Harbour Airlines, which operates 30,000 flights each year on routes between Seattle, Vancouver, Victoria and other destinations, is partnering with Washington-state-based engineering firm MagniX with the goal of becoming the world's first all-electric airline. | Continue reading
Patients, plastic surgeons, makers of breast implants, regulators and Health Canada officials participate in two-day meeting hosted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. | Continue reading
Under the U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley Act, clearing your browser history could get you a felony charge for destroying records in a federal investigation — whether you realize you're under investigation or not. | Continue reading
U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden says he is relieved one of the families who helped hide him when he was on the run in Hong Kong in 2013 has been granted refugee status in Canada. | Continue reading
Use the back door. Avoid the lobby if you're carrying luggage. Don't talk to neighbours. Say you're visiting a cousin. And most importantly, don't mention Airbnb. As cities and buildings around the world crack down on short-term rental platforms, hosts are asking guests to lie ab … | Continue reading
On World Down Syndrome Day, Robb Scott penned a letter to his son about the depth of love he feels both for Turner and his Down syndrome. | Continue reading
Use the back door. Avoid the lobby if you're carrying luggage. Don't talk to neighbours. Say you're visiting a cousin. And most importantly, don't mention Airbnb. As cities and buildings around the world crack down on short-term rental platforms, hosts are asking guests to lie ab … | Continue reading
Use the back door. Avoid the lobby if you're carrying luggage. Don't talk to neighbours. Say you're visiting a cousin. And most importantly, don't mention Airbnb. As cities and buildings around the world crack down on short-term rental platforms, hosts are asking guests to lie ab … | Continue reading
Chinese importers are unwilling to purchase Canadian canola seed at the moment, according to the group that represents the industry in Canada. | Continue reading
The news agency is cutting six positions in a move the company said is prompted by reductions in its subscription revenue. Most of the cuts are in its Atlantic Bureau in Halifax. | Continue reading
Antibiotic resistant bacteria could be treated with the viruses that attack them in nature, which are harmless to humans. | Continue reading
Roger McNamee, an early adopter of Facebook, was once an adviser to founder Mark Zuckerberg. Today, McNamee is one of the social media giant's fiercest critics. He speaks to host Anna Maria Tremonti about his new book Zucked: Waking up to the Facebook Catastrophe. | Continue reading
Discover the little-known history of Telidon, which transmitted art through phones in the early 1980s. | Continue reading
The internet laughs a $6 bottle of water with asparagus stalks in it straight off the shelves of Whole Foods. | Continue reading
Canada's largest cryptocurrency exchange is due in court tomorrow as it seeks creditor protection in the wake of the sudden death of its founder and chief executive in December and missing cryptocurrency worth roughly $190 million. | Continue reading
Everyone knows plants need CO2 to grow. But does more CO2 make plants grow more and capture more CO2, mitigating climate change? Not likely, say a growing number of studies — most recently one that looked at centuries-old Canadian trees. | Continue reading
Financial Times correspondent Louise Lucas says Huawei has been preparing for pushback for a long time — and may continue to thrive despite mounting pressure from the U.S. and its allies. | Continue reading
The Michigan's Grand Valley State University student has written nearly 700 quizzes for BuzzFeed, including "Everyone Has A Pop-Tart Flavor That Represents Them Best — Which One Are You?" | Continue reading
The Michigan's Grand Valley State University student has written nearly 700 quizzes for BuzzFeed, including "Everyone Has A Pop-Tart Flavor That Represents Them Best — Which One Are You?" | Continue reading
A mystery that has plagued residents of a small Alberta town for weeks — vehicle key fobs that suddenly stopped working in a grocery store parking lot, leaving drivers unable to unlock or start their vehicles and setting off the alarms — has been solved. | Continue reading
Oh, we know it's cold. We can feel Jack Frost nipping at our noses. But what about when he gnaws a little harder — what exactly does frostbite mean? | Continue reading
Warm waters and infectious disease have been determined as the causes of a die-off of sunflower starfish along the Pacific coast, says a newly released study. | Continue reading
A stealthy unknown artist made a giant snow bear on the Lachine Canal near Beaudoin Street in Montreal. But there's a mystery. Just how did the crafty creator do the belly button? | Continue reading
Key fobs that suddenly won't unlock vehicles. Cars that won't start. Alarms that go off for no reason. Something mysterious is thwarting drivers outside a grocery store in the small Alberta town of Carstairs — and it's sparking all kinds of theories. | Continue reading
Téo Taxi, a Montreal-based electric taxi company, is shutting down for good — leaving some 450 drivers without work, according to the employee's union. | Continue reading
David Wimsett's resume is expansive, and potential employers are always keen to meet with him. When they finally do, however, the interviewer's disposition quickly switches from enthusiastic to disappointed. | Continue reading
Kelly's been back from space for almost 3 years, yet his DNA expression remains different | Continue reading
The fact that authorities withheld Brock Turner's mug shot for 16 months is being pegged as an illustration of the racial disparities within America's criminal justice system. | Continue reading
Australia, a country that is known for its hot summers, is in the grip of record-breaking temperatures. | Continue reading
Two Canadian cities are doing an about face on their decision to remove flouride from drinking water after rates of tooth decay spiked, especially among children. | Continue reading
A Toronto police officer has pleaded guilty to misconduct at a tribunal hearing for using his position to obtain a woman's information for personal gain. | Continue reading
Facebook's WhatsApp is limiting the number of times a user can forward a message to five as the popular messaging service looks to fight "misinformation and rumours," company executives said on Monday. | Continue reading
In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at the environmental effects of road salt, the Amazon Book of Codes project and geothermal power worldwide. | Continue reading
A massive storm rolled through southern Ontario Sunday, knocking out power and leaving a trail of debris in its path. It also gave storm watchers an opportunity to snap some incredible photos. | Continue reading
Instead of one dislike button, users are getting six more nuanced emojis. | Continue reading
David Magerman became rich working with Robert Mercer, the billionaire co-owner of Cambridge Analytica. Having seen the role online data mining had in helping Donald Trump become president, Magerman now wants to create a better, less profit-driven internet. | Continue reading
More than half of female elephants are being born without tusks | Continue reading
How airline-booking "dark patterns" force us to pay for seat choice | Continue reading
Tiny particles of lapis lazuli pigment found in the dental plaque of a medieval women indicate that she was involved in the creation of medieval religious manuscripts | Continue reading
Last spring, Marketplace host Charlsie Agro and her identical twin sister, Carly, bought DNA ancestry kits from five of the most popular companies in the industry. Find out why some of the results they received left a team of computational biologists at Yale University baffled. | Continue reading
As the population ages, a lot of attention is being devoted to memory research. But Oliver Hardt of McGill University says forgetting is not a failure -- it’s our brains working as they were designed. We must forget, in order to remember. Hardt is an assistant professor of psycho … | Continue reading
The company behind a bomb-defusing game for children has offered an apology following complaints from parents that it's inappropriate and insensitive. YULU also says it will stop shipping the item to North American markets. | Continue reading
In mid-August, Kerstin Langenberger took a photo of a startlingly skinny polar bear, one that she thought was days away from death. | Continue reading
Scientists in nutrition, health and sustainability compile what a healthy diet looks like — and also how to provide that food for a world population growing to 10 billion. | Continue reading
Homebuyers should watch what they say during home viewings, according to an Ontario real estate agent who says two of her clients have used cameras and microphones to eavesdrop on potential buyers. | Continue reading
Millennials are having trouble saving money and and part of the problem is convenience and abundance of food apps, experts say. | Continue reading
A recent petition brought another round of attention to the Northwest Angle, an orphaned frontier of the U.S. whose residents seem just fine being surrounded by Canadian provinces. | Continue reading