Seal-mounted camera recovered after 3 years on ocean floor yields hours of video

Scientists in Halifax have recovered a trove of research data lost on the ocean floor off Nova Scotia for 3½ years. The remarkable retrieval includes 19 hours of video from a camera attached to a grey seal that was lost in 2018 and dragged up in fishing gear this summer. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Dubai ruler hacked ex-wife's phone using Pegasus spyware, U.K. court finds

The ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, hacked the phones of his ex-wife Princess Haya and her attorneys during the legal battle over custody of their two children, Britain's High Court found Wednesday. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Russia Sends a Film Crew to Space

The three-person crew destined for the International Space Station on Tuesday includes a Russian actor and director who will be shooting the first feature film in space — beating a NASA-led project that aims to do the same thing with Tom Cruise.  | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Canadian government's online harms legislation threatens our human rights

More can be done to limit the prevalence of harmful content online, but the proposed legislation reads as a collection of the worst policy ideas introduced around the world in the past decade, writes law and business student Ilan Kogan. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Why civilization is in decline – and what can turn it around

Each year seems worse than the one preceding. For Andrew Potter, author of On Decline, these events indicate that our entire civilization is in decline. And he argues we're left without the social cohesion, economic growth and political leadership that we'd need to turn things ar … | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

YouTube moves to block and remove anti-vaccine content

YouTube is moving to block and remove all content that spreads misinformation about vaccines against COVID-19 and other illnesses, such as measles and chicken pox. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Vaccine passport app exposed hundreds of thousands of users' personal data

Private proof-of-vaccination app Portpass exposed personal information, including the driver's licences, of what might be hundreds of thousands of users by leaving its website unsecured.  | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Scan QR-code menus with a side of caution, say privacy experts

Restaurant patrons who’ve grown accustomed during the pandemic to whipping out their phones to access menus using QR codes should understand the implications for their personal data, say privacy and cybersecurity experts. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Serious privacy/security concerns raised about Portpass vaccine verification app

Private proof-of-vaccination app Portpass may be easy to manipulate with fake vaccine records and may not securely protect users' personal information, experts say. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Oldest human footprints in North America found in U.S. park

Fossilized footprints discovered in New Mexico indicate that early humans were walking across North America around 23,000 years ago, researchers reported Thursday. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Waterloo teen's eye-care project wows at international science fair

A 15-year-old student from Waterloo, Ont., impressed judges at a prestigious international science fair this month with his project: a telehealth platform aimed at making eye care cheaper and more accessible. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Misinformation on Reddit has become unmanageable, 3 Alberta moderators say

Misinformation flooding some of Alberta’s biggest online communities has become a major problem during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to three volunteer moderators of Edmonton communities on Reddit, a social media and news aggregator website. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Canadians have re-elected a Liberal government

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau will win enough seats in this 44th general election to form a government, the CBC News decision desk has projected. It's still too early to say whether it will be a minority or majority government. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

I'm not an anti-vaxxer but vaccine passports treat me like I am (anaphylactic)

After a severe anaphylactic reaction to the COVID-19 vaccine, Codi Darnell writes she is hesitant to get a second dose even though the rest of her family is double vaccinated. The vaccine passport system in B.C., which does not allow for exceptions, makes her feel like a second-c … | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Tired of dating apps, Vancouver man launches social experiment to find companion

Dan Hawkins is offering cash prizes to friends who help him find true love. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Chinese astronauts return to Earth after 90 days aboard space station

A trio of Chinese astronauts returned to Earth on Friday after a 90-day stay aboard their nation's first space station in China's longest mission yet. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

BlackBerry partners with Amazon to develop platform for connected vehicles

Canadian technology company BlackBerry is working with Amazon on a platform for connected vehicles. The partnership comes as BlackBerry is hoping to turn a profit from its efforts on software innovation. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Lumber crash leads to 'blowout' sales as prices crater

Homeowners who resisted the urge to renovate during the first 18 months of the pandemic may find now is their chance, as lumber prices that soared to dizzying heights in the spring have crashed back down to earth. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Why Canada still uses paper voter lists and hand counts ballots for elections

Technology companies that led the charge into remote work as the pandemic unfurled are confronting a new challenge: how, when and even whether they should bring long-isolated employees back to offi… | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Lots of supply chain problems – and they're nowhere close to being solved

Shipping bottlenecks, supply chain nightmares and a continuing shortage of semiconductors have pushed up costs of just about everything — and experts say we're still a long way away from any sort of relief for Canadian businesses and consumers. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Lyft, Uber lash out at legal threat from strict Texas abortion law

Ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft say they will cover the legal fees of any driver who is sued under the new law prohibiting most abortions in Texas. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Measures to make housing more affordable wouldn't be popular with voters

Federal party leaders are pitching their plans to address housing affordability, but according to one economics expert, the key solution is one that could lower existing home values. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

At the world's oldest social housing, rent hasn't changed since 1521

The Fuggerei is a landmark in Augsburg, Germany, not only because it resembles a medieval village, but also because the rent hasn't changed in 500 years. Residents pay about $1.30 — or 0.88 euros — per year for their apartments and commit to daily spiritual reflection. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Toyota halts use of self-driving vehicle at Paralympic village after collision

Toyota has suspended use of all of its self-driving e-Palette transportation pods at the Tokyo Paralympic Games village. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

US Gov to forgive ITT Tech loans

The U.S. Department of Education announced Thursday it will forgive student debt for more than 100,000 borrowers who attended colleges in the now-defunct ITT Technical Institute chain but left before graduating. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Women ordered to pay $30K for defamation by BC Supreme Court for online review

A blogger is on the hook for $30,000 after she posted negative reviews about the plastic surgeon who performed her breast implant surgery. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Ryerson University to change its name amid reckoning with it's history

Ryerson University's board of directors has voted to change the Toronto school's name over concerns about Egerton Ryerson's links to residential schools. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Bitcoin mining operation set up shop is now being forced to shut down

When residents of an affluent estate community in Alberta started hearing noise from a nearby power plant, they didn't expect their complaints of sleepless nights would lead to a months-long investigation that would find the company had set up operations without consultation or a … | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

BlackBerry's path from smartphone roadkill to smart car pioneer

The obituary for BlackBerry as a smartphone leader has been written countless times. But after pivoting its business away from devices and toward the software that powers them, reports of the Canadian company's death are proving to be premature as it gets on the road to a bright … | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Twitter adds warning label to tweet from Liberal candidate Chrystia Freeland

A video tweeted by incumbent Liberal candidate Chrystia Freeland, who served as deputy prime minister in Justin Trudeau's government, was given a warning label Sunday from Twitter, which marked it as "manipulated media." | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Renting out backyard swimming pools can be lucrative, but experts warn of risks

While renting out a private pool can be lucrative, experts say anyone considering it through Swimply or other platforms should think long and hard before taking the plunge. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Nobel scientist's deletion from Wikipedia points to wider bias

A new study shows volunteer editors nominate women’s pages on Wikipedia for deletion at a higher rate than men’s pages. CBC's Manjula Selvarajah looks at why that happens and why it matters. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Eco-anxiety: Activists want to shift the conversation from doom, gloom to hope

Nearly every day Abbie Richards gets messages from people who are anxious or stressed about climate change, and she says it’s time to change the narrative. Instead of doom and gloom, she says people need to take action. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

It wasn't just you – the pandemic did make it hard to focus on anything

Humans have always worried about dwindling attention spans and loss of focus. So why does it feel so extra in the digital age? | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Canada to require vaccinations for air and train passengers

Transport Minister Omar Alghabra announced today that the federal government will soon require that all public servants be vaccinated — a mandate that he said will also be implemented by Crown corporations and other federally regulated businesses in the coming weeks. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Scientists retrace steps of Ice Age mammoth over its entire lifetime

More than 17,000 years ago, a woolly mammoth roamed enough of the Alaskan landscape to circle the Earth twice, according to a new paper from an international team of researchers who retraced the lifetime of one of the extinct Arctic creatures. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

N.S. expert says American UFO report could be about something else

One Nova Scotia UFO expert says the objects discussed in the recent U.S. report could be examples of governments experimenting with new technologies. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Up to 1M Bitcoin processors could be relocated to Canada from China

Three natural gas-producing sites in southern Alberta could host "up to one million" bitcoin mining machines relocated from China under a deal proposed by Nevada-based Black Rock Petroleum Company amid Beijing's ongoing crackdown on cryptocurrency production and trading. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Canadian Michael Spavor found guilty, sentenced to 11 years by Chinese court

The verdict will further test the strained relationship between the Canadian and Chinese governments. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the sentence "absolutely unacceptable and unjust." | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Ontario man's forgotten email password resulted in a $6,255 Quarantine Act fine

Crossing home from the U.S. to Canada in a taxi at the end of July, Saadi Kadhum rolled down the window and pulled out his phone to show the border officer the email confirming his negative COVID-19 test. But try as he might he couldn't access his email. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Fight forest wildfires, boost biodiversity with Indigenous Cultural Burning

A new University of Waterloo study that examines controlled fire practices — or cultural burning by Indigenous people — indicates they can help improve an area's biodiversity while getting rid bits of wood and leaves that could lead to massive forest fires. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Huawei exec returns to court in Canada for final weeks of extradition proceeding

Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou will return to court Wednesday for the final weeks of an extradition hearing that has dragged on for more than two and a half years. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Canadian tourism sustains Cuba's army and one-party state

Cuba's hotels and resorts sector is dominated by the holding company of the Cuban Armed Forces, GAESA. Cuban dissidents say Canadians who travel to Cuba are directly assisting repressive forces in the one-party state. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

As climate change prompts more wildfires, hidden health risks emerge

Climate change is expected to lead to a rise in the number of wildfires, which pose health dangers due to smoke inhalation. But there are also other risks to consider, such as the impact on mental health and clean water supplies. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

First Nations and Canadian Government agree to $8B settlement

A proposed settlement agreement worth nearly $8 billion has been reached in two national class action lawsuits launched against the federal government by First Nations under drinking water advisories. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Wildfires in Canada are creating their own weather systems, experts say

A combination of intense heat and drought conditions is causing wildfires in Western Canada to generate their own weather systems, experts say. | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

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@cbc.ca | 3 years ago

Federal government sending military to B.C., Manitoba to help tame wildfires

The federal government on Tuesday announced it's sending the Canadian Forces into British Columbia after the province declared a state of emergency in response to wildfires still raging out of control. Manitoba will also receive Forces members following requests for assistance wi … | Continue reading


@cbc.ca | 3 years ago