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CBC Bot posting select CBC RSS Feeds @scrubfire84.bsky.social · Mar 2

I am pulling feeds from here:

www.cbc.ca/rss/

Right now I am only pulling Top Stories, World News, Canada News and New Brunswick news (I'm from NB). I can add any feeds from above if requested.

If there is interest, I can post the source code. This is not CBC specific, other RSS could be used.

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CBC Bot posting select CBC RSS Feeds @scrubfire84.bsky.social · 58m

Marineland’s scandalous decline

Tracking Marineland’s controversial journey and what could happen to their remaining 30 beluga whales.

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Large sign with a photo of whales on it pictured in front of theme park entrance.

CBC Bot posting select CBC RSS Feeds @scrubfire84.bsky.social · 58m

Exceptional drought affecting daily life, livelihood for N.S. farmer

Colleen Freake of Bramber, N.S., says the drought is affecting her and her partner’s health and mental well-being, as she constantly worries about where the next drops of water are...

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Two photos. On the left, a woman fills a bucket with water from a tank. On the right image, the same woman pours water from a bucket to a pot on a stove.

CBC Bot posting select CBC RSS Feeds @scrubfire84.bsky.social · 58m

'Scared the heck out of me': Falling fish smashes Sask. woman's windshield

Of all the things that could smash a car’s windshield in Saskatchewan, a fish that fell from the sky is pretty low on the list of likely suspects. But that’s what happened to...

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A mostly shattered windshield is shown. Cracks and shards of bloody glass can be seen all over the windshield. The bloody remains of a fish are smudged on the glass.

CBC Bot posting select CBC RSS Feeds @scrubfire84.bsky.social · 59m

Israel says remains returned by Hamas include person who was not a hostage

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Solemn people stand near a barricade. One carries a sign, another the Israeli flag.

CBC Bot posting select CBC RSS Feeds @scrubfire84.bsky.social · 1h

Higher U.S. lumber tariffs pose 'real challenge' to economy: N.B. premier | Power & Politics

As U.S. tariffs on Canadian lumber products rise from 35 per cent to 45 per cent, New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt tells Power & Politic...

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CBC Bot posting select CBC RSS Feeds @scrubfire84.bsky.social · 1h

Ontario college support workers reach tentative deal after more than a month on strike

Support workers at Ontario’s 24 public colleges have been on strike since Sept. 11, but are now scheduled to be back at work Thursday, their union says. Members w...

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CBC Bot posting select CBC RSS Feeds @scrubfire84.bsky.social · 1h

#TheMoment a pumpkin boat paddler crossed the Ottawa River

Marc Néron tells The National about the moment he built a boat out of giant pumpkins and crossed the Ottawa River from Oka to Hudson, Que.

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Man on water in a pumpkin boat with a paddle

CBC Bot posting select CBC RSS Feeds @scrubfire84.bsky.social · 2h

Ireland is implementing basic income for artists. Could Canada do something similar?

Ireland has made permanent its three-year pilot program that gave monthly income payments to thousands of artists. Canadian artists are hoping to use that program's...

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Woman wearing glasses, sits smiling seated at desk in art studio with white walls

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CBC Bot posting select CBC RSS Feeds @scrubfire84.bsky.social · 2h

City, volunteers restore Calgary's 107-year-old Chinese Cemetery

Over the past two summers, the city and hundreds of volunteers from Calgary's Chinese community have protected 343 historic grave-sites and restored 177 monuments.

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CBC Bot posting select CBC RSS Feeds @scrubfire84.bsky.social · 2h

Help on the way as low water levels ground boats at marinas along St. Lawrence River

The International Lake Ontario–St. Lawrence River Board says it will temporarily increase outflows from Lake Ontario on Oct. 17 and 18 to help recreational boaters ...

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CBC Bot posting select CBC RSS Feeds @scrubfire84.bsky.social · 2h

Looking to do a medical residency in Ontario? Check these new requirements first

Ontario’s government is introducing new requirements that will see fewer residency spots for internationally trained doctors, even as it faces a doctors' shortage.

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Equipment on the wall of a family doctor's office

CBC Bot posting select CBC RSS Feeds @scrubfire84.bsky.social · 2h

Tough roster decisions coming for Canadian women’s Olympic hockey team

The Canadian team has one more training block, and four Rivalry Series games against the U.S., before the team that will go to Italy is named early next year.

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Members of the Canadian women's hockey team celebrate on the ice.

CBC Bot posting select CBC RSS Feeds @scrubfire84.bsky.social · 3h

Local film festival returning to northern N.B. town

A retired autoworker and film buff from northeast New Brunswick hopes a film festival and collective will spark more interest in storytelling and open a portal to job opportunit...

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CBC Bot posting select CBC RSS Feeds @scrubfire84.bsky.social · 3h

Growing use of virtual care in N.B. comes with its own access problems

The number of eVisit users in New Brunswick grew by nearly 40 per cent in the last fiscal year, but a provider says it's not a sustainable long-term solution ...

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Close up of iPhone of someone accessing virtual care app. The app is asking them what their symptoms are.

CBC Bot posting select CBC RSS Feeds @scrubfire84.bsky.social · 3h

Fredericton council passes higher-density housing plan for downtown area

With a unanimous vote on Tuesday evening, Fredericton council approved the south core plan to significantly increase density in downtown areas, aiming to do...

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CBC Bot posting select CBC RSS Feeds @scrubfire84.bsky.social · 4h

After big win, big challenges await N.L. premier-designate Tony Wakeham

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CBC Bot posting select CBC RSS Feeds @scrubfire84.bsky.social · 4h

Mysterious deer fossil unearthed near TTC station identified after almost 50 years

For nearly 50 years, a mysterious fossil unearthed during the construction of Islington subway station has refused to give up its secrets — until now.

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A fossilized deer skull sits on a table in a scientific laboratory.

CBC Bot posting select CBC RSS Feeds @scrubfire84.bsky.social · 4h

CBC puts faces to names of trio charged in Ont. restaurateur's killing ahead of Scottish extradition hearing

Newly discovered images of three men accused in the death of a southwestern Ontario restaurateur in 2023 help peel away mystery surrounding ...

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Individual photos of three people are shown surrounded by a black background.

CBC Bot posting select CBC RSS Feeds @scrubfire84.bsky.social · 4h

Blue Jays still seeking 1st win against Seattle in ALCS Game 3

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Blue Jays manager John Schneider wears a Blue Jays hat and an entirely blue outfit as he sits at a table for media availability.

CBC Bot posting select CBC RSS Feeds @scrubfire84.bsky.social · 4h

Meta suspended his business's social accounts — it took him a month to reach a human

Montrealer Amir Hosseini lost access to Instagram and Facebook accounts for his music business for a month without explanation, and they were only reinstated after ...

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CBC Bot posting select CBC RSS Feeds @scrubfire84.bsky.social · 4h

Canada's plan to donate refurbished armour to Ukraine appears to be on the scrap heap

Ukraine was supposed to receive more than two dozen rebuilt light armoured vehicles from Canada in a deal brokered through a federal agency. However, the plan has ...

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A military vehicle is seen operated in the desert.

CBC Bot posting select CBC RSS Feeds @scrubfire84.bsky.social · 4h

Young Taiwanese aren't so anti-China. That's a problem for the island's government

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CBC Bot posting select CBC RSS Feeds @scrubfire84.bsky.social · 8h

New poll suggests bulk of public back Alberta teachers in contract dispute

A new Angus Reid Institute poll suggests locked-out teachers have more public support than the Alberta government as a contract dispute cancels classes for a second week.

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A woman holds a sign that says We Love Public Education at a rally.

CBC Bot posting select CBC RSS Feeds @scrubfire84.bsky.social · 9h

Stellantis backtracks on plans to build Jeep model in Ontario, shifts to U.S.

Stellantis announced Tuesday it will invest $13 billion US over the next four years to expand its manufacturing capacity in the U.S. — a move that will take production of ...

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An auto worker leans into a partly made car

CBC Bot posting select CBC RSS Feeds @scrubfire84.bsky.social · 10h

Progressive Conservatives will form majority government in N.L.

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