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Wednesday, April 30, 2025

 
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Pure hell — tracking cocaine from Columbia to Canada

How chaos in Colombia unleashed an avalanche of cocaine that's changing the drug trade in Newfoundland and Labrador.
 
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Use your illusion: An artist brings black-and-white creativity to decorate an artsy café

Local artist Ji Hyang Ryu uses no colours but illusions to delight patrons. Customers and their food may be the only colours in the virtually two-dimensional Tambayan Café, now open in Riverview.

 
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newspaper clippings in a frame from the 2008 invasion of Georgia by Russian troops
 

I never thought Canada would face the threat my homeland did

Georgia has been defending its sovereignty for a long time. Nino Antadze, an associate professor at the University of Prince Edward Island shares her experience in this First Person article.

 
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'This is groundbreaking': Pair of doctors ready to open N.L.'s first private IVF clinic next year

Two St. John's fertility specialists say their plans to open a private in-vitro fertilization (IVF) clinic in 2026 are "well underway." The new clinic will be located in the old Costco building on Stavanger Drive — which will also house the province's new ambulatory care hub, scheduled to open this fall.

 
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Check out regional producers' latest picks of free locally-produced indie docs on CBC Gem.

  A woman in a leather jacket over a flowery dress sits with one hand on her chin and the other on her hip. She has many bracelets on her arms. She is surrounded by drawn images of jalapenos, a jar with kitchen utensils, grapes, skates, a candle, a microphone and a teapot. All on a gold background. The words Not Your Butter Chicken is to the left of the woman in light pink text.
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Celebrate Asian Heritage Month with CBC, including Not Your Butter Chicken, a Canadian series that reimagines South Asian cuisine and identity, on CBC Gem.

 
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'Your face looks grotesque': How looksmaxxing can harm young men and boys

Most of us likely have days when we feel we're not looking our best. Maybe our hair's a little wonky, or we look more tired than usual. Or perhaps there's a feature of our physical appearance that we've never quite made peace with. But for some young men who participate in an online community called "looksmaxxing," those self-critiques can become excessive. 

 
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N.B. comedian worries about travelling to U.S., cancels shows

James Mullinger is always looking for good fodder for jokes, but he may draw the line at being detained by police or border officials in the United States. The Saint John-based comedian recently cancelled upcoming shows in Eastport and Houlton, Maine, with reports of entertainers encountering problems in the U.S. during the current trade dispute. 

 
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Jacob Nussey of Gaetz Brook, N.S., is headed to the IJRU World Jump Rope Championships in Japan this summer. The CBC’s Aly Thomson wanted to find out what it takes to be a world-class skipper.

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Tara Audibert, who lives in Sunny Corner near Miramichi, is the writer and director of Qaqsoss naka Wahantuhsis, or Fox and the Tiny Demon, the first feature film in Wolastoqey.

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Mitch meets two women who aren’t afraid to talk about menopause in public. They’re also working to build community and safe spaces on PEI to navigate the inevitability of hormonal change.

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Inuit leader Natan Obed says he will always be grateful to Pope Francis for “making space for reconciliation.” Obed described the Pope’s 2022 visit to Canada and historic apology to residential school survivors as a legacy that will endure with Indigenous people.

 

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