Astronauts are repairing a hole in wall of International Space Station

The six astronauts aboard the International Space Station are working to fix a hole found in the wall of the International Space Station. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago

Canadian tech firm shuts down to consolidate massive federal data centres

Shared Services Canada wants to consolidate 595 aging data centres, and is looking for high-tech firms to help. But Canadian firms say requirements for applicants will automatically exclude them. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago

UBC researchers have found a way to convert any blood type to the universal O

Researchers have found a new technique that could increase the blood supply for emergencies, when there is little time to test for blood type compatibility. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago

How can a jury decide on a cancer cause when scientists can't agree?

Did talcum powder and the common weedkiller glyphosate cause cancer? Yes, according to jury decisions in two recent U.S. court cases. But scientists and regulators remain unconvinced. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago

Scientists slowly cast light on celestial mystery known as Steve

A new study by University of Calgary scientists concludes glowing, purplish lights spotted in northern skies — and known as Steve — are definitely not aurora. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago

Sidewalk Labs has unveiled its bold vision for Quayside Toronto

After Sidewalk Labs revealed its most detailed plans to transform a 12-acre site on Toronto's waterfront, major questions remain about how the company will turn its bold ideas into a real neighbourhood. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago

Server crash takes out rich digital archive at Memorial University

Regular maintenance inside the Queen Elizabeth II library at Memorial University in early July caused a server crash that caused the loss of much of the library's data. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago

Shopify changes AUP to ban sale of guns and accessories on the platform

A policy update that Shopify quietly posted this week shows merchants can no longer use the platform to sell automatic firearms that have not been rendered inoperable and semi-automatic firearms that have the capacity to accept a detachable magazine. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago

Toronto artist tricks Instagram into thinking a monster attacked San Francisco

Justin Leduc set out to create a viral hit, but he didn't think he'd nail it on his first try. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago

Children born to spies in Canada should not be handed citizenship, says Ottawa

​Russian spies lurking in the Canadian shadows may toil in secret, but they're still employees of Moscow — and therefore their children are not Canadian citizens, the federal government is telling the Supreme Court. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago

Saudi Arabian group apologizes for posting image appearing to threaten Canada

A Saudi Arabian youth organization is apologizing after posting an image on Twitter appearing to show an Air Canada plane heading toward the CN Tower in a way that is reminiscent of the 9/11 terror attacks. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago

Cellphone tracking has been used in at least 1 Canadian mall, former employee

A Canadian real estate company already under investigation for using facial recognition technology in malls may also be tracking the movement of shoppers using mobile phones. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago

New York's success provides road map for others taking aim at pedestrian deaths

From lowering speeds and redesigning roads, to stronger enforcement and more bike lanes, New York is seeing a marked reduction deaths and injuries on its roadways — all by following a strategy that other North American cities have struggled to implement. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago

Facebook reviewing anti-nudity policy after blocking Montreal museum ad

Social media giant Facebook is reviewing its nudity policy after the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts complained the site kept blocking its ads for a Picasso exhibit. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago

Company suspends use of mall directory cameras running facial recognition

Cadillac Fairview says it is suspending the use of cameras embedded in its mall directories after using facial recognition software in some malls since June to track shoppers' ages and genders, without telling them. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago

How and why people 'microdose' tiny hits of psychedelic drugs

Illegal, underground and said to be brimming with health benefits — the practice of taking small amounts of psychedelic drugs is growing increasingly popular, yet it remains relatively unstudied and its reported benefits unproven. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago

Zombie Boy dead at 32

Rick Genest, known as Zombie Boy, has died. He rose to fame for his head-to-toe tattoos. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago

Ontario basic income pilot project coming to an end

Children, Community and Social Services Minister Lisa MacLeod announced Tuesday that the provincial government will end the Ontario basic income pilot project. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago

Van driver fired after being caught splashing pedestrians

The driver of a van who was filmed splashing pedestrians on King Edward Avenue has been fired, according to Ottawa police and the company the driver worked for. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago

Malls are using facial recognition to track ages and genders without telling

At least two Calgary malls are using facial recognition technology to track shoppers' ages and genders without first notifying them or obtaining their explicit consent. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago

#MeToo reaches Vatican as nuns denounce abuse from priests

The Vatican has long been aware about sexual abuse of nuns by priests and bishops and done little to stop it, an Associated Press analysis has found. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago

Twitter loses 18% of its stock value

Twitter's stock plunged Friday after it reported a decline in its monthly users and warned that the number could fall further in the coming months. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago

Malls use facial recognition to track shoppers' age, gender without consent

At least two Calgary malls are using facial recognition technology to track shoppers' ages and genders without first notifying them or obtaining their explicit consent. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago

Canadian man changes gender on government IDs for cheaper car insurance

He wanted a brand new car — a Chevrolet Cruze with all the trimmings. As a man in his early 20s, he knew his insurance costs would be high. So he became a woman, though only on paper. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago

Why some PhDs are quitting academia for unconventional jobs

They’ve come a long way from the sciences and humanities. A florist, an instrument maker, a carpenter and a bike shop owner on why they, like so many others, said goodbye to academia, and how they built their "post-ac" lives. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago

Why there's finally a drug for smallpox even though the disease no longer exists

Enough doses for two million treatments have been delivered to the U.S. government's national emergency stockpile — and the Canadian government isn't ruling out the possibility of buying some. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago

Indigenous man has lived alone in Amazon rainforest 22 years

A Brazilian government agency has released footage of an Indigenous man who is believed to have lived in isolation, uncontacted, in the rainforest for 22 years. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago

Family's $500K inheritance seized at border; 'faulty advice' to mail bank drafts

An Ottawa man acting as an executor of a will says TD Canada Trust gave him "faulty advice" to mail $500,000 in bank drafts to family members in the U.S. — a move that caught the attention of U.S. border officials, who seized the money. Executor David Saikaley worries the family … | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago

Disney's movie dominance has a dark side, independent theatre warns

An independent movie theatre in northeast B.C. says Disney's strict rules around Star Wars: The Last Jedi are unfair to small-town cinemas and could become even more harmful as the company expands its dominance of the entertainment industry. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago

Iroquois Nationals face travel delays to Israel over Haudenosaunee passports

The Iroquois Nationals are scheduled to compete in the Federation of International Lacrosse's 2018 Men's World Championship this week in Israel but have been having difficulty leaving Canada on their Haudenosaunee passports. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago

Retired engineer faces disciplinary hearing for speaking out about amber lights

The regulatory body for engineers in Manitoba has charged a retiree with professional misconduct for offering media outlets his opinion about the length of amber lights in Winnipeg. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago

Russian spacecraft breaks record for fastest trip to space station

An unmanned spacecraft flew to the International Space Station Monday in less time than it takes to fly from Toronto to Edmonton on a passenger plane. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago

Bacteria-detecting strip of plastic film could make best-before dates irrelevant

A team of researchers at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont., has developed a thin, plastic patch that changes colour under ultraviolet light when it come into contact with meat contaminated with E. coli, a food-borne bacteria that can cause extreme illness or death. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago

Maker of Donut County is shocked when a free knock-off beats him to the market

Indie developer Ben Esposito spent years crafting his video game Donut County, but before it was even published an eerily similar game appeared at the top of app store charts. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago

McGill University professor sues student and colleague for $600K

A McGill professor alleges there was an organized campaign to discredit him and get him fired following what he says was a consensual relationship with a student. He is now suing another student and a colleague in his department for defamation. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago

Phoenix(Designed by IBM) to take 5 years, billions to fix: report

A newly released federal report estimates the problem-plagued Phoenix payroll system has already cost Canadian government coffers more than $1 billion and could require an additional $500 million a year until it is fixed. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago

Foreign buyers tax on trial – but B.C. claims crisis called for action

A landmark civil trial will test the limits of the B.C. government in trying to tackle a pressing public concern, the foreign buyers tax. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago

Jogger accidentally crosses U.S. border from B.C., gets detained for 2 weeks

Cedella Roman says she was jogging along the beach in White Rock, B.C., when she crossed the U.S. border without realizing it. Then, she was detained. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago

Trudeau says pot will be legal as of Oct. 17, 2018

The Senate has passed the contentious bill to legalize cannabis, but Canadians cannot legally light up for several weeks to give provinces time to set up a retail regime, Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould warned today. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago

Drug patents could be Canada's special weapon in U.S. trade dispute

Should Canada threaten to start the world's first trade war in intellectual property? Some legal experts argue that targeting pharmaceutical patents could give Canada an edge in the current trade dispute with the U.S. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago

The Parliament of Canada passes bill to legalize recreational marijuana

Senators have voted to pass the federal government's bill legalizing recreational marijuana by a vote of 52 to 29, with two abstentions, paving the way for a fully legal cannabis market within eight to 12 weeks. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago

Rising carbon dioxide levels are turning rice and fish into junk food

As C02 in the atmosphere increases, the nutritional value of major foods like rice and fish decreases | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago

As Google for Education tools enter classrooms, parents are asking to opt-out

60 million students and teachers around the world are using Google for Education products. Parents are raising concerns about what data Google might be collecting from their kids, and some are critical of a lack of options should they choose not to use them. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago

B.C. company says it is sucking carbon from air, making fuel

Carbon Engineering in Squamish says it is developing a carbon removal system that is more than three time more economical than existing technology | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago

The mysterious link between the Stanley Cup finals and Canada's stock market

Brock University finance professor Ernest Biktimirov has come up with a Stanley Cup stock market predictor. He says it has an 80 per cent accuracy rate, but you still shouldn't bet on it. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago

Phoenix: The billion-dollar Canadian federal payroll fiasco

The auditor general blamed Phoenix's failure in part on an "obedient" public service culture, but some say the problems amid Ottawa's bureaucrats predate the troubled payroll system. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago

“ B.C. to choose between 4 systems for electoral reform referendum

The question was announced by Attorney General David Eby after months of speculation. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago

2 Canadian banks say accounts compromised: CIBC 40,000 and BMO 50,000

Two Canadian banks warned customers Monday that they have been the targets of hackers, and the personal information of tens of thousands of customers may have been stolen. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 6 years ago