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An inconvenient truth |
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See no evil? Convenience store operators say tougher laws on tobacco displays threaten their livelihoods.
Laura Haber
Producer: Krista Seggewiss
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Here's to your health |
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Hops are known for giving beer its distinctive flavor, but scientists at the National Research Council have found they also contain a cancer-fighting agent.
Jes Ellacott
Producer: Curtis Greenwood
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Green with envy |
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Industrial hemp has been off-limits for American farmers since 1938 — and Canadian producers have cashed in. Now our southern neighbours are pushing for permission to grow that other green.
Gabriel Wildgen
Producer: Claire Biddiscombe
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Party like it's 1929 |
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The party's over — or at least scaled down — for a few companies hit hard by the economic meltdown. But there is no shortage of holiday cheer on Parliament Hill.
Amanda Truscott
Producer: Kate Scroggins
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Laura Stone
Editor
Arthur Asiimwe and Laura Ward
Associate Producers |
Taylor Collicott
Managing Editor
Laura Thornton
Multimedia Producer |
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| Ad(vice) for your consumer conscience |
| Capital News Online explores the uneasy mind of today's shopper. From the extreme "buy nothing" attitude to patiently waiting for prices to plummet, we find out that consumers will do what ever it takes to save a little green this holiday season.
Katherine Ellis, Wes Hynd, Veronica Miles, Sam Schmidt
and David Weisz
Producer: Laura Thornton |
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