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This engineer built a functioning Remy from Ratatouille

Christina Ernst of Chicago designed a functioning version of the rodent from the Pixar classic Ratatouille. #press

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/remy-ratatouille-stem-1.7352082?cmp=rss&utm_source=press.coop

Alberta government proposing additional restrictions on wind and solar energy

The Alberta government is proposing additional restrictions on wind and solar farms that it says are designed with environmental protection in mind. But conservationists think the new plan is more about limiting renewable energy than protecting the environment. #press

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/danielle-smith-alberta-ruiping-luo-ucp-renewables-wind-1.7351877?cmp=rss&utm_source=press.coop

Great white shark found dead on Haida Gwaii

Modelling shows climate change likely to result in more great whites moving into B.C. waters. #press

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/great-white-shark-haida-gwaii-1.7350488?cmp=rss&utm_source=press.coop

Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice opens across Canada Friday. Read our original review

As a biopic, The Apprentice is entirely unsure of the man it seeks to assess — perhaps understandably, as its subject is very much still living and forging the legacy any such film would need to define. #press

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/trump-apprentice-review-1.7315184?cmp=rss&utm_source=press.coop

'Shame on you,' judge tells former Winnipeg high school football coach sentenced to 20 years for sexual abuse

A disgraced former high school football coach was taken into custody Monday afternoon in front of a Winnipeg courtroom packed with supporters of his victims, after being sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually abusing nine players over more than a decade. #press

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/kelsey-mckay-sentencing-1.7345058?cmp=rss&utm_source=press.coop

How a 63-year-old cowgirl became the No. 1 barrel racer in Canada — and she's not done yet

Last year, at the age of 62, Lynette Brodoway won the Ladies Barrel Racing Championship at the Canadian Finals Rodeo, competing largely against cowgirls half her age. This week, she’s heading to the same rodeo — the biggest on the Canadian stage — as the season leader, after entering... #press

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/lynette-brodoway-top-barrel-racer-1.7339758?cmp=rss&utm_source=press.coop

Trump acted outside his duties in pressuring Pence, officials after 2020 election loss: prosecutors

U.S. prosecutors said Donald Trump was acting outside the scope of his duties as president when he pressured state officials and then-U.S. vice president Mike Pence to try to overturn his 2020 election defeat, in a court filing made public on Wednesday. #press

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-2020-election-pressure-allegations-1.7340792?cmp=rss&utm_source=press.coop

Helene strengthens to Category 3 hurricane as it churns toward Florida

Hurricane Helene could cause a "nightmare" scenario of catastrophic storm surge in northwestern Florida, officials warned Thursday as they urged residents to heed evacuation orders ahead of the enormous storm, which is expected to cause significant damage hundreds of kilometres inland across much of the... #press

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hurricane-helene-florida-thursday-1.7335173?cmp=rss&utm_source=press.coop

Ryan Routh formally indicted on attempted assassination charge, allegedly targeting Donald Trump

The man accused of staking out Donald Trump's Florida golf course with a rifle was indicted on Tuesday on a charge of attempted assassination of a political candidate, U.S. prosecutors said. #press

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ryan-routh-charged-attempted-assassination-trump-1.7333128?cmp=rss&utm_source=press.coop

More explosions reported in parts of Lebanon

Multiple explosions went off Wednesday at the site of a funeral for three Hezbollah members and a child killed by exploding pagers the day before, according to Associated Press journalists at the scene. #press

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/lebanon-attacks-pagers-radios-1.7326750?cmp=rss&utm_source=press.coop

With millions in property revenues lost to the fire, Jasper council asks province for budget funding

The town of Jasper, Alta., is asking the provincial government for budgetary financial support for the next few years to avoid drastically cutting services or implementing significant tax hikes while the community rebuilds. #press

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/jasper-alberta-wildfire-tax-revenues-1.7325368?cmp=rss&utm_source=press.coop

Jasper wildfire complex now under control, Parks Canada says

The wildfire that burned a third of the buildings in Jasper, Alta., to the ground is now under control, Parks Canada officials announced Saturday. #press

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/jasper-alberta-wildfire-under-control-1.7316824?cmp=rss&utm_source=press.coop

Trump pleads not guilty to revised federal indictment in 2020 election case

Lawyers for Donald Trump entered a not guilty plea on his behalf on Thursday in court as his federal election subversion case resumed after a 10-month delay as the U.S. Supreme Court released a momentous opinion that affected proceedings. #press

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-dc-trump-charges-plea-1.7314082?cmp=rss&utm_source=press.coop

Cree memoirist and novelist Darrel J. McLeod dead at 67

His memoir Mamaskatch won the Governor General's Literary Award for nonfiction in 2018 #press

https://www.cbc.ca/books/cree-memoirist-and-novelist-darrel-j-mcleod-dead-at-67-1.7310256?cmp=rss&utm_source=press.coop

U.S. escalates efforts to halt Ottawa's digital services tax

The federal government says it's in close contact with its American partners as the Biden administration escalates efforts to halt Canada's tax on large foreign digital services companies. #press

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/digital-services-tax-ustr-1.7310013?cmp=rss&utm_source=press.coop

There's a nationwide doctor protest in India after the rape and murder of a hospital trainee

Hospital services were disrupted in several Indian cities on Tuesday after a doctors' protest spread nationwide following the rape and murder of a trainee in the city of Kolkata, authorities and media said. #press

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/india-hospital-protest-1.7293186?cmp=rss&utm_source=press.coop

Kamala Harris, Donald Trump to debate Sept. 10, ABC says

ABC says both former U.S. president Donald Trump and U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris have agreed to a Sept. 10 presidential debate, setting up a face-off between the Republican and Democratic nominees. #press

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-harris-debate-abc-1.7289059?cmp=rss&utm_source=press.coop

3rd child dies in stabbing attack on U.K. dance class

A nine-year old girl wounded in a stabbing attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance and yoga class in northwestern England died Tuesday, bringing the death toll to three, as police questioned a 17-year-old suspect arrested minutes after the rampage. #press

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/stabbing-england-victims-taylor-swift-1.7279605?cmp=rss&utm_source=press.coop

3 members of award-winning gospel quartet the Nelons among 7 killed in Wyoming plane crash

Three members of the Nelons, a Gospel Music Hall of Fame quartet, as well as the chairman of the board overseeing the Georgia Department of Corrections, were among seven people killed in a plane crash in Wyoming, according to a statement by a group member who was not aboard the aircraft. #press

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/wyoming-plane-crash-nelons-1.7277673?cmp=rss&utm_source=press.coop

Woman sues Bell, customer service rep who allegedly shared phone number with harassers

A Cape Breton woman whose video defending a transgender rights advocate made her the target of online vitriol and threats is suing her cellphone provider and a customer service agent she alleges shared her number and home address with... #press

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/bell-mobility-agent-shared-private-client-data-with-freedom-convoy-harassers-1.7273497?cmp=rss&utm_source=press.coop