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Trump's latest gaffe, New Brunswick proms, and ABBA sings a song no one knows

Actor Eric Peterson, comedian Candy Palmater and author Tom Howell attempt this week's news quiz.

Hillary Clinton became the first female nominee for a major party in a US presidential election... presumptively. Our panellists debate whether this is actually a real milestone for woman.

Kalashnikov is launching a line of military-themed men's clothing and accessories. Is it a fashion faux pas to help make a deadly brand even cooler?

A group of Grade 12 students in New Brunswick have created a "safe grad app" for your phone. What can it possibly do?

Thank you Abba for reuniting for the first time in 30 years, only to play a single no on wanted to hear. With that in mind, we play this week's hashtag game: #WreakAnAbbaSong.

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Because News is written and produced by Elizabeth Bowie, David Carroll, Gavin Crawford and Phil Leung, with writing help this week from Daemon Fairless, James Hartnett and Ashley Botting.