane emissions (www.cbc.ca)

442 points by tankenmate 2016-11-20 | 147 comments

11.

'Anti-authority' tech rebels take on ISPs, connect NYC with cheap Wi-Fi (www.cbc.ca)

417 points by standeven 2018-05-02 | 228 comments

12.

Canada's 'secret spy agency' is releasing a malware-fighting tool to the public (www.cbc.ca)

409 points by found_reading 2017-10-19 | 75 comments

13.

The first known object to enter our solar system from deep space (www.cbc.ca)

377 points by thrusong 2017-11-21 | 107 comments

14.

Craniopagus Twins Share a Brain and See Out of Each Others Eyes (www.cbc.ca)

355 points by Osiris30 2017-11-05 | 141 comments

15.

Thieves boosting signal from key fobs inside homes to steal vehicles (www.cbc.ca)

345 points by colinprince 2018-12-05 | 433 comments

16.

Why some PhDs are quitting academia for unconventional jobs (www.cbc.ca)

329 points by pseudolus 2018-07-23 | 248 comments

17.

Cannabis is legal in Canada: What you need to know (www.cbc.ca)

324 points by john37386 2018-10-17 | 327 comments

18.

Thousands of Turks accused of using Bylock app despite never having used it (www.cbc.ca)

321 points by plg 2018-01-22 | 186 comments

19.

Canadian cable companies interrogate, search Montréal software developer (www.cbc.ca)

317 points by na85 2017-08-02 | 162 comments

20.

Microplastics found in 93% of bottled water tested in global study (www.cbc.ca)

316 points by nothrows 2018-04-09 | 159 comments

21.

64 and unemployed: One man's struggle to be taken seriously as a job applicant (www.cbc.ca)

297 points by myth_drannon 2019-01-28 | 263 comments

22.

Norway to become first country to switch off FM radio (www.cbc.ca)

294 points by breitling 2017-01-06 | 277 comments

23.

China has wealth of data on what individuals are doing at a micro level (www.cbc.ca)

292 points by breitling 2017-01-12 | 241 comments

24.

Mars One, which offered 1-way trips to Mars, declared bankrupt (www.cbc.ca)

284 points by vaughnegut 2019-02-11 | 279 comments

25.

Canadian government gag order in CIA brainwashing case (www.cbc.ca)

274 points by myth_drannon 2017-12-15 | 128 comments

26.

Canadian Charged for Not Unlocking Smartphone at Canadian Border (www.cbc.ca)

262 points by jpdaigle 2015-03-05 | 213 comments

27.

Canada's top court backs order for Google to remove firm's website from searches (www.cbc.ca)

257 points by executive 2017-06-28 | 231 comments

28.

Indefinite solitary confinement in Canadian prisons ruled unconstitutional (www.cbc.ca)

255 points by joering2 2018-01-17 | 135 comments

29.

K-Cup creator John Sylvan regrets inventing Keurig coffee pod system (www.cbc.ca)

243 points by camtarn 2018-12-19 | 339 comments

30.

DNA tests show Subway sandwiches could contain just 50% chicken (www.cbc.ca)

241 points by sigmaprimus 2017-02-25 | 244 comments

31.

Canada to announce marijuana will be legal by July 1, 2018 (www.cbc.ca)

237 points by paglia_s 2017-03-27 | 171 comments

32.

Tsunami warning ends for B.C. after large earthquake strikes off Alaska (www.cbc.ca)

233 points by nergal 2018-01-23 | 90 comments

33.

Starbucks' music is driving employees nuts (www.cbc.ca)

232 points by colinprince 2019-02-25 | 304 comments

34.

Apple accused of overpricing, restricting device repairs (www.cbc.ca)

232 points by walrus01 2018-10-21 | 161 comments

35.

Vancouver tech surges as U.S. immigration reform idles (www.cbc.ca)

231 points by refurb 2014-08-10 | 326 comments

36.

B.C. introduces law to require cars, trucks sold by 2040 be zero emission (www.cbc.ca)

231 points by Tiktaalik 2019-04-12 | 227 comments

37.

Norway switches off FM radio, but a station is defying government order (www.cbc.ca)

230 points by rocky1138 2017-12-15 | 252 comments

38.

Canada grounds Boeing 737 Max 8 (www.cbc.ca)

226 points by found_reading 2019-03-13 | 291 comments

39.

KIA Dealership in Canada remotely disables car over $200 fee (www.cbc.ca)

225 points by breitling 2017-08-29 | 215 comments

40.

Astronaut Chris Hadfield retires (www.cbc.ca)

224 points by mehmehshoe 2013-06-11 | 22 comments

41.

King Tut's dagger blade made from meteorite, study confirms (www.cbc.ca)

223 points by benbreen 2016-06-01 | 61 comments

42.

Something mysterious is blocking car key fobs from working in an Alberta town (www.cbc.ca)

220 points by drpgq 2019-01-31 | 185 comments

43.

Customer's 20-year-old email account shut down over unusual address (www.cbc.ca)

219 points by rocky1138 2017-07-04 | 186 comments

44.

Intestinal bacteria may influence our moods (www.cbc.ca)

212 points by drjohnson 2014-07-14 | 97 comments

45.

GM accused of installing devices in diesel trucks to beat emissions tests (www.cbc.ca)

211 points by breitling 2017-05-25 | 164 comments

46.

Billion-year-old air reveals surprise about oxygen on ancient Earth (www.cbc.ca)

207 points by miraj 2016-07-29 | 72 comments

47.

After Netflix crackdown on border-hopping, Canadians ready to return to piracy (www.cbc.ca)

207 points by nkurz 2016-04-26 | 222 comments

48.

Finland launches trial program to pay unemployed citizens a basic monthly income (www.cbc.ca)

202 points by breitling 2017-01-03 | 229 comments

49.

Hackers say Friday's massive DDoS attacks were just a dry run (www.cbc.ca)

201 points by cpncrunch 2016-10-22 | 199 comments

50.

A drug for smallpox has been approved, even though the disease no longer exists (www.cbc.ca)

201 points by cpncrunch 2018-07-21 | 128 comments

51.

Credit cards automatically providing updated card info to subscribing merchants (www.cbc.ca)

199 points by emptybits 2019-04-22 | 137 comments

52.

Campaign demands telecoms unlock the FM radio found in many smartphones (www.cbc.ca)

199 points by jonbaer 2016-05-16 | 177 comments

53.

Nuclear fusion device's first test with hydrogen declared a success (www.cbc.ca)

198 points by signa11 2016-02-04 | 104 comments

54.

McMaster researchers may have found a way to restore metabolism to youth levels (www.cbc.ca)

194 points by RyanMcGreal 2014-12-11 | 121 comments

55.

Uber users with low phone batteries more likely to accept surge pricing (www.cbc.ca)

194 points by dgudkov 2016-05-21 | 232 comments

56.

Lost Franklin expedition ship found in the Arctic (www.cbc.ca)

189 points by trusche 2014-09-09 | 34 comments

57.

Microplastics found in supermarket fish, shellfish (www.cbc.ca)

183 points by rhschan 2017-01-28 | 61 comments

58.

IBM says 'several thousand' layoffs on the way (www.cbc.ca)

182 points by oulipian 2015-01-26 | 103 comments

59.

'Shimmers' are the newest tool for stealing credit card info (www.cbc.ca)

180 points by petethomas 2017-01-28 | 86 comments

60.

Facebook CEO Zuckerberg conspicuously absent as data scandal grows (www.cbc.ca)

178 points by napoleond 2018-03-20 | 87 comments

61.

Two new subatomic particles discovered at CERN (www.cbc.ca)

176 points by pursuing 2014-11-19 | 34 comments

62.

Environmentalist didn't speak for 17 years to learn how to listen to opponents (www.cbc.ca)

174 points by colinprince 2019-05-02 | 104 comments

63.

BlackBerry hands over user data to help police 'kick ass,' insider says (www.cbc.ca)

174 points by yq 2016-06-09 | 66 comments

64.

Permafrost is thawing in the Arctic so fast scientists lost their equipment (www.cbc.ca)

171 points by jonbaer 2019-05-03 | 141 comments

65.

Canada Post to phase out urban home mail delivery (www.cbc.ca)

169 points by WestCoastJustin 2013-12-11 | 130 comments

66.

Bill C-51 passes in House of Commons (www.cbc.ca)

168 points by alfredxing 2015-05-07 | 76 comments

67.

Rogue Airbnb listings still exist where short-term rentals aren't allowed (www.cbc.ca)

164 points by walterbell 2019-03-23 | 147 comments

68.

BuzzFeed’s 19-year-old quizmaker will no longer work for free (www.cbc.ca)

163 points by pseudolus 2019-02-03 | 81 comments

69.

BlackBerry to cut 4,500 jobs, predicts 2nd quarter loss of $950M (www.cbc.ca)

162 points by mrcharles 2013-09-20 | 152 comments

70.

Beluga whales adopt lost narwhal in St. Lawrence River (www.cbc.ca)

159 points by myth_drannon 2018-09-13 | 49 comments

71.

Workers on Samsung factory site battle police in Vietnam (www.cbc.ca)

158 points by pnhoang 2014-01-09 | 119 comments

72.

The brain may need sleep to repair DNA 'potholes' (www.cbc.ca)

154 points by laurex 2019-03-09 | 19 comments

73.

'Passengers are afraid of this airplane': How Boeing is handling 737 Max problem (www.cbc.ca)

149 points by pseudolus 2019-04-24 | 205 comments

74.

Invisible ripples in wireless spectrum tell Aura if someone’s in your house (www.cbc.ca)

145 points by rhschan 2017-04-28 | 140 comments

75.

Qubit survives record 39 minutes at room temperature (www.cbc.ca)

145 points by parondea 2013-11-15 | 21 comments

76.

Elon Musk hires 2 Newfoundland interns who solved problems at Tesla factory (www.cbc.ca)

144 points by ranit 2018-05-16 | 105 comments

77.

Wanted: People Willing to Die on Mars (www.cbc.ca)

143 points by Sambdala 2013-03-17 | 145 comments

78.

Airbus buys majority stake in Bombardier CSeries passenger jet business (www.cbc.ca)

142 points by protomok 2017-10-17 | 123 comments

79.

Two Canadian banks say accounts compromised: CIBC 40,000 and BMO 50,000 (www.cbc.ca)

139 points by t1o5 2018-05-28 | 121 comments

80.

Air Canada agents reveal overselling practices (www.cbc.ca)

135 points by stygiansonic 2019-02-11 | 139 comments

81.

Shia LaBeouf: phone surveillance whistleblower? (www.cbc.ca)

132 points by mindstab 2013-06-12 | 16 comments

82.

Mysterious 'ping' sound from sea floor baffles Igloolik (www.cbc.ca)

131 points by thom 2016-11-04 | 77 comments

83.

Shopify to raise $100M in Toronto, New York IPO (www.cbc.ca)

128 points by bhouston 2015-04-14 | 71 comments

84.

Academic publishers reap huge profits as libraries go broke (www.cbc.ca)

127 points by benbreen 2015-06-16 | 37 comments

85.

Snow shovelling can kill (www.cbc.ca)

126 points by pedro84 2018-01-08 | 176 comments

86.

Spy agencies target mobile phones, app stores to implant spyware (www.cbc.ca)

126 points by etimberg 2015-05-21 | 46 comments

87.

Customer takes Bell to court and wins (www.cbc.ca)

125 points by xkcd-sucks 2018-05-01 | 79 comments

88.

Rare new kind of twins: boy and girl are semi-identical (www.cbc.ca)

125 points by pseudolus 2019-03-05 | 61 comments

89.

Netflix refuses CRTC demand to hand over subscriber data (www.cbc.ca)

124 points by randlet 2014-09-23 | 92 comments

90.

Canada's forests emit more carbon than they absorb (www.cbc.ca)

124 points by colinprince 2019-02-13 | 83 comments

91.

CBC asks for $400M in increased government funding to go ad-free (www.cbc.ca)

122 points by I-M-S 2016-11-29 | 121 comments

92.

New York’s success provides road map for others taking aim at pedestrian deaths (www.cbc.ca)

122 points by okket 2018-08-07 | 149 comments

93.

To censor the internet, 10 countries use Netsweeper filtering technology (www.cbc.ca)

121 points by jonbaer 2018-04-25 | 67 comments

94.

Her Facebook life looked perfect. How social media masks mental illness (2015) (www.cbc.ca)

121 points by colinprince 2019-04-18 | 123 comments

95.

First Nation's clay kills antibiotic-resistant bacteria in lab tests (www.cbc.ca)

120 points by walterbell 2016-01-27 | 48 comments

96.

900 social insurance numbers stolen from Revenue Canada via Heartbleed (www.cbc.ca)

119 points by rpledge 2014-04-14 | 56 comments

97.

IBM contract cost for failure-plagued Phoenix payroll system jumped to $185M (www.cbc.ca)

119 points by found_reading 2017-09-21 | 108 comments

98.

Facebook chooses Canada for Dating feature launch (www.cbc.ca)

118 points by Futurebot 2018-11-09 | 171 comments

99.

Disney's movie dominance has a dark side, independent theatre warns (www.cbc.ca)

118 points by cirrus-clouds 2018-07-18 | 99 comments

100.

Target stores hit by data breach affecting 40 million cards (www.cbc.ca)

108 points by oulipian 2013-12-19 | 78 comments

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