🏠🤖 Would you recognize an AI-altered Airbnb listing? CBC Radio reports travellers encountering suspicious photos, misleading rooms and disputed damage claims. Experts warn that AI makes deception easier, although Canadian consumer laws still apply. Should AI-edited rental photos require labels?

At a Calgary library, CBC heard Albertans express pride in Canada, frustration over the referendum & concern about divisions between neighbours. Some support separation, others see the vote as leverage with Ottawa. Can people disagree about Alberta's future without losing their sense of community?

🚒❤️ Kahkewistahaw First Nation has opened a $28M fire hall and operations facility, contributing $25M through its own revenue and financing. CBC Indigenous highlights Fire Chief Stan Bobb's 35 years of service and a community investing in its own safety and self-determination.

🍓🇨🇦 CBC reports Canadian inspectors found pesticide residues exceeding standards in some Driscoll's berries, but no recall was deemed necessary. With CFIA job cuts and new inspection funding, questions remain about transparency and oversight. Should all regulatory exceedances be disclosed?

🦋🇨🇦 A tiny monarch butterfly tagged in Winnipeg has reached Mexico after travelling 2,300 km in just 40 days! CBC Manitoba is following 29 endangered monarchs fitted with miniature trackers to help researchers protect migration habitats. Have you spotted monarchs this year?

🏊‍♀️🥇🇨🇦 GOLD for Taylor Ruck! The Kelowna swimmer wins the 200m backstroke in 2:02.41 at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in Tashkent. Ruck finishes with 1 gold and 2 silvers, while Canada takes 7 medals overall! Follow Canada's swimming stars with CBC Sports. 🍁

🦃😂 Thanksgiving dinner comes with a side of Canadian satire! Gavin Crawford and the CBC Because News crew are digging into the week's food headlines for a holiday episode. Perfect listening while cooking, travelling or avoiding dinner-table arguments. 🎧 What's your must-have Thanksgiving dish?

🐟🇨🇦 What's feeding Canada's farmed seafood? A five-year Outlaw Ocean Project investigation published by CBC traces fish feed to pollution, overfishing, labour abuses and food insecurity abroad. Canada imports at least two-thirds of its fish meal. Should seafood supply chains be more transparent?

🇨🇦 Alberta separatists are challenging Danielle Smith's pledge not to hold another separation referendum if the remain side wins Oct. 19. CBC reports 53% of surveyed UCP-intending voters support pursuing a future binding vote. Could the issue deepen divisions within Smith's party?

🇺🇦 Trump says Ukraine needs a new president, one day after announcing a Russian diesel deal. An AP report carried by CBC says Russian strikes killed at least 17 people in Zaporizhzhia, including 3 children. Zelenskyy warns the deal could finance more attacks. What message does this send Moscow?

🚨🇨🇦 BREAKING: Stelco says hundreds of Hamilton layoffs will proceed despite Ottawa's legal threats. In a letter obtained by CBC, its U.S.-owned parent disputes claims it's violating job commitments made during the $3.4B takeover. Up to 500 workers are affected. Should Ottawa take legal action?

🇨🇦 “Most people I know aren’t separatists; most people I know are angry.” In a CBC First Person column, Calgary's Matthew Morin describes rising costs, strained services and political distrust, while questioning separatist leaders. Could addressing that anger change Alberta's debate?

🇨🇦 Former Quebec premier Philippe Couillard helped introduce Canada's first assisted dying law in 2014. Now he tells CBC he worries MAID has expanded beyond its original intent. He still defends helping terminally ill patients, but questions the pace of change. Where should the boundaries be?

🇨🇦 After answering legislative questions in French for four days, Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew wants schools to teach the province's bitter 1980s French-language rights battle. CBC and Radio-Canada report the proposal has sparked debate about bilingualism and political symbolism. What do you think?

🇮🇱 New allegations suggest Netanyahu received warnings from Arab allies before Oct. 7, 2023, but failed to alert security chiefs. He denies receiving them. CBC speaks with grieving families demanding an independent inquiry, still absent three years later. Why hasn't one been held?

🇨🇦 Poilievre calls Musk's pro-separatist posts "silly tweets." But Musk owns X, previously endorsed Poilievre and has an enormous political platform. CBC News raises a fair question: Does having no authority over Canadian decisions mean having no influence over Canadian politics?

🇨🇦💪 Alberta grandmother DonnaJean Wilde, 61, just held a plank for FIVE HOURS, breaking her own world record! The retired teacher and grandmother of 12 told CBC she even earned a master's degree and wrote a book while planking. She also holds a pushup world record! How long can you plank?

🏊🇨🇦 Five medals between them in Tashkent! 🥈 Taylor Ruck wins her second silver, this time in the 100m backstroke. 🥉 Finlay Knox claims his third bronze in the 200m individual medley. Catch Saturday's World Aquatics Swimming World Cup action live on CBC Sports and CBC Gem at 9 a.m. ET!

🇺🇸🇷🇺 Trump announced a massive Russian diesel deal weeks after signing sanctions targeting Moscow's war economy. CBC reports the U.S. is easing restrictions through April 2027 as fuel prices soar. Zelenskyy warns the revenue could prolong Russia's war. Can Washington have it both ways?