A man who influenced your entire breakfast this morning

From cereal to orange juice, this man is responsible for persuading North Americans toward our everyday breakfast choices. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago

Social media, but not video games, linked to depression in teens

Researchers in Quebec have found that the increased symptoms of depression are linked to being active on social media platforms like Instagram, where teens are more likely to compare their lives to glitzy images in their feeds. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago

Desjardins to offer all members free, lifelong protection after data breach

Desjardins Group president Guy Cormier says the credit union will offer free, permanent data protection to all its members in the wake of last month's data breach. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago

Unprecedented North Pole Heat Wave in Progress

Weather watchers are focused on the world's most northerly community, which is in the middle of a record-breaking heat wave. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago

Social media, but not video games, linked to depression in teens

Researchers in Quebec have found that the increased symptoms of depression are linked to being active on social media platforms like Instagram, where teens are more likely to compare their lives to glitzy images in their feeds. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago

Space archeologist says protection needed to stop trampling of moon landing site

Fifty years after Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin first set foot on the moon, some scientists are arguing that we should preserve our space heritage the way we would any historical site on Earth. We look at the push to protect historical sites that are out of this world. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago

Why World Emoji Day Is Super Confusing

Declaring July 17 to be World Emoji Day makes perfect sense for iPhone users, but others may be wondering why the internet didn't celebrate the whimsical icons two days ago. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago

Do wind turbine farms have an effect on climate?

Turbines don’t increase the temperature, but they redistribute heat that is already in the air | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago

If you see strange charges from Spotify on your bank account, you aren't alone

Several Canadians are in the process of retrieving money removed from their bank accounts this past weekend by Spotify, a music streaming service to which they did not subscribe. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago

Canada: Illegal cannabis getting even cheaper, as legal gets costlier

Statistics Canada's quarterly report on cannabis prices suggests the cost chasm between legal and illegal versions of the drug is wide, and getting wider. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago

Fighting climate change may be cheaper and more beneficial than we think

Governments aren’t calculating the true cost of fighting climate change when they fail to take into account side effects such as fewer deaths from air pollution — co-benefits that make the net cost of climate action as low as zero, growing evidence shows. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago

Emmy-winning actor Rip Torn dead at 88

Rip Torn, the free-spirited Texan who overcame his quirky name to become a distinguished actor in theatre, television and movies and win an Emmy in his 60s for his comedy turn on TV's The Larry Sanders Show, has died. He was 88. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago

Beer made with solar power gets sunny reception

Randy and Denise Rowe says the bewery has tripled its craft beer production three years after launching Off Grid Ales on the shores of Harvey Lake.  | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago

Unfortunate side effect of limes and sun

After making a round of margaritas by the lake, Amber Prepchuk said the next day she woke up with blisters so severe a doctor told her they were first degree burns. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago

Why life-saving improvements to car safety have benefited men more than women

New research shows that while cars are safer than they've ever been, women are at greater risk of suffering serious or fatal injuries in a collision compared to men. A big reason why, experts say, is automotive safety tests are conducted almost exclusively with crash test dummies … | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago

Bugs 101: free online course teaches why insects matter

The University of Alberta is offering an opportunity for people to explore why insects matter, said Maya Evenden, biological sciences professor at the U of A. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago

3 Earthquakes detected within minutes off B.C. coast

Three earthquakes registering between 4.5 and 5.6 magnitude were detected off the coast of B.C. Friday morning, a day after Southern California experienced a 6.4 magnitude earthquake. A geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey said the two are not related. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago

FDA names 16 dog-food brands with potential link to canine heart disease

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has singled out 16 brands of dog food that may be linked to a rare but potentially deadly canine heart disease, the majority of which are labelled "grain free." | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago

A man who runs Canada's only DeLorean repair shop

Justin Sookraj's childhood obsession with DeLoreans has evolved into a growing business fixing one of the weirdest, most iconic cars of the 1980s. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago

Do electric cars take more CO2 to build than they save?

EVs take a lot of CO2 to manufacture but should save more over a lifetime of use | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago

Hong Kong protesters go offline to dodge China's digital surveillance

China tracks nearly everything individuals say and do, online and off. That technological overreach has been evident in the streets of Hong Kong, influencing how protesters choose to use — or refrain from using — digital tools. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago

The International Space Station is growing mould – inside and outside

New research shows the International Space Station has an irritating mould problem — not only on the inside, but the outside, too.  | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago

Saskatoon man buys canoe with briefcase full of Canadian Tire cash

Just ahead of the Canada Day long weekend, a Saskatoon man may have committed the most Canadian act ever: buying a full-sized canoe with a briefcase full of Canadian Tire money. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago

Boeing falsified records for 787 sold to Air Canada. It developed a fuel leak

Boeing staff falsified records for a 787 jet built for Air Canada which developed a fuel leak ten months into service in 2015. In a statement to CBC News, Boeing said it self-disclosed the problem to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration after Air Canada notified them of the f … | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago

Ticketmaster to pay $4.5M for misleading consumers on prices

The Competition Bureau says Ticketmaster will pay $4.5 million in penalties and associated costs to settle a case investigating misleading pricing claims for its online ticket sales. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago

New McLaren impounded minutes after driver leaves dealership

A Coquitlam man lost his brand new McLaren minutes after driving it off the lot this month — busted during his first joyride down the Trans-Canada Highway. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago

Children wise to fear hand dryers, 13-year-old proves with published paper

Children who say hand dryers "hurt my ears" are correct. Nora Keegan, 13, has been studying the issue for four years and her research paper has just been published in Paediatrics & Child Health. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago

UN reports rich will save themselves in 'climate apartheid' while poor suffers

The world is on course for "climate apartheid," where the rich will buy their way out of the worst effects of global warming while the poor bear the brunt, a UN human rights report says. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago

The secret, million-dollar world of baby eel trafficking

An undercover investigation by Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans into a $1.3-million poaching case is uncovering a little-known but enormously lucrative fishery with a global reach. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago

Hempcrete Lego bricks with negative carbon footprint

A company based in Airdrie, Alta., has developed a hempcrete-and-lime based brick that its executives think may transform homebuilding. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago

Federal election easy prey for social media manipulators, experts warn

Social media platforms are actively circulating false information designed to manipulate voters in the run-up to the Canadian federal election, experts warn. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago

Wi-Fi router could be used to watch you breathe and monitor your heartbeat

Radar-like technology can see through walls to track movement | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago

Canada's national security landscape will get a major overhaul this summer

Canada's national security architecture is about to undergo a major demolition and rebuild this summer, now that C-59 has received royal assent. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago

Security expert calls out Costco and other retailers on bag searches

Retailers, many with tight profit margins, often employ security guards and have other measures in place to prevent theft. But security experts say it's illegal for stores to check someone's backpack or purse unless they meet a specific set of criteria.  | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago

Jamaica's central bank is using reggae to promote inflation target

Jamaica's central bank thinks the country's economy is doing very well, and it is using an instantly recognizable symbol of the island to get this message to the people: reggae music. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago

Desjardins announces personal data of 2.9M members improperly shared

The information of 2.9 million Caisse Desjardins members, including 173,000 businesses, has been shared with people outside the organization because of a data breach by an employee, the Quebec-based co-operative said Thursday. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago

Iran's Revolutionary Guard shoots down U.S. drone amid tensions

Iran's Revolutionary Guard said it shot down a U.S. drone on Thursday, amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington over Iran's collapsing nuclear deal with world powers, although American and Iranian officials are disputing exactly where the downing occurred. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago

A guide to Quebec's new immigration and religious symbols laws

Quebec is a different place after the Coalition Avenir Québec government adopted two laws reshaping the province's immigration system and imposing new rules on people who wear religious symbols. Here's a guide to what happened, and what's next. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago

What a deepfake video of Mark Zuckerberg reveals about how we're manipulated

This week, a deepfake video of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg went viral. Many viewed it as a strategic takedown of the company's fake news policies, but video co-creator Bill Posters says it was actually part of something much bigger. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago

Climate change is thawing the 'glue that holds the northern landscape together'

As the Arctic warms three times as fast as anywhere else in the world, permafrost - which forms the foundation under much of the North's communities and roads - is thawing and causing major changes in the very landscape underfoot. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago

New computer model explains faltering jet stream

New model incorporates ozone layer to explain weakening of the jet stream | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago

Why a near-perfect memory can be both a blessing and a curse

Markie Pasternack has Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (HSAM), meaning she has a nearly perfect memory for things that have happened to her and things she happens to have heard about. She tells Piya how her exceptional memory has bolstered her relationships, but also made … | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago

Want to retire by 35? These millennials are on track to do it

This couple shares a 400 square foot apartment, and cuts costs at almost every opportunity. That means no meals out at restaurants, no car, no cable television, and a monthly grocery bill of only $250. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago

Quebec government adopts controversial religious symbols bill

Quebec's majority government has pushed through a controversial piece of legislation that will bar public-school teachers, government lawyers, judges and police officers from wearing religious symbols while at work.  | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago

Québec will pass a law banning burqa and other headgear for govt employees today

After a marathon legislative session that ended in the wee hours Sunday with the adoption of a controversial immigration reform bill, bleary-eyed MNAs are back in the National Assembly this morning debating another contentious piece of legislation. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago

Québec passes law to deport its permanent residents who fails tests

After a 19-hour marathon session, members of Quebec's National Assembly have passed legislation that would allow the government to cancel roughly 16,000 immigration applications. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago

Raptors NBA Finals Champions

The Toronto Raptors are NBA champions after defeating the Golden State Warriors in Game 6 of the NBA Finals on Thursday. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago

'There's nothing we can do,' says N.L. couple whose flooded cabin floated away

Una Hoyles says her cabin has floated one kilometre away to the the other side of Bottomless Pond in Western Newfoundland. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 5 years ago