Canadian News
Sun, 29 Aug 2021 04:00:00 EDTInvasive earthworms are remaking our forests, and climate scientists are worried
As earthworms silently devour leaf litter across the country, they are changing soils, restructuring ecosystems and depleting our forests' carbon stocks.
Sun, 29 Aug 2021 04:00:00 EDTParents, experts say students pay the price for hybrid model of schooling
The hybrid learning model appeared in K-12 schools last year amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Now as students head into a new school year, the hybrid model is back on the table in Ontario, despite opposi...
Sat, 28 Aug 2021 17:34:21 EDTHow a life-altering accident led Canada's Kate O'Brien from 2016 Olympics to Paralympic podium
It was a long journey to the Paralympic podium for Canada's Kate O’Brien, who competed in the 2016 Olympics before suffering a life-altering crash a year later. She's says it's still hard to believe...
Sat, 28 Aug 2021 04:00:00 EDTWhy Canadians need to keep their guard up in the 4th wave — even if they're fully vaccinated
The delta variant has changed the rules of the game — raising the immunity threshold we need to hit, increasing risk in our day-to-day lives and requiring even fully vaccinated Canadians to keep the...
Sat, 28 Aug 2021 22:34:31 EDTAlberta protestors share disappointment, frustration over relatives trapped in Afghanistan
Hundreds of people rallied at the Alberta Legislature grounds to show their support for the people of Afghanistan while pressuring the Canadian government to do more to help.
Sat, 28 Aug 2021 16:10:44 EDTFalling rock hits and kills 3-year-old at mini golf course
Mount Washington Resort on Vancouver Island says a three-year-old girl has died after she was hit by a dislodged rock at a mini golf course Friday afternoon.
Sat, 28 Aug 2021 07:00:00 EDTDisease wipes out at least 20 wild bighorn sheep in quick succession in B.C.'s Interior
A disease outbreak is killing bighorn sheep and white-tailed deer near Grand Forks, B.C., and the number of dead is expected to climb.
Sat, 28 Aug 2021 10:00:00 EDTTreaty 11 anniversary events helped me connect with my ancestors
It was a great privilege to help feed the fire at her community's Treaty 11 commemoration this summer, writes Karalyn Menicoche of Fort Providence, N.W.T.
Sat, 28 Aug 2021 06:00:00 EDTTake a walk through P.E.I.'s prehistoric past
Geologist Laura MacNeil, who founded Prehistoric Island Tours, walks us through some of P.E.I.'s past in the Permian period and the fossils left behind from roughly 300 million years ago.
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Fri, 27 Aug 2021 19:34:58 EDTUnhappy with her breast implant surgery, she wrote negative reviews. Now she owes the surgeon $30K
'Defamatory comments dressed up as reviews that are not factual or do not qualify as fair comment are subject to the laws of defamation,' a judge in B.C. wrote.
Sat, 28 Aug 2021 05:00:00 EDTToronto charity getting pleas from LGBTQ+ Afghans desperate to escape Taliban rule
Toronto-based charity Rainbow Railroad says it has received more than 200 requests from people in Afghanistan in the LGBTQ+ community fearing for their safety and looking to escape.
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 08:00:00 EDT'It's in the core of who we are': Work underway on Tlingit canoe in Haines Junction
One master carver from Alaska and seven apprentices from Haines Junction will transform a 450-year old piece of red cedar into a traditional Tlingit dugout canoe. In the process, they're reconnecting ...
Fri, 27 Aug 2021 18:13:42 EDTTrudeau campaign rally cancelled over security concerns amid protests
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is vowing to meet "anger with compassion" after a Friday evening campaign rally was cancelled amid protests.
Fri, 27 Aug 2021 16:23:53 EDTOntario to institute vaccine passport system, sources say
Ontario will announce a form of proof-of-vaccine certification — commonly known as a "vaccine passport" — for the province, sources tell CBC News. The plan is expected to be revealed early next...
Fri, 27 Aug 2021 06:00:00 EDTDrought leads to cricket explosion in Manitoba, where serenading insects exhaust residents
Crickets are springing up en masse in Manitoba this summer due to a drought and hot, dry weather, according to a Winnipeg entomologist. Some exterminators are hiring more staff just to keep up with th...
Fri, 27 Aug 2021 13:03:57 EDTSpeed was contributing factor in crash that killed teen hockey players: RCMP
RCMP in Surrey, B.C., say speed was a contributing factor in a crash that claimed the lives of three junior hockey players over the weekend.
Fri, 27 Aug 2021 16:22:04 EDTEdmonton Elks approaching CFL's 85% vaccination rate benchmark, team says
The vaccination rate among Edmonton Elks players and coaches is nearly high enough for the team to avoid forfeiting a game to the Toronto Argonauts, assuming the game can be rescheduled.
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Fri, 27 Aug 2021 04:00:00 EDTAfghan-Canadian media publisher frustrated by red tape trying to bring staff, family to safety
Sanjar Sohail of Vancouver, the publisher of a daily newspaper in Afghanistan until the Taliban took control of the country on Aug. 15, travelled to Germany on Aug. 19 to try to secure emergency visas...
Fri, 27 Aug 2021 11:39:56 EDTStill no timeline for Alberta Health to release data used in COVID-19 decision making
There is still no timeline for when public health data used to justify changes in Alberta’s COVID-19 regulations will be made public, a week after the province’s chief medical officer of health, D...
Fri, 27 Aug 2021 09:00:00 EDTWarrior trees: Distinct DNA of 'survivor' pines may hold the key to mountain pine beetle resiliency
Alberta researchers unlocking the genetic secrets of lodgepole pines that can survive attacks by mountain pine beetles hope the trees can help a new generation of hardier forests take root.
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