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Rio, homelessness, Colten Boushie, Tinder and journalism: What's new in the news? | Aug 19 2016 | Emily Blake | Each week rabble.ca bloggers bring you insightful pieces on the stories behind the nation's headlines.
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Olympic groups squandering millions while athletes struggle to get to Rio | Aug 19 2016 | Nick Fillmore | The IOC and COC are unaccountable organizations who are happy to lavish themselves with gifts and money while amateur athletes struggle to make ends meet.
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Kathleen Wynne tried to use First Nations to silence opposition to Hydro One sell-off. She failed. | Aug 19 2016 | Fred Hahn | Can Ontario's premier admit she was wrong when she rammed through privatization of Hydro One?
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The face of Canadian journalism is still white -- and it's time to push back | Aug 18 2016 | Joanna Chiu | Canada likes to imagine itself as a multicultural and diverse society. But its media simply doesn't reflect this belief -- and that's got to change.
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Aug 18 2016
Lauralyn Chow's new short story collection 'Paper Teeth' follows the lives of the Lees, a Canadian-Chinese family and their friends in Edmonton. Read this author Q&A now!
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Aug 11 2016
The clitoris. Something so powerful and wonderful, yet largely misunderstood and ignored. Dive into female pleasure and sexuality with "Closer: Notes from the Orgasmic Frontier of Female Sexuality."
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Aug 4 2016
So, the Rio Olympics start on Friday. Instead of the typical media tributes to Olympic success, let's look at the political resistance to the Olympic behemoth, past and present.

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Current rabble poll

What's your reaction to the fact that fracking could trigger earthquakes that could damage B.C. dams?

This week the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternative (CCPA) exposed through a Freedom of Information request that senior B.C. Hydro officials fear that earthquakes, triggered by fracking, could damage Peace River dams and put hundreds, possibly thousands, of people at risk.

The Crown corporation has not said anything publicly about these concerns, instead negotiating behind closed doors, and has kept the public in the dark.

Let that sink in.

Fracking could trigger earthquakes more powerful than some dams are designed to withstand and they said nothing.

What's your reaction to the fact that fracking could trigger earthquakes that could damage B.C. dams?

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