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How school cellphone bans are playing out in the country's classrooms this fall; High school students in Surrey, B\.C\., are seen sliding their cell phones into a holder with numbered pockets laid next to their teacher's desk\.

How school cellphone bans are playing out in the country's classrooms this fall

October 5 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

A wave of policies restricting students' use of cellphones in school swept across Canada this fall. Now, about a month into the term, some students and educators tell CBC News what they're experiencing in the classroom.

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The Bloc's supply management trade bill is getting a rough ride in Senate; Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet has set two conditions for the Liberals to meet by Oct\. 29: grant spending approval for a Bloc bill to top up pensions for younger seniors, and ensure a second Bloc bill now in the Senate becomes law\. The fate of that second bill, C-282, is now out of the Trudeau government's hands\.

The Bloc's supply management trade bill is getting a rough ride in Senate

October 5 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

If Liberals want support from the Bloc on future confidence votes, C-282 must become law. But private members bills are not prioritized on the Senate's agenda. There's no Liberal caucus in the Senate anymore to force it through. And the Independents now in charge have big concerns with this bill.

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Getting fitness tips on social media can be harmful — but it doesn't have to be; Chelsey Berestecki was all over fitness TikTok for years, as she lost over a 100 pounds\. Now she's posting on similar content on the platform herself\.

Getting fitness tips on social media can be harmful — but it doesn't have to be

October 5 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Despite the growing popularity of fitness influencers, there hasn't been a lot of research on the health impact of their messages. Burgeoning studies are now starting to fill in the blanks — and even offering up solutions. 

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Why nostalgic television reboots have a hold on Hollywood — and viewers of all ages; Kelsey Grammer has reprised his role in the hit sitcom Frasier\.

Why nostalgic television reboots have a hold on Hollywood — and viewers of all ages

October 5 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

What's old is new again as television studios revert to the classics. This fall's TV lineup is flooded with reboots of shows that were popular decades ago — from legal drama Matlock and popular sitcom Frasier to And Just Like That, a continuation of romantic comedy Sex and the City, which aired from 1998 to 2004.

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'This is a crime': Lebanese families fled the south only to succumb to airstrikes farther north; The ruins of buildings destroyed in an Israeli airstrike on Ain el Delb

'This is a crime': Lebanese families fled the south only to succumb to airstrikes farther north

October 4 , 2024 at 03:36:45 p.m. EDT • :

Zahraa Badreddine brought her children to Ain el-Delb from southern Lebanon in an effort to protect them, deciding like hundreds of thousands of others to flee escalating attacks between Israel and Hezbollah, only to have two of her sons die along with dozens of others when airstrikes levelled the buildings they were sheltering in.

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WATCH | One year after the Nir Oz Kibbutz was destroyed by Hamas militants; Nir Oz Kibbutz was one of the first Israeli communities attacked by Hamas militants in the morning hours of Oct\. 7, 2023\. That day, the kibbutz was home to 400 people in the south of Israel, about three kilometers from the boundary with Gaza\. A year later, survivors continue to grapple with the devastation\.  

October 5 , 2024 at 04:17:25 a.m. EDT • :

WATCH | One year after the Nir Oz Kibbutz was destroyed by Hamas militants

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Jury finds Jacob Hoggard not guilty of sexual assault; Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard arrives at the Toronto courthouse for sentencing after being found guilty earlier this year of sexually assaulting an Ottawa woman, on Thursday, October 20, 2022\.  

October 4 , 2024 at 07:14:38 p.m. EDT • :

Jury finds Jacob Hoggard not guilty of sexual assault

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Woman, 30, charged in 3 murders in Toronto, Niagara Falls, Hamilton, police say; Sabrina Kauldhar accused  

October 4 , 2024 at 03:14:58 p.m. EDT • :

Woman, 30, charged in 3 murders in Toronto, Niagara Falls, Hamilton, police say

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Ontario man who posted hospital selfie with woman's dying father sentenced to 60 days in jail; Britt Leroux, centre forward, with supporters outside Windsor's courtroom on Friday\. Bubba Pollock, who took a selfie with Leroux's terminally ill father and was charged with cimrinal harassment, was given 60 days in jail\.  

October 4 , 2024 at 12:18:56 p.m. EDT • :

Ontario man who posted hospital selfie with woman's dying father sentenced to 60 days in jail

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Eminem is going to be a grandpa, and fans are having an existential crisis; In this still captured from a YouTube video posted Thursday, Oct\. 3, 2024, rapper Eminem realizes his daughter Hailey, right, is pregnant\.  

October 4 , 2024 at 12:43:46 p.m. EDT • :

Eminem is going to be a grandpa, and fans are having an existential crisis

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October 4 , 2024 at 06:49:12 a.m. EDT • :

Masked person seen breaking into Old Montreal building minutes before deadly fire

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October 4 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

We're drowning in reusable bags. Are bag profits preventing big grocers from adopting solutions?

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October 4 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Parents and coach brawl at kids' hockey tourney in Hamilton, prompting refs to halt game

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October 4 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Quebec language watchdog orders café to make Instagram posts in French

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October 4 , 2024 at 02:39:19 p.m. EDT • :

NDP accuse Conservatives of being 'agents of chaos' as government business grinds to a halt

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