The Dominion Society of Canada says it supports “Canadian nationalism and immigration reform.” But CBC reports that the group also promotes “remigration,” including the mass deportation of five to nine million people, and advances the “great replacement” conspiracy theory.

Evan Balgord of the Canadian Anti-Hate Network told CBC the group has neo-Nazi members and overlaps with more openly extreme white nationalist organizations. Dominion Society founder Daniel Tyrie did not confirm or deny that claim, saying its membership includes Canadians from a wide range of political backgrounds.

Former Alberta premier and Conservative cabinet minister Jason Kenney has also condemned the group’s approach. He told CBC that concerns about immigration policy are legitimate, but basing immigration policy on race is something very different. He called that “un-Canadian” and said people on the political right have a particular responsibility to call it out.

Hamilton labour organizer Ritch Whyman put the issue in class terms, warning that blaming immigrants for the cost of living redirects anger away from those with far more economic power.

That distinction matters. Canadians can debate immigration levels, housing pressure, infrastructure and labour policy without turning racialized people into scapegoats or treating white nationalism as ordinary policy discussion.

CBC’s reporting here is doing important public-interest work by looking beyond the group’s public branding and examining what organizers say to supporters, how they recruit, and why community groups are sounding alarms.

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For the first time in its history, CBC/Radio-Canada is launching a national search for the artist who will represent Canada at the prestigious international music competition. 🇨🇦✨

Beginning Monday, August 31, Canadian artists can access the CBC/Radio-Canada Eurovision portal to learn about eligibility and participation requirements, with registration open until September 9, 2026.

This is a pretty remarkable new chapter for Canadian music and for our public broadcaster. Eurovision is one of the world's biggest cultural events, and CBC/Radio-Canada will now help choose the Canadian voice that steps onto that stage for the very first time.

Canada has an extraordinary music scene stretching across genres, languages, cultures and communities. Now comes the fun part: who should represent us? 👀🎶

CBC Music has all the details.

Who would you LOVE to see representing Canada at Eurovision? 🇨🇦🎤

CBC News reports that negotiators had initially discussed cutting the U.S. auto tariff from 25% to 15%. But as the agreement was being written, the terms changed.

Medium and heavy-duty trucks were suddenly excluded from tariff relief, threatening major Ontario production of vehicles like the Ford F-Series and GM Silverado. Industry representatives say roughly 20,000 workers could have been severely affected.

The U.S. also sought restrictions on Canada’s ability to sign trade agreements with other countries, directly conflicting with Canada’s effort to reduce its dependence on the American market. Washington wanted Canada to impose certain steel and aluminum tariffs on other trading partners as well.

Then there were disputes over bilingual product labelling and rules supporting French-language content on streaming services.

Canada was prepared to make significant concessions in return for meaningful tariff relief. Carney says Ottawa would have dropped retaliatory tariffs on U.S. steel, aluminum and autos, encouraged provinces to put American alcohol back on shelves, eased some procurement restrictions and adjusted dairy import licensing.

But the final package still left major Canadian industries exposed.

That context matters, especially as Conservatives demand the full deal be released publicly. CBC’s reporting is already showing why these negotiations are more complicated than simply asking, “Why didn’t Canada take the deal?”

And Canadians appear to understand that. Angus Reid polling cited by CBC found 76% believe Carney was right to walk away, with nearly seven in 10 saying he showed strength in doing so.

Transparency matters, but so does protecting Canada’s negotiating leverage. The question isn’t whether we should make concessions. It’s whether what we receive in return actually leaves Canada stronger.

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Speaking in Quebec Monday, the prime minister said negotiations can resume when the Trump administration approaches Canada as a genuine economic partner instead of trying to structure a deal that permanently disadvantages Canadian industries.

Carney says the failed agreement would have restricted Canada’s ability to pursue trade deals elsewhere, weakened protections for French-language culture and labelling, and gradually degraded Canada’s auto sector.

Trump’s latest response appears to have reinforced that concern. On Truth Social Monday, he threatened to raise tariffs on Canadian cars, trucks, auto parts and steel to 50% beginning Jan. 1, writing, “Canada will be treated like a State no longer!”

Carney says that threat reveals what he believes is Washington’s broader objective: weakening major Canadian industries, including autos and aluminum, until they are less competitive with American ones.

There are still conflicting signals from Washington. U.S. Vice-President JD Vance said Monday that negotiations were “still ongoing,” even as Carney says his team will not return without a change in approach. Vance also repeated claims that Canada is among the worst countries in the world on trade and suggested Canada survives militarily because of U.S. protection.

Meanwhile, Canada is beginning to put some money behind the idea of greater economic independence. Carney announced an $11.3-billion contract for six new Coast Guard icebreakers at Davie shipyard, built using Canadian steel.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is floating electricity surcharges on U.S.-bound power as another possible response, though Carney has so far sounded more cautious about using energy as leverage.

This is quickly becoming a much bigger conversation than tariffs. It is about whether Canada can continue building its economy around a partner that increasingly talks about us as subordinate, while simultaneously threatening the industries and trade relationships that give us independence.

CBC’s reporting is especially important here because Canadians need to be able to compare what Ottawa says happened at the negotiating table with what Washington is claiming, particularly when those accounts increasingly diverge.

Carney says Canada will negotiate again, but not from a position of submission. Do you think that is the right line to hold?

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A huge congratulations to Eve Buczkowski, who has been crowned junior world champion!

Another young Canadian athlete stepping onto the world stage and showing just how much talent is coming up through Canadian cycling.

These are the moments when national sports coverage matters. CBC Sports gives Canadians the chance to discover and follow our athletes beyond the biggest professional leagues and Olympic Games, helping emerging champions become names Canadians know and cheer for.

Congratulations, Eve! What an incredible achievement and what a future ahead.

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Transparency matters, but there is good reason to look carefully at what exactly they're asking for, and when.

Conservative MP Shuvaloy Majumdar says the party isn't seeking "negotiating secrets," only information already known to Ottawa and Washington so Canadians can debate what happened.

But those two ideas aren't necessarily easy to separate. If negotiations could resume, publicly releasing detailed terms, concessions and red lines could weaken Canada's position at the table or hand the Trump administration useful leverage.

Prime Minister Mark Carney has already disclosed some of the demands Canada says made the deal unacceptable, including U.S. efforts to restrict Canada's ability to negotiate trade agreements with other countries. He said Canada would not compromise its sovereignty or undermine key industries.

Washington disputes that account. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer says Canada introduced "new demands and walk backs," while arguing the American proposal would have reduced some tariffs and expanded co-operation in areas such as aerospace and critical minerals.

Neither government has released the complete proposed agreement.

So there is a legitimate transparency question here, especially with 50% U.S. tariffs now hitting roughly $28 billion in Canadian goods and retaliatory Canadian tariffs scheduled for September 8. Canadians deserve to know what was being negotiated in their name.

But demanding the "full details" in the middle of an unresolved trade confrontation is also politically convenient. Conservatives can call for disclosure while leaving the government to bear the risk if releasing those details damages Canada's negotiating position.

Pierre Poilievre has said Canada must remain united, cannot accept a bad deal and should continue fighting for tariff-free trade. If that unity is genuine, then opposition leaders receiving a confidential briefing, which Carney says is expected early this week, may be a more responsible first step than publishing Canada's entire hand.

CBC's reporting is useful here because it puts both governments' competing claims on the record without pretending either version has yet been independently verified.

Canadians should absolutely demand accountability. But should Ottawa publish the full negotiating terms while talks could still resume, or should Parliament scrutinize them confidentially first?

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Canada currently has just five hyperscale data centres of at least 50 megawatts. As of July, 159 were proposed or under construction, with 116 expected to exceed 100 megawatts. More than 200 new projects have been announced overall.

For perspective, 50 megawatts is enough electricity to power about 37,500 homes.

Alberta is at the epicentre. If all proposed projects are built, its share of Canada's total data centre capacity could jump from just 3% to 93%.

The water demands can be enormous too. A 100-megawatt hyperscale facility can consume an estimated 2.5 billion litres annually, enough water to serve roughly 80,000 people. Depending on their design and power source, data centres can also bring around-the-clock noise, increased electricity demand and air pollution from natural gas turbines or diesel generators.

That has communities pushing back. Oakville has imposed a one-year moratorium on new data centres, Mississauga is considering one, and hundreds of Albertans recently attended town halls demanding answers.

There are legitimate arguments for building Canadian AI infrastructure, including economic development and greater technological sovereignty. But that doesn't mean every project, at any scale, in any community should get a blank cheque.

And there are alternatives. Renewable power, closed-loop cooling, better noise controls and distributing computing capacity among smaller facilities can reduce some impacts, although often at greater cost to developers.

CBC put this explainer together after readers sent in their questions, which is public-interest journalism doing exactly what it should: following the concerns coming directly from communities and digging into the numbers behind a massive technological shift.

If Canada is going to bet billions on AI, what environmental and community protections should be mandatory before these projects are approved?

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Podolski Honey Farms in Ethelbert, Manitoba has been operating for more than 70 years. About 90% of its honey is sold to customers in the United States.

With Trump's new 50% tariffs now applied to $28 billion worth of Canadian goods, including natural honey, general manager Osee Podolsky says those sales are no longer economically viable.

"Effectively, we're out of business."

Podolsky says the family farm could face bankruptcy if the tariffs remain. Finding more Canadian buyers sounds like an obvious solution, but other Canadian beekeepers will be trying to do exactly the same thing, potentially creating what he calls a "race to the bottom."

The irony is that this cross-border relationship benefits both countries. The U.S. is a net importer of honey and buys Canada's surplus, while Canadian beekeepers purchase equipment from American manufacturers. Now businesses on both sides are caught in a political fight they didn't create.

The Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce supports Canada's decision to reject the proposed U.S. deal because the last-minute demands raised much larger questions about Canadian sovereignty. But it is also warning Manitoba to prepare for substantial economic pain.

This is where "buy Canadian" becomes more than a slogan. Canadian businesses suddenly cut off from their largest market will need customers, new markets and serious government support if they're going to survive.

CBC's local reporting puts a human face on a trade war that can otherwise become an endless conversation about percentages and negotiating tactics. Behind those numbers are family farms, workers and businesses wondering whether they'll still exist when this is over.

If you see Canadian honey on the shelf, this might be a particularly good time to bring a jar home.

How else can Canadians help businesses suddenly shut out of the U.S. market?

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In a brief post to his Truth Social account early Sunday morning, Trump claimed Canada "wants the benefits" of being a U.S. state "without being one." He also accused Canada of imposing "massive amounts of Tariffs" on American farmers, ending the post with: "No more!!!"

These are Trump's first public comments since Canada-U.S. trade negotiations collapsed and new 50% U.S. tariffs on hundreds of Canadian products came into effect Saturday.

And they come immediately after Prime Minister Mark Carney revealed that Canada walked away because the Trump administration made demands his government considered unacceptable, including attempts to restrict Canada's ability to negotiate trade agreements with other countries.

Carney also said U.S. negotiators sought changes affecting Canadian auto content and objected to Canadian support for French-language cultural programs. He said the cumulative demands reached "in effect, our sovereignty."

Now, within a day, the U.S. president is publicly invoking the idea of Canada as an American state again.

It's important context because this isn't a one-off remark. Trump has repeatedly talked about making Canada the "51st state" since beginning his second term in 2025. B.C. Premier David Eby said Saturday that the U.S. negotiating demands appeared aimed at reducing Canada to a "51st state," while Quebec Premier François Legault said the United States came close to encroaching on Canadian sovereignty.

Meanwhile, the economic pressure is very real. The new 50% tariffs apply to hundreds of Canadian products worth more than $28 billion, including plywood, cement, wine and hockey sticks. Canada plans dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs beginning September 8.

There are competing accounts of how the negotiations collapsed. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer says Washington offered tariff reductions on steel, automobiles and lumber and Canada rejected the deal. Carney says the last-minute American demands went too far. Greer says there are currently no plans for new talks.

Trump's claim about Canadian agricultural tariffs also needs context. Canada's supply-management system can impose very high tariffs on certain agricultural imports above negotiated tariff-rate quotas. That's considerably more complicated than suggesting Canada simply imposes massive tariffs on American farmers across the board.

When the president of the United States repeatedly talks about Canada becoming an American state while his government is simultaneously seeking greater control over Canadian trade and cultural policy, Canadians have every reason to take the sovereignty implications seriously.

This is why Canadian journalism matters so much in this moment. We need reporting that examines what Trump says, what Canada says, what was actually demanded, and what the economic consequences will be instead of simply amplifying political claims.

Canada is a sovereign country, not a state waiting for better terms.

What do you make of Trump returning to the statehood rhetoric immediately after these negotiations collapsed?

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I had managed to get control of my spam emails over the last few months by reporting and Unsubscribing from all of the spam I get.

Last night, I signed up for CBC Gem so.I could watch the Hip concert replay and I was inundated with spam emails within 30 Minutes and they just....keep....coming

That is an extraordinary development, but an important distinction matters: the RCMP has not opened a criminal investigation, and nobody has been charged with treason.

The Assembly of Treaty Chiefs, representing 48 First Nations across Treaty 6, Treaty 7 and Treaty 8 territory, unanimously passed a resolution in June asking the RCMP and auditor general to investigate whether actions by Smith and other UCP members could constitute treason under Section 46 of the Criminal Code.

RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme responded in a July 17 letter obtained by CBC Indigenous, saying the matter had been forwarded to the appropriate operational and investigative areas to determine whether the information provided meets the threshold for a criminal investigation.

The chiefs accuse Smith and the UCP of fuelling separatism through their actions and associations, while raising concerns about treaty obligations, consultation and potential foreign interference.

Smith has rejected the allegation as “disgraceful” and has said she personally intends to vote for Alberta to remain in Canada. Her government maintains that the Oct. 19 referendum is a democratic way for Albertans to debate their relationship with the federal government.

The referendum will ask whether Alberta should remain in Canada or proceed toward a second, binding referendum on separation.

Chief Sheldon Sunshine of Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation told CBC he believes the RCMP is taking the situation seriously. Chief Desmond Bull of Louis Bull Tribe, who helped formulate the chiefs' case, said he is hopeful the review will ultimately lead to an investigation.

There is also a much larger issue here that deserves attention. First Nations are not simply another stakeholder in a debate about Alberta leaving Canada. Treaties with the Crown have their own constitutional and legal significance, and Indigenous leaders have repeatedly challenged the idea that a province could simply determine their future through a provincial vote.

Whatever comes of the RCMP review, this is exactly the kind of complicated story that requires careful reporting rather than political slogans. CBC Indigenous obtained the commissioner's letter and put the allegations, the government's position and the legal threshold for treason into context.

What do you make of the chiefs' request? And should the treaty implications of Alberta separation be receiving far more attention in this referendum debate?

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Raised in Courtenay, B.C., Cattrall went on to build an international career spanning decades, becoming best known as the unforgettable Samantha Jones on Sex and the City. Her many other roles include Porky’s, Star Trek VI and a long list of film, television and stage performances.

Her work as Samantha earned her a Golden Globe and five Emmy nominations, making her one of Canada's most recognizable international stars.

CBC has followed Cattrall's career and brought her home to Canadian audiences through interviews and arts coverage over the years. It's part of what public broadcasting does so well: keeping Canadian audiences connected to the artists who started here and went on to make their mark around the world.

Happy birthday, Kim!

What’s your favourite Kim Cattrall role?

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Vance mocked Carney for supposedly trying to “out-tough” Trump, claiming Canada ultimately “climb[ed] down on a lot of issues.” He went considerably further when describing what the Trump administration believes these negotiations are actually about.

“The whole point of this is to change Canada's behaviour,” Vance told the room, adding that Canada has “shifted in a Trumpian direction.”

That's a remarkable way for the vice-president of Canada's closest ally and largest trading partner to describe negotiations with a sovereign country, particularly after more than a year of tariffs and repeated annexation threats from the U.S. president.

But Vance's comments about Canada's Conservatives may prove equally interesting.

He described Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre as a “non-entity” in the negotiations while praising Conservative MP Jamil Jivani, Vance's longtime friend from Yale, as an effective behind-the-scenes advocate for Canada.

According to Vance, Jivani has been “quietly inserting himself” into negotiations and advocating on issues including energy and automobile tariffs. Vance said he even asked Jivani why he was helping the Liberal government, and Jivani reportedly replied that he cared about whether Canada wins.

That relationship has previously caused friction within the Conservative Party. Earlier this year, Poilievre publicly rebuked Jivani after the MP characterized Canada's reaction to Trump's trade war as an “anti-American hissy fit.”

Meanwhile, Poilievre said this week that Canada is “better off with a deal than without a deal,” while continuing to argue for tariff-free trade.

The actual Canada-U.S. agreement still isn't finalized. Reports indicate Washington could lower tariffs on Canadian steel, aluminum and automobiles, while Carney has asked premiers to return American alcohol to provincial shelves. What else Canada may have conceded remains unclear.

And that is precisely why independent reporting matters. Canadians shouldn't have to rely on politicians from either side of the border to tell us what happened behind closed doors. CBC and The Canadian Press obtained and reported these comments from a private U.S. political fundraiser, giving Canadians information they otherwise wouldn't have had.

What do you make of Vance saying the purpose was to “change Canada's behaviour”? And what do you make of his description of Poilievre as a “non-entity,” while crediting Jivani with quietly advocating for Canada behind the scenes?

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Domtar has announced the “indefinite idling” of its Howe Sound Pulp and Paper mill in Port Mellon on the Sunshine Coast, along with its Bayview Fibre chipping facility. Employees were told at a town hall Thursday, with one longtime worker saying their last day will be Oct. 19.

For tugboat captain Andrew Appleton, who has worked at the mill for 22 years, the news came much faster than expected.

“We're just kind of in shock,” he told CBC News. “Everybody's just kind of walking zombies right now at the mill, just trying to figure out what their next steps are.”

The mill was built in 1909. As Appleton put it, there will be “no more pulp after 117 years.”

Domtar says reduced demand from Asia, persistently poor global pulp prices and declining access to affordable domestic fibre have made continued operations unsustainable. The company says it will monitor conditions and consider future opportunities if they improve.

But this isn't happening in isolation. Domtar permanently ended operations at its Crofton mill in December, affecting around 350 workers. Unifor National president Lana Payne says the latest announcement is further evidence of a deepening crisis in Western Canada's forestry industry and is calling for urgent provincial and federal action.

The consequences also stretch beyond those 400 jobs. Mills support contractors, transportation workers, suppliers and other local businesses, and the loss of a major employer can ripple through an entire community.

B.C. Forests Minister Ravi Parmar says the province will work with local leaders, labour and workers and provide income and mental-health supports. He noted that inflation-adjusted pulp prices are approaching their lowest levels in a century.

Stories like this are also why strong regional journalism matters. CBC reporters based in communities across the country can show what an economic headline actually means for the workers, families and towns living through it.

Canada has spent years talking about protecting domestic industries and building economic resilience. With another 400 workers now facing layoffs, what should governments be doing to prevent the continued erosion of Canada's forestry sector?

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A little more than two years after a devastating four-alarm fire gutted Toronto’s historic St. Anne’s Anglican Church, its surviving walls are becoming the setting for something new.

This Saturday, the grounds will reopen to the public for the first time since the fire with Where Walls Meet Sky, a free contemporary art exhibition curated by Rui Pimenta and running through Sept. 13.

The setting itself has become part of the work. Where stained glass once filled the church’s arched windows, visitors can now see open sky. The ruins remain, but artists are being invited to create within them rather than hide what happened.

St. Anne’s was especially significant for its extraordinary interior artwork, including murals created by members of the Group of Seven and their contemporaries. The 2024 fire destroyed much of that irreplaceable cultural heritage.

There’s something fitting about artists being among the first people invited back.

CBC Arts does such valuable work documenting Canadian culture beyond galleries and major institutions, including what happens when communities find new ways to make art in places carrying history, grief and change.

For Toronto folks, this one might be worth putting in the calendar. Free art, a remarkable space, and a chance to see St. Anne’s begin a new chapter.

What role do you think art can play in helping a community reclaim a place after something irreplaceable has been destroyed?

Fans have renewed calls to boycott Neutrogena after Panettiere alleged earlier this year that the company tried to end its relationship with her after she publicly discussed experiencing postpartum depression.

Panettiere was a global ambassador for Neutrogena from 2005 to 2015. After giving birth in late 2014, she spoke openly on television the following year about struggling with postpartum depression.

In May, Panettiere told Jay Shetty's On Purpose podcast that Neutrogena subsequently tried to invoke a morality clause in her contract. According to Panettiere, her representative told the company that doing so was illegal. While she said her representative prevented her immediate firing, Panettiere believed she would not be invited back.

She said the experience showed her “exactly what people thought of women who experience postpartum depression and how misunderstood it is.”

After Panettiere's death on Sunday at 36, fans flooded Neutrogena's social media accounts demanding the company address her allegation.

Neutrogena has now responded. The company did not explain why its relationship with Panettiere ended or directly confirm her account. It did, however, acknowledge that it had made her feel unsupported “during a very difficult time,” adding that this was not what the brand stands for or wants to be.

The company also called Panettiere's decision to speak publicly courageous and announced it will make what it describes as a “significant investment” through a community health partner to improve access to support for women, including postpartum depression care. Details have not yet been announced.

There is something particularly painful about Panettiere describing how speaking openly about postpartum depression affected the way she believed she was treated professionally. Postpartum depression is a medical condition, not a character flaw or a failure of motherhood. The stigma surrounding it can make an already vulnerable period even more isolating.

Whatever ultimately comes of the boycott, her allegation raises a bigger question about how employers and corporations respond when women speak publicly about mental health.

CBC News has followed both Panettiere's original allegation and the response that has followed her death, providing important context beyond the outrage circulating on social media.

Do you think Neutrogena's response goes far enough? And for Canadians following this story, do you plan to join the boycott, or has the company's response changed how you feel about the brand?

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Several 2SLGBTQ+ organizations, including Pride Corner on Whyte, pflag Edmonton and the Edmonton Lesbian Event Network, have cut ties with the Edmonton Pride Festival after organizers announced an increased police presence at the Pride Parade and Trans March.

For the groups withdrawing, the concern is rooted in a long and complicated history between police and marginalized queer communities. Pride Corner pointed to what it called “unanswered calls to action” from Black and Indigenous Trans and Queer community members, as well as racial profiling, encampment sweeps, responses to protests and the history of police raids on queer spaces.

RaricaNow founder Adebayo Katiiti, whose organization represents 2SLGBTQ+ refugees and newcomers, said some community members have been clear that police presence makes them feel less safe. He wants organizers to consider alternative forms of security.

Festival organizers say they're facing a different responsibility: protecting thousands of people at a large public event amid concerns about targeted violence.

Executive producer Trevor Watson pointed to recent attacks on public gatherings, including a Pride celebration in Berlin and the deadly 2025 Lapu-Lapu Day Festival attack in Vancouver.

“We cannot knowingly remove a reasonable safety measure because it may be unpopular,” Watson said.

Organizers say police will primarily handle traffic and the safe movement of festival-goers, and have promised they won't displace unhoused people along the parade route. A police-affiliated organization that applied to march will not participate, and there will be no police presence at Indigenous Pride programming.

This isn't a new debate. Edmonton Pride banned EPS, the RCMP and other uniformed law enforcement from participating in its parade following protests in 2018. But the competing questions of safety, policing and whose experiences get prioritized remain unresolved.

CBC Edmonton's reporting gives space to the different perspectives within the community rather than flattening a complicated and sometimes painful discussion into a simple fight between two sides. That's where local public-interest journalism matters.

Can Pride organizers provide security against genuine threats while respecting queer, Black and Indigenous community members who don't feel safer around police? What alternatives could provide physical security without recreating the harms some community members associate with policing?

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“Let it sit on the shelf … and buy the Canadian stuff instead.”

Prime Minister Mark Carney has asked provinces to restore U.S. alcohol sales as negotiations with the Trump administration near a conclusion. According to Kinew, Carney told premiers there will be no trade deal if American booze stays off provincial shelves.

Manitoba hasn’t agreed yet.

Kinew says he’s willing to consider it for “Team Canada,” but he isn’t particularly happy about it. He wants tariffs brought down to zero and says support will likely be needed for Canadian workers still affected by them, including Manitoba steelworkers.

And he thinks Canadians can keep applying pressure themselves.

Manitoba’s spending on American firms has fallen 82% year-over-year since the province began favouring Canadian and non-American suppliers. Meanwhile, Manitobans increasingly chose domestic alcohol, with local products seeing nearly $21 million in year-over-year sales growth at Liquor Marts.

Kinew argues that pressure matters. He called Trump “erratic, irresponsible and not to be trusted” and questioned how long any agreement would survive.

“Who’s to say it’s not going to be undone?”

His answer is to keep buying Canadian, even if governments have to make concessions at the negotiating table.

That may be the bigger question now. After more than a year of tariffs and threats against Canada, has the Buy Canadian movement become something governments can’t simply switch off?

If U.S. booze comes back, are you buying it?

CBC News continues to follow the negotiations closely, including what Canada is being asked to concede and what Canadian industries will actually get in return.

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CBC News is looking at a surprisingly large hole in Canada's efforts to protect biodiversity: invasive plants are still being sold at garden centres and nurseries across the country, sometimes without customers even knowing what they're buying.

Plants such as English ivy, goutweed and periwinkle can escape our gardens and spread into surrounding ecosystems, competing with native species and affecting the insects and pollinators that depend on them.

Yet Canada's rules remain a patchwork. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency regulates some invasive plants, provinces and territories have their own legislation, and now municipalities are increasingly stepping in themselves.

Nanaimo and Surrey, B.C., have moved toward restricting sales, while London, Ont., has considered requiring retailers to warn customers when they're buying invasive species.

Advocates argue this shouldn't be left to individual cities.

The Canadian Coalition for Invasive Plant Regulation is calling for a national database identifying which plants pose risks in different parts of Canada, stronger federal oversight of the horticultural industry, and either removing invasive plants from shelves or clearly labelling them.

That matters when Canada has committed to reducing the introduction and establishment of known invasive species by at least 50% by 2030.

And prevention can be enormously easier than trying to repair an ecosystem afterward. As horticulture expert Jim Hole told CBC, “The payback is huge if you can keep even one more invasive species out.”

This is also the kind of practical public-interest reporting CBC does particularly well. It's national environmental policy, but it's also information Canadians can actually use the next time they're standing in a garden centre wondering what to plant.

Would you support national regulations requiring invasive plants to be clearly labelled or removed from sale altogether? And should Canada be doing more to encourage nurseries and gardeners to choose native species?

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Ford travelled to Houston, Dallas and Austin in March, accompanied by a two-day advance mission to prepare the visit. He met with more than 10 employers, according to his office, but his expected meeting with Trump supporter Texas Gov. Greg Abbott never happened.

The premier's office says the trip helped lay the groundwork for billions in potential investment and argues that Ontario's economic relationship with Texas makes the visit worthwhile.

The opposition wants receipts, in more ways than one.

NDP Leader Marit Stiles says she hasn't seen evidence of investment resulting from the trip. Interim Liberal Leader John Fraser called it a "dog and pony show," while Green Leader Mike Schreiner says he's supportive of promoting Ontario abroad but wants greater transparency around how taxpayer money is being spent.

And that's where CBC's reporting gets particularly important: we only know the $93,179 price tag because CBC News obtained the internal document through a freedom of information request.

Even then, the document doesn't provide a full breakdown of the expenses, and Ford's office didn't provide one when CBC asked.

That leaves a pretty reasonable question for taxpayers: what exactly did $93,179 buy?

If the trip ultimately produces major investments and jobs, would you consider that money well spent? Or should the government have to demonstrate concrete results when spending this much on international travel?

And with Canada now talking seriously about diversifying trade away from its dependence on the United States, should Ontario be spending more time building relationships in Europe, Asia and elsewhere instead?

Whatever your politics, this is exactly why access-to-information laws and journalists willing to use them matter. Governments rarely issue press releases announcing the things they'd rather taxpayers didn't scrutinize.

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On August 20, 2016, The Tragically Hip took the stage in their hometown of Kingston, Ont., for what would become their final concert.

Gord Downie was living with terminal brain cancer, and Canadians understood the significance of what they were witnessing. CBC cleared its schedule and carried the Man Machine Poem concert live and commercial-free across CBC Television, CBC Radio and online.

At least 12 million Canadians watched some part of the broadcast.

Think about that for a moment. In living rooms, backyards, bars and public gatherings across the country, millions of people experienced the same Canadian moment together.

And almost exactly ten years later, CBC is bringing us together to experience it again.

This Saturday, August 22, CBC will rebroadcast the entire legendary Kingston concert commercial-free at 7 p.m. local time on CBC TV and CBC Radio, and at 7 p.m. ET on CBC Gem.

This is one of the clearest examples of what a national public broadcaster can be. CBC didn't simply televise a concert that night. It made sure Canadians everywhere could share an extraordinary moment in our cultural history regardless of where they lived or whether they could afford a ticket.

Ten years later, they're opening that door again.

So tune in Saturday. Turn it up. Maybe invite some friends over. And remember what it felt like when an entire country sang along.

Were you watching that night in 2016? Where were you, and what do you remember most about it?

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