 | | | | | | Hello, these are your top stories for Sunday, August 20, 2023.
Go to cbc.ca/news to read more stories. | | |  | | | | August 20 , 2023 • 04:56 AM EDT | | Homes have been levelled by wildfires burning in B.C.'s Shuswap and Okanagan regions. | | Read more | |  | | | | August 20 , 2023 • 02:05 PM EDT | | Wildland firefighters working on the out-of-control wildfire burning to the northwest of Yellowknife are hoping they can hit the fire head-on as warm, windy weather returns. | Read more | |  | | | | August 20 , 2023 • 04:00 AM EDT | | Canadian news publishers haven't given up hope that Meta will lift a ban on Canadian news, but in the meantime, they're scrambling to draw to bring audiences directly to them. | | Read more | | |  | | | | August 20 , 2023 • 07:51 AM EDT | | Hammer thrower Ethan Katzberg of Nanaimo, B.C., has followed his first Canadian title with a world title. Katzberg won a gold medal in his World Athletics Championships debut with a throw of 81.25 metres on Sunday to beat 2021 Olympic champion Wojciech Nowicki of Poland (81.02) in Budapest, Hungary. | | Read more | |  | | | | August 20 , 2023 • 04:00 AM EDT | | Eviah Shimshon Obadia-Wong got into sex work because it’s helped them make ends meet during times of financial hardship. However, her newfound confidence in her transgender body and queer sexuality has made her realize she might finally be ready to leave the profession. | | Read more | | | | Enjoying this newsletter? You may also like CBC News Morning Brief, the news you need to know to start the day. Delivered weekday mornings. Sign up here | | | Share this newsletter | | or subscribe if this was
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