Dominion Voting Systems – Interview with CEO John Poulos (2014) [audio]

Terry Seguin talks to John Poulos, president and CEO of Dominion Voting Systems, the company that supplied the tabulator voting machines in last week's election. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

Popular view of Alexander Hamilton as key U.S. slavery abolitionist falls short

Alexander Hamilton is almost universally depicted as an abolitionist in popular modern works, from Ron Chernow's 2004 biography, Hamilton, to Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony Award-winning show, Hamilton: An American Musical. But after poring over ledgers and correspondence of Hamilton … | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

Pandemic may be boosting Canadian trust in scientists

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic may have boosted failing public trust in science and scientists, a new survey has found. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

2020 Massey Lectures: Deibert on impact of social media

Citizen Lab director Ronald J. Deibert will deliver this year's Massey Lectures, arguing that the internet, especially social media, has an increasingly toxic influence in every aspect of life. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

Facial-Recognition Software for Bears

Facial recognition technology previously used on humans has huge implications for managing bear-human interactions, says UVic ecologist who has developed software to identify grizzly bears. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

First Nations partner with B.C. company in $1B purchase of Clearwater Seafoods

Halifax-based shellfish giant Clearwater Seafoods announced Monday it has a billion-dollar deal to sell the company to a partnership of Premium Brands of British Columbia and a coalition of Mi'kmaq First Nation communities led by the Membertou band in Cape Breton and Miawpukek in … | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

Canadian government pledges to connect 98% of Canadians via High-Speed Internet

The Liberal government is promising to spend more than a billion dollars to connect most Canadian to high-speed internet by 2026. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

'It was crazy,' says California kayaker who was engulfed in a whale's mouth

Julie McSorley says she learned an important lesson after she and her friend were nearly swallowed by a humpback: "Whales need their space." | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

Two Maritimers (and one Volvo) became the fastest men around the world

Garry Sowerby and Ken Langley wanted to take a good road trip in the fall of 1980. They decided, why not take the greatest road trip ever and drive right around the world? | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

Whole Foods grocery chain bans Canadian employees from wearing poppies

Less than a week before millions of Canadians are set to pay their respects to veterans by wearing a poppy, a national grocery store chain has banned its employees from wearing the symbol of remembrance while on the job.  | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

Archives of CBC Massey Lectures

Since 1961, CBC Radio has been broadcasting the CBC Massey Lectures, bringing Canadians some of the greatest minds of our times, exploring the ideas that make us who we are and asking the questions that make us better human beings. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

How capitalism is destroying democracy

We are used to hearing how capitalism goes hand-in-hand with freer, more democratic societies. But it's not always so. Investigative journalist Bruce Livesey reveals historical examples that show when wealth becomes concentrated among the very few, the stage can be set for totali … | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

Streaming platforms to incur penalties if not abiding by Broadcasting Act

The regulations put forth by the Liberal government today in a new bill focus on clarifying that online streaming platforms like Netflix and Spotify will fall under the Broadcasting Act in a new category called "online undertakings" and will face monetary penalties if they don't … | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

Homicide victim found in burnt-out SUV ID'd as man behind spam-email empire

More than three years after his death, a man who was shot dead and found in a burnt-out SUV near Squamish, B.C., has been identified as a U.S. citizen known for spreading racist, neo-Nazi ideologies and for a massive spam email campaign that led to a $12.8-million US lawsuit. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

Mall real estate company collected 5M images of shoppers

The real estate company behind some of Canada's most popular shopping centres embedded cameras inside their digital information kiosks at 12 shopping malls across Canada to collect millions of images and used facial recognition technology without customers' knowledge or consent, … | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

Airbus aims to produce zero emission airliners by 2035

Bob McDonald's blog: the airline manufacturer is betting on hydrogen fuel to reach carbon targets | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

Canada orders 76M doses of plant based Covid-19 vaccine

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today announced another contract to buy a promising COVID-19 vaccine now in development — part of a plan to secure millions of vaccine doses to inoculate Canadians from the novel coronavirus. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

'Magicians do not lie about the universe,' says Jillette of the Randi

James Randi, a successful magician, skeptic and master debunker of self-proclaimed spoon benders and mind readers has died at the age of 92. A man with a “playful quality attached to the strongest morality” is how Penn Jillette, part of the magic and performance duo Penn and Tell … | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

A data analysis of the most serious breaches of Ontario’s long-term care home safety legislation reveals that six in seven care homes are repeat offenders, and there are virtually no consequences for homes that break that law repeatedly. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

The Canadian printer who successfully sued the Soviet Union

After being stiffed by the Soviets for a job he did in 1967, Wally Edwards had one of their ships seized to extract his money in 1980. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

Apple blocks widow from honouring husband's dying wish

A widow is locked in a four-year battle with Apple over online material she already legally owns — unless she jumps through complicated and expensive hoops. Experts say tech companies refusing to hand over online assets is a big problem that will only get bigger. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

The coronavirus could be messing with your pain perception

A Canadian researcher has found that the virus that causes COVID-19 can hijack a pain receptor on our cells, using it to get into the cell, but also blocking its ability to signal pain. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

YouTubers engineer hyper-realistic plasma lightsaber that can cut through steel

James Hobson and his team at Hacksmith Industries in Kitchener, Ont., have created a hyper-realistic, retractable plasma lightsaber that reaches a scorching heat of 2,200 C. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

Canadian Feds invest in small nuclear reactors to help meet net-zero target

The federal government says it's investing $20 million in the nuclear industry to help Canada meet its target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

Canada invests in small nuclear reactors to help it meet net-zero 2050 target

The federal government says it's investing $20 million in the nuclear industry to help Canada meet its target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

Buddhism and Science: A Doomed Romance?

With the rise of mindfulness and the growth of brain research, Buddhism and science have become fast friends. Philosopher Evan Thompson is skeptical about the contemporary characterization of Buddhism. His book, Why I Am Not a Buddhist, offers both a critique of Buddhist exceptio … | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

Cameras and secret trackers reveal where Amazon returns end up

It’s safe to say that online shoppers like the promise of easy — and even better, free — returns. But it may surprise consumers to learn what can actually happen to all those unwanted items.  | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

Cameras and secret trackers reveal where Amazon returns end up

It’s safe to say that online shoppers like the promise of easy — and even better, free — returns. But it may surprise consumers to learn what can actually happen to all those unwanted items.  | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

Industry has known for decades that most plastic can't be recycled

Alberta is planning to become the plastic recycling hub for Western Canada, but investigative journalist Laura Sullivan says despite decades of publicity, the majority of plastic still can't be recycled effectively. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

Recycling was a lie to sell more plastic, recycling industry veteran says

Less than 10 per cent of the plastics we’ve used have been recycled. A new documentary reveals why | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

Liberals' 2021 single-use plastic ban includes grocery bags, takeout containers

The end is coming for plastic grocery bags, straws and cutlery after the federal government announced today which single-use plastics will be covered by a national ban coming into effect next year. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

A B.C. research project gave homeless people $7500 each. Results were surprising

The results of a B.C. research project that gave thousands of dollars to homeless people are in and, according to one researcher, could challenge stereotypes about people "living on the margins." | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

Physical distancing, mask-wearing could be in place for 2-3 years with vaccine

Canadians shouldn't expect a COVID-19 vaccine to be a "silver bullet" that will bring a swift end to the coronavirus pandemic and a return to normal, according to the country's chief public health officer. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

London, Ont. study reveals science behind curling's 2015 'Frankenbroom' ban

A Western University study suggests the so-called 'Frankenbrooms' that were banned by the World Curling Federation in 2015 can leave scratches in the ice that are up to four times deeper than their legal counterparts. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

Ontario police used Covid-19 database illegally, civil rights groups find

Police forces across Ontario engaged in broad, illegal searches of a now-defunct COVID-19 database, two civil rights groups alleged Wednesday, claiming the use of the portal violated individual privacy rights for months. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

New homeowner 'freaked out' when stranger took control of her security system

A new homeowner discovers a stranger can disarm the alarm, unlock windows and doors and track when she comes and goes from her new house. Security and privacy experts say the situation is the result of weak laws and cancellation policies written to benefit companies instead of pr … | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

The work of volunteer internet moderators is harder and more important than ever

After the Reddit community Coronavirus launched in January, the forum was bombarded with misinformation and disinformation — content that volunteers had to sort through for hours a day. Two moderators share the experience of monitoring social media communities for rule-violating … | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

Pandemic recovery will require rethinking capitalist norms, expert says

Rather than planning COVID-19 economic recoveries around old capitalist norms, one business-world advisor believes that global enterprises need to take steps to re-invent their approach to capitalism by taking steps to combat growing inequality.  | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

Shopify fires 2 employees for stealing customer data from up to 200 merchants

Shopify says it has terminated two "rogue" employees who were involved in a scheme to steal customer information from some of the company's merchants. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

No path to net-zero without nuclear power, Natural Resources Minister

Minister of Natural Resources Seamus O'Regan says Canadians have to be open to more nuclear power generation if this country is to meet the carbon emissions reduction targets it agreed to five years ago in Paris. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

Mystery of hundreds of elephant deaths in Botswana solved

The sudden deaths of some 330 elephants in northwestern Botswana earlier this year may have occurred because they drank water contaminated by toxic blue-green algae, the government announced Monday. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

Wondering why your glasses are so pricey?

Prescription eyeglasses can range anywhere from the mid-$200s to more than $1000 a pair in Canada. They're an expensive, but necessary, product for many. But why are they so expensive? | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

U.S. bans WeChat, TikTok, citing national security reasons

The U.S. Commerce Department has issued an order that will bar people in the United States from downloading Chinese-owned messaging app WeChat and video-sharing app TikTok, starting Sunday. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

Californians may one day flock to Canada as wildfires get worse,former governor

Former California governor Jerry Brown says he knew his home state a would face a climate change reckoning, but he didn't think it would come this soon. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

Speeding Tesla driver caught napping behind the wheel on Alberta highway

A 20-year-old B.C. motorist who who found reclining behind the wheel of a Tesla while the electric vehicle was on autopilot has been charged by the RCMP in Alberta with speeding. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

Dating is better than ever with social distancing

DeAnne Smith and Arthur Simeon have each other’s number when they discuss if social distancing improves dating. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

Blackest fish in the sea have 'cool' camouflaging properties in skin

The photographic misadventures of a marine scientist from the Smithsonian led to a new line of scientific inquiry into how the ocean's blackest fish disguise themselves in the deep. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago

MEC to be acquired by private U.S. investment firm

Los Angeles-based Kingswood Capital Management is buying the outdoor goods retailer through the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 4 years ago