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Sheena Goodyear

Journalist

Sheena Goodyear is a web journalist with CBC Radio's As It Happens in Toronto. She is equally comfortable tackling complex and emotionally difficult stories that hold truth to power, or spinning quirky yarns about the weird and wonderful things people get up to all over the world. She has a particular passion for highlighting stories from LGBTQ communities. Originally from Newfoundland and Labrador, her work has appeared on CBC News, Sun Media, the Globe & Mail, the Toronto Star, VICE News and more. You can reach her at [email protected]

    Latest from Sheena Goodyear

    Ethiopian wolves have a sweet tooth. These flowers are their lollipops 

    Ethiopian wolves are carnivores but new research suggests they supplement their diet with the sweet, sticky nectar from native flowers. And scientists say they may even be acting as pollinators in their ecosystem.
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    A 12-year-old Colorado girl is on a mission to bring back snow days

    Emily Beckman believes snow days are “the greatest invention ever created by humans." So when she learned that her Colorado school district changed its weather cancellation policy during the pandemic, she decided to fight back.
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    Not everyone can afford a pacemaker, so these doctors are recycling them 

    Preliminary findings from a randomized trial of 300 patients across seven countries shows that used pacemakers, when properly sterilised and implanted, work just as well as new ones, and pose no greater risk of infection.
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    Bear cub snatched from a tree to pose for photos is free at last, and doing well

    A bear cub who was hauled out of a tree and separated from her family in April is now back in the wild and doing just fine, say North Carolina wildlife officials.
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    Exiled Belarusian opposition leader has a message for the world: Stand up to dictators

    Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya is in Canada this week telling anyone who will listen that democratic countries must be united in their opposition to dictators.
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    These rare and mysterious deepsea fish are washing up in California, and no one's sure why

    A 3.3-metre oarfish — an elusive deepsea creature shaped like an eel — washed up earlier this month in California. Also known as a "doomsday fish," this is the third one to wash ashore in as many months.
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    Why police are in a standoff with people working an abandoned South African mine

    For weeks, police have been stationed at the opening of an abandoned gold mine in South Africa, trying to smoke out the people illegally working deep inside. Here's what we know so far.
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    Azerbaijani fossil fuel critic worries he'll be a prisoner in his own home until he dies

    Under different circumstances, you might expect to see someone like Gubad Ibadoghlu speaking at a United Nations conference on climate change. But as the world leaders gather at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, the economist and outspoken fossil fuel critic is 30 kilometres away, locked inside his home, under 24/7 police surveillance.
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    COP climate conferences have become 'meaningless rituals,' says economist 

    Economist Jayati Ghosh, a frequent advisor to the UN, says the organization's annual climate change conference has become "performative" and pointless. But she and other climate leaders have a plan to make them better.
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    The world's largest drawing is a love letter to Nigeria

    At 1,004.7 square metres — or nearly as big as four tennis courts — Unity of Diversity is a map of Nigeria filled with the country's many different styles of food, dance, music, art, history and more.
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