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Jewish WWII pilot Si Spiegel pioneered the modern artificial Christmas tree
Author Laurie Gwen Shapiro recounts the legacy of Si Spiegel, a decorated Second World War pilot who also pioneered the artificial Christmas tree as we know it today.
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'Fireside' Al Maitland reads Frederick Forsyth's The Shepherd
The year is 1957. An RAF pilot is heading home from Germany for Christmas. Fog sets in, and all radio communication is lost.
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11 personal picks from the best books of 2024
CBC Books senior producer Ryan B. Patrick, associate producer Talia Kliot and Antonio Michael Downing, guest host of The Next Chapter, share some of their favourite books read in 2024.
Radio The Next Chapter December 20
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Polymarket and the rise of political betting
Polymarket was one of the most prominent spaces online to correctly call Trump's return to the Whitehouse. Is this crypto fueled “prediction market” a new more accurate way of polling, or just another gambling site?
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The best Canadian books of 2024
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Historian Yuval Noah Harari on the "unknown unknown" of AI
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