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Federal departments have green light to advertise on TikTok — despite security concerns; This Department of National Defence recruitment ad appeared on TikTok between Feb\. 27 and March 19\.

Federal departments have green light to advertise on TikTok — despite security concerns

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

Federal government departments are still allowed to advertise on TikTok despite mounting security concerns about the social media app, CBC News has learned. 

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Violent extortion threats forced him to transform his life. He wasn't alone; Jas Arora, the owner of Highway King Transport, a trucking company headquartered in Abbotsford, B\.C\., says that for the last year and a half, he's received several extortion threats that has disrupted his life and caused him to worry about the safety of his family\.

Violent extortion threats forced him to transform his life. He wasn't alone

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

For months, B.C. businessman Jas Arora got calls demanding money and threatening him and his family if he didn't pay up. While recent RCMP allegations accusing Indian agents of orchestrating a campaign of violence and intimidation have calmed the situation, Arora and others in the South Asian community worry it's too soon to relax after the threats wreaked havoc on their lives.

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Trump's border czar says Canadian border is an 'extreme' vulnerability; Tom Homan speaks as Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump listens at a primary election night party in Nashua, N\.H\., Tuesday, Jan\. 23, 2024\.

Trump's border czar says Canadian border is an 'extreme' vulnerability

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

U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's border czar says there is an "extreme national security vulnerability" along the Canada-U.S. border that he plans to deal with the moment the new Republican administration takes power.

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Palestinian paramedic recounts 'massacre' on school shelter in northern Gaza; Niveen Al-Dwawsa, 21, a paramedic in northern Gaza, filmed the aftermath of a deadly airstrike on a school shelter in Jabalia on Oct\. 21, 2024\. Speaking from Al-Helou International Hospital in Gaza City, Al-Dwawsa described the attack that killed at least 20 people and wounded some 40 other displaced Palestinians who'd been sheltering there, as 'a massacre\.'

Palestinian paramedic recounts 'massacre' on school shelter in northern Gaza

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

As one of the few paramedics left in northern Gaza, Niveen Al-Dwawsa, is often the first on the scene of airstrikes, where she treats as many wounded people as she can. She used her phone to record what she saw while responding to the aftermath of an attack on a school shelter in Jabalia on Oct. 21.

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IN PHOTOS | See Swiftmania sweep Toronto; Valentyna Miziuk takes a selfie outside Rogers Centre on Nov\. 12, 2024\. Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour begins a six-show-run in Toronto on Nov\. 14\.

IN PHOTOS | See Swiftmania sweep Toronto

November 12 , 2024 at 09:04:44 p.m. EST • :

Taylor Swift's Eras Tour, which began March 17, 2023, arrives in Toronto for six shows beginning Thursday and will end in early December after three Vancouver performances. With opening night upon us, here's a look at all the hoopla in Toronto.

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WATCH | Can this device improve access to drinking water? Dalhousie researchers hope so; Water scarcity affects about two million people globally\. As Giuliana Grillo reports, the new, low-tech device works by treating ocean water and leaving the salt behind\.  

November 12 , 2024 at 08:59:53 p.m. EST • :

WATCH | Can this device improve access to drinking water? Dalhousie researchers hope so

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Family reeling as 16-year-old victim of alleged sword-and-SUV attack remains in hospital; Kaylie Smith, 16, is recovering in Ottawa after an attack in Cobalt, Ont\., between North Bay and Timmins\.  

November 12 , 2024 at 07:14:44 p.m. EST • :

Family reeling as 16-year-old victim of alleged sword-and-SUV attack remains in hospital

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Canada's digital services tax set for a reckoning with U.S.; FILE PHOTO: Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk speaks as Republican presidential nominee and former U\.S\. president Donald Trump looks on during a rally at the site of the July assassination attempt against Trump, in Butler, Pennsylvania, U\.S\., October 5, 2024\.  

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

Canada's digital services tax set for a reckoning with U.S.

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Ottawa principal apologizes for playing Arabic song during Remembrance Day ceremony; The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board said it is conducting a 'thorough investigation' into the including of an Arabic song during a Remembrance Day ceremony at Sir Robert Borden Highschool earlier this week\.  

November 12 , 2024 at 08:20:11 p.m. EST • :

Ottawa principal apologizes for playing Arabic song during Remembrance Day ceremony

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Border agency clears employee after Indian media reports link him with terrorism; Sundeep 'Sunny' Singh Sidhu was the target of a series of media reports out of India linking him with terrorist activity - reports that his federal government employer says are not backed up by evidence\.  

November 12 , 2024 at 05:00:00 p.m. EST • :

Border agency clears employee after Indian media reports link him with terrorism

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November 12 , 2024 at 02:36:14 p.m. EST • :

Former B.C. premier John Horgan, Canada's ambassador to Germany, dead at 65

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November 12 , 2024 at 01:50:11 p.m. EST • :

'I don't even know how I'm going to live with this' says wife of man killed by Hamilton police

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November 12 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EST • :

My first anatomy lab as a medical student made me see life in a new way

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November 12 , 2024 at 03:53:15 p.m. EST • :

Court hears from 9-year-old girl who says she was sexually assaulted by Manitoba priest last year

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November 12 , 2024 at 09:46:44 a.m. EST • :

Premier Ford pitches kicking Mexico out of North American free trade pact

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