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Mama Africa — The first album I heard
How Afrobeats has become an unstoppable musical force, a vehicle for artists who are bringing the music of the Afrobeat universe to our ears. The first Afrobeats album I ever heard was 'Mama Africa',...
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California’s water shortage could be a problem
New push to shore up shrinking Colorado River could reduce water flow to California Colorado River, which is responsible for two-thirds of the water supply to Southern California, is running low again. (Ricardo Alarcón...
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NFL Commissioner Sullivan defends NFL’s handling of Ray Rice’s case
Concussion controversy: Traumatic brain injury gets more attention after NFL player incident The NFL has become a national conversation topic about the dangers of concussions following last weekend’s incident involving Baltimore Ravens running back...
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FIFA charges Serbian referee for wearing Kosovo flag
Serbia charged over locker room Kosovo flag at World Cup Published duration 5 July 2011 media caption The locker rooms in the Serbian team hotel in a hotel from the Kosovo province A soccer...
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White Privilege and Racism
Op-Ed: It wasn't luck that allowed me to become a judge after meth addiction. It was white privilege – and a lack of public pressure to do better. Every now and then, the story...
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The Media Wasn’t There
‘It was an absolute Fyre Festival.’ Before Miami contestants were enlisted to save the world, another group signed up in Montreal. But where were the cameras? They were there. The world was watching. We...
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Roger Federer Announces Retirement
Roger Federer announces his retirement from the ATP Tour and grand slams Roger Federer announced his retirement Monday from competitive tennis at the end of the season, ending a remarkable career on a trajectory...
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Black Sky Mine Fire is 10 per cent contained
Vancouver's air quality affected as several wildfires rage through the province over the long weekend. More than 1,000 firefighters were deployed to battle at least 11 fires in the Lower Mainland, but the situation...
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The RCMP Didn’t Tell Her About Sexual Abuse
A video allegedly showed an RCMP officer sexually harassing an Indigenous teen. Then it went missing. Inside allegations of misconduct and cover-up in Canada’s national police force. A woman had been in an on-again,...
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The Only Child of Privilege
Op-Ed: I pushed my kids to succeed academically to escape racism. But it doesn't work that way. I live on an upper-middle class two-family home in a good neighborhood. At the front door is...
