These musicians bought a seat for cello worth $4.5M. Air Canada wouldn't let it on board | Liard First Nation fires employees who criticized governance, deputy chief told to 'go back to the rez' | From epic political fantasy to haunted poker, here are some of 2024's best video games
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These musicians bought a seat for cello worth $4.5M. Air Canada wouldn't let it on board; Siblings Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason are currently on tour as a cello-piano duo\.

These musicians bought a seat for cello worth $4.5M. Air Canada wouldn't let it on board

December 13 , 2024 at 05:04:48 p.m. EST • :

Two classical musicians, including famed British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cancelled a sold-out show in Toronto after Air Canada refused to allow them to board their flight with a cello, even though they'd purchased a seat for the instrument. 
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Liard First Nation fires employees who criticized governance, deputy chief told to 'go back to the rez'; Dene Ā́' Nezen members Emeral Poppe, from left, Alexis Spencer and Diana Lee Jimmy speak on a video call from Watson Lake, Yukon on Dec\. 12, 2024\.

Liard First Nation fires employees who criticized governance, deputy chief told to 'go back to the rez'

December 13 , 2024 at 04:04:02 p.m. EST • :

Diana Lee Jimmy and Emeral Poppe, who worked for the First Nation's language department, also make up half of Dene Ā́' Nezen, a grassroots group of Liard First Nation members calling for more transparency and accountability. They were fired after speaking to CBC News about the initiative.

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From epic political fantasy to haunted poker, here are some of 2024's best video games; Left to right: Metaphor ReFantazio, Astro Bot and Balatro are three of the year's best video games, and some of the biggest winners at 2024's The Game Awards\.

From epic political fantasy to haunted poker, here are some of 2024's best video games

December 13 , 2024 at 02:53:49 p.m. EST • :

Despite a difficult year for the industry, including thousands of layoffs, 2024 saw many critically acclaimed games hit digital shelves.
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Heads up! It's time for the Geminid meteor shower, one of the best shows of the year; A composite showing the 2017 Geminid meteors streaking from the radiant point in Gemini at upper left, above the blue-white star Castor\. 2 or 3 meteors are not Geminids as their paths do not project back to the radiant, but I have left them in regardless, as an illustration\. This also illustrates how the meteor paths are shorter closer to the radiant and lengthen away from the radiant\. This is a stack of 43 exposures, each 1-minute with the 24mm Canon lens at f/2\.5 and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII camera at ISO 6400, set fast to pick up the fainter meteors\. These were 43 exposures with meteors \(some with 2 or 3 per frame\) out of 455 taken over 5 hours\. Orion and its red nebulas are at right\. The Beehive star cluster, M44, is at lower left\. Sirius is the bright star at lower right\. The camera was on a Star Adventurer Mini tracking unit, so all the frames more or less aligned when stacked with the meteors in the correct relative position\. The background sky comes from just one of the exposures\. All the other frames are masked to show just the meteor\. Taken December 13/14, 2017 during the very active 2017 Geminid meteor shower, and shot from Quailway Cottage in southeast Arizona, near Portal\.

Heads up! It's time for the Geminid meteor shower, one of the best shows of the year

December 11 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EST • :

December isn't just about the holidays — it's also the time of year we get to enjoy what is often touted as one of the best meteor showers of the year: the Geminids.
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TVO was ready to defend controversial Russians at War film before pulling plug, documents show; Protestors are photographed outside of the TIFF Lightbox theatre in Toronto during a screening of the documentary film Russians at War on Sept\. 17, 2024\. The documentary played at the Toronto International Film Festival \(TIFF\) Lightbox on Tuesday, after the festival suspended showings earlier this week due to security concerns\. The documentary spurred protests from Ukrainian officials and community groups who say the film amounts to propaganda\.

TVO was ready to defend controversial Russians at War film before pulling plug, documents show

December 13 , 2024 at 04:31:18 p.m. EST • :

Days before its board pulled support for a controversial documentary about Russia's war in Ukraine, TVO was ready to defend the film, documents obtained by CBC Toronto show.
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AT ISSUE | Ford threatens to cut the power if Trump imposes tariffs; Ontario Premier Doug Ford attends a news conference at Queen's Park Legislature in Toronto on Thursday December 12, 2024\.  

December 13 , 2024 at 08:23:36 a.m. EST • :

AT ISSUE | Ford threatens to cut the power if Trump imposes tariffs

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Labour minister asks Canada Industrial Relations Board to step into Canada Post contract dispute; Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon speaks at a press conference about the rail labour disputes between the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, Canadian Pacific Kansas City and Canadian National Railway, in Ottawa on Thursday, Aug\. 22, 2024\.  

December 13 , 2024 at 10:22:52 a.m. EST • :

Labour minister asks Canada Industrial Relations Board to step into Canada Post contract dispute

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Alleged carjacker refused to stop at B.C.-U.S. border, leading to interstate highway chase: police; Whatcom County sherrifs and other U\.S\. authorities chased a man who drove erratically across the Canada-U\.S\. border\.  

December 13 , 2024 at 05:14:35 p.m. EST • :

Alleged carjacker refused to stop at B.C.-U.S. border, leading to interstate highway chase: police

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As GST break approaches, small businesses prepare for a tax holiday headache; Shoppers on Sainte-Catherine St\. take advantage of deals on Black Friday in Montreal, Friday, Nov\. 29, 2024\.While many Canadians highly anticipate the federal government's upcoming GST holiday, experts say consumers need to make sure they're saving money on what they need most without falling for the allure of a deal and hurting their bottom line\.  

December 13 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EST • :

As GST break approaches, small businesses prepare for a tax holiday headache

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Transgender former CFL player says attending B.C. Lions ceremony as authentic self was 'euphoric'; Maven Maurer says attending a ceremony honouring the 2000 B\.C\. Lions team was 'healing\.'  

December 13 , 2024 at 08:00:00 a.m. EST • :

Transgender former CFL player says attending B.C. Lions ceremony as authentic self was 'euphoric'

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December 13 , 2024 at 06:02:28 p.m. EST • :

The Body Shop Canada sells majority of its business, 100 workers to be fired

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December 13 , 2024 at 01:15:32 p.m. EST • :

Ottawa to remove investment cap for Canadian pension funds

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December 13 , 2024 at 07:00:00 a.m. EST • :

Hang on, Acme! Calgary's population boom expected to spill over to small-town Alberta next

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December 13 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EST • :

Why bitcoin surged to $100K US after Trump's election and where it goes now

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December 13 , 2024 at 07:00:00 a.m. EST • :

Kylie Masse makes Canadian swimming history at world short course championships

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