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Bidding to host the Olympics
David Roberts of the University of Toronto on the pros and cons of bidding to host the Olympics
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Uber licensed to operate in Toronto
Uber drivers will soon be able to operate legally in Toronto. The city has issued 1,200 licenses to the ride-for-hire company.
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Calgary's good chance to win Olympic bid
Existing infrastructure from the 1988 Winter Olympics will give the city a leg up in its bid for the 2026 Winter Games
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Luneta project opens a portal between Berlin and Wroclaw
Imagine being transported to another place while remaining exactly where you are. Two European cities, separated by geography, history and culture are being united in cyberspace in the Luneta project...
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'Boots on the ground' charity walk for military veterans
Event highlights homelessness among Canadian veterans says organizer Debbie Lowther
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Boston using data to become a 'smart city'
What role can technology play in the cities of the future? David Common visits Boston to see what urban planners are calling a 'smart city'.
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Canadian cities to flush federal money down toilet?
CBC's David Common descends into some of Canada's oldest sewers to look at aging infrastructure beneath our streets
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How taxi drivers are faring since the arrival of Uber
Uber has expanded explosively, transforming cities everywhere it goes. But around the world traditional taxis have been pushing back.
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Cybercrime and cities
Hackers pose a bigger, dangerous and more nefarious threat to our cities
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NewLeaf announces flights and prices
CEO Jim Young unveils ultra-low fares between 7 cities as new Canadian discount airlines debuts
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A hermit’s life: Tokyo artist creates bespoke shells for living crabs
A group of hermit crabs have found brand new homes thanks to Tokyo-based artist Aki Inomata. Inomata created shells modelled on famous places and architecture around the world, before introducing them to live crabs to pick and choose...
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Adult Colouring Explodes in Popularity
Meet a Canadian artist whose adult colouring books are flying off bookstore shelves.
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WWF on Paris climate deal
'Yes, the agreement's not perfect but it is a huge step forward,' says World Wildlife Foundation CEO David Miller
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How driverless cars will change cities
Why some say driverless cars won't just change the way we commute, but the way we live.
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Report: 28 LI communities have million-dollar starter homes
The eye-opening report found 237 U.S. cities have a million-dollar price tag for the least expensive home in the area. Five years ago, Zillow said there were only 84 such cities.
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Renters without air conditioning vulnerable in the extreme heat
While many homeowners retreat to their air-conditioned dwellings to escape the heat wave, not all renters have that option. CBC’s Travis McEwan has details on reports about heat-related mortality rates among people who rent their living...
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NJ Hudson River towns prepare for major crowds ahead of Macy’s fireworks show
It’s been 11 years since cities along the Hudson had to prepare for this event.
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Somalia peacekeepers withdrawal: 2,000 African Union troops set to leave
Why Somalia’s government is urging African Union peacekeepers to slow down their withdrawal from the country.
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More than a dozen killed in synagogue, church attacks in Russia’s Dagestan
Civilians and a priest are among the dead as gunmen attack religious buildings in Derbent and a Makhachkala police post.
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New data reveals how extreme heat can be a slow-moving, silent killer
A Statistics Canada review of two decades of data shows that extreme heat leads to hundreds of excess deaths every year, and experts say it's time to plan for the heat like it's a natural disaster.
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US housing costs highest in 30 years: Americans increasingly struggling to find homes
Al Jazeera takes a closer look at the US housing crisis and why the American dream of home ownership is increasingly out of reach.
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How extreme heat can be a slow-moving, silent killer, Canadian research shows
Statistics Canada mortality data shows heat leads to hundreds of excess deaths every year. Experts warn it's time to treat heat like a natural disaster, and have a plan for where to go to escape it.
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Greece shuts Acropolis, schools as it braces for 43°C heatwave
Greece is one of the European countries most affected by the climate crisis.
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Wells run dry in India as scorching heatwave and poor infrastructure worsen water crisis
No water in the well - rural areas around Mumbai go dry, to quench the thirst of India's largest city.