The government of Greenland has decided to suspend all oil exploration off the world's largest island, calling it "a natural step" because the Arctic government "takes the climate crisis seriously." | Continue reading
When you think of a hedonist, you might think of a wine-guzzling sex addict, or a chocolate-binging glutton. As part of our series searching for common good, IDEAS tracks the true story of hedonism from Ancient Greece to Star Trek’s 24th century. | Continue reading
American immigration laws have gathered dust for decades. Reform efforts have stalled amid partisan bickering. And that's why some U.S. politicians cast a jealous glance at Canada on Tuesday. | Continue reading
An Israeli technology company sold a tool to hack into Microsoft Windows, Microsoft and technology human rights group Citizen Lab said on Thursday. | Continue reading
Canada is donating an additional 17.7 million doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine to help inoculate people in low- and middle-income countries, federal ministers announced Monday. | Continue reading
40 years ago, Don Starkell and his teenaged sons set off from Winnipeg’s Red River on a world-record-setting canoe trip. | Continue reading
As CBC Sports Senior Contributor Morgan Campbell writes, Olympic finals should pit the best against the best, and that can't happen if the owner of the world's fastest time can't even line up because of World Athletics' testosterone rule. | Continue reading
The return of fantasy role playing games. Meet a 14-year-old P.E.I. boy who's making his own army of rat creatures "I get a lot of enjoyment out of the time I spend painting them and playing games.' | Continue reading
British Columbia is Canada's first province to introduce a business and environmental strategy on how renewable and low-carbon hydrogen can reduce emissions and create jobs in the clean technology sector. | Continue reading
A marine biologist at the University of British Columbia estimates that last week's record-breaking heat wave in B.C. may have killed more than one billion intertidal animals living along the Salish Sea coastline. | Continue reading
Environmentalists criticized Mexico's state-owned oil company Saturday after a gas leak at an underwater pipeline unleashed a subaquatic fireball that appeared to boil the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. | Continue reading
The pilots of Transair Flight 810 reported engine trouble and were trying to return to Honolulu when they were forced to land the Boeing 737 in the water, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement. | Continue reading
Dozens of families forced to flee their homes in Lytton, B.C., as fire raced through the small village are now working to find their loves ones, as emergency officials zero in on the cause of the fire. | Continue reading
Residents of a village in B.C.'s Fraser Valley have been told to evacuate the area after a fast-moving wildfire swept in on Wednesday evening. | Continue reading
The pilot of an ill-fated Canadian military helicopter that crashed in the Ionian Sea off Greece last year manually overrode the aircraft’s automatic flight controller system, which caused an unanticipated “bias” in the CH-148 Cyclone helicopter’s electronic system, an air force … | Continue reading
Flow. Athletes know it: the state of mind and body when every move made is the right one. Flow can also occur in writing, or cooking, or parenting — and it can also be cultivated. But flow presents a paradox, as a state in which you lose yourself, yet become yourself. Writer and … | Continue reading
Cryptocurrency speculators have gone through trying times as bitcoin plunged below $30,000 US this week, halving its $63,000 high. There are signs central banks may be ready to kick crypto while it's down. | Continue reading
The United Nations heritage agency may move Venice to its list of endangered sites if the historic city continues to allow massive cruise ships to dock in his fragile canals. | Continue reading
Officials insist inflation won't last, and on Wednesday the U.S. Federal Reserve Board's Jerome Powell hinted he'll join the Bank of Canada's Tiff Macklem in cutting back on stimulus. But unless wages catch up, rising prices continue to make most of us poorer. | Continue reading
A study examined the impacts of reduced gravity on cognitive skills, helping to illuminate the challenges humans would face if they ever took a trip to Mars. Researchers found an impairment in the emotional function of study subjects. | Continue reading
Moviegoers likely have little idea just how close Hollywood was to the propaganda arms of the U.S. military and Central Intelligence Agency, experts say — a relationship which helped shape favourable perceptions of America and its war efforts, starting during the Second World War … | Continue reading
We have technologies for identifying many physical characteristics, from DNA, to facial recognition, and even voice. But how accurate are these techniques? And can the same tools for identifying us be used to control and surveil us? The future of biometrics. | Continue reading
The global economy is in the midst of a shortage of semiconductor chips. And while a dearth of microchips at one time would have meant headaches for desktop computer and laptop manufacturers, increasingly, our connected world needs chips, in everything from cars to smart doorbell … | Continue reading
The RCMP’s use of controversial facial recognition technology violated Canada’s privacy laws, says a new investigation. | Continue reading
A herd of elephants in southwest China has been on a year-long journey to nowhere, wreaking havoc, capturing hearts and confounding scientists along the way. | Continue reading
Criminal gangs divulged plans for moving drug shipments and carrying out killings on a secure messaging system secretly run by the FBI, law enforcement agencies said Tuesday, as they unveiled a global sting operation they said dealt an "unprecedented blow" to organized crime arou … | Continue reading
Graphic novels and comic books have a long history of dealing with with tough subject matter — from war to genocide. With traumatic imagery appearing on news feeds every day, this unique medium can provide a way of developing a better understanding of violence, experts say. | Continue reading
In an Instagram post early Monday, the Amazon founder said he, his brother, and the winner of an ongoing auction will be aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard spacecraft during its scheduled launch on July 20. | Continue reading
Some Ottawa parents with children with autism are calling for cameras to be installed inside classrooms to keep watch, but the idea has unions and privacy advocates worried about the consequences. | Continue reading
A Victoria area photographer captured a crow in the process of anting, a behaviour that has been confounding experts for decades. | Continue reading
Vancouver’s Armoury Studios has been hosting international musicians for more than two decades. | Continue reading
Facebook said it will suspend former U.S. president Donald Trump's accounts for two years following its finding that he stoked violence ahead of the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection. | Continue reading
More and more Canadian companies are starting to offer solar shingles, cladding and windows as alternatives to tacking traditional solar panels on the roof. Here’s what you need to know about building-integrated photovoltaics. | Continue reading
The reintroduction of wolves to a landscape may be the cheapest and most effective method for reducing car-deer collisions | Continue reading
PayPal's purchase protection is little help when it comes to bogus items from China, disappointed buyers say. | Continue reading
A southern Manitoba hospital physician says staff are exhausted by a recent crush of admissions, but they're also up against something else that's draining energy and morale. | Continue reading
The award-winning British actor, writer and activist, says there's an "ugly" culture war going on, but he isn't sure that political correctness will lead to peace. | Continue reading
In a victory for Canada's large internet and phone companies, the CRTC has reversed a 2019 decision to drop wholesale internet rates. | Continue reading
A Canadian professor says he’s found “the first known book from Shakespeare’s library.” If he’s right, it would be a history-making discovery in the world of Shakespeare scholarship. | Continue reading
If embarking on a second year of shutdowns, social restrictions, constant health risks and existential dread has eroded your sense of life’s ultimate meaning and purpose, a new report by philosophers in Britain and Australia may offer a double whammy of encouragement. | Continue reading
Hadfield joined Cross Country Checkup as part of the program's regular Ask Me Anything series, and answered questions from listeners about Mars, unidentified flying objects and our responsibility as humans in space. | Continue reading
Using data gathering and analysis techniques, a CBC News Investigation has catalogued just a portion of one fake review network on Google's My Business pages - 208 fake accounts that posted 3,574 fake reviews for 1,279 businesses across North America. | Continue reading
The brain activity of soccer players while taking penalty kicks showed that those who miss seem to be overthinking, while those who score activate only necessary motor areas. | Continue reading
After green sea turtles hatch, they scuttle across the sand, jump in the Atlantic ocean and disappear into the horizon. Scientists have never really known where the sea turtles spend the next few years of their life. But biologist Kate Mansfield now has a pretty good idea. | Continue reading
In dense tropical forests in Sierra Leone, scientists have rediscovered a coffee species not seen in the wild in decades — a plant they say may help secure the future of this valuable commodity that has been imperiled by climate change. | Continue reading
Canada's spy agency says 2020 saw the highest level of foreign espionage and foreign interference directed at Canadian targets since the end of the Cold War. | Continue reading
Ford Motor Co.'s newly revealed electric version of its best-selling F-150 pickup doubles down on a bet that the company can beat Tesla and other rivals by giving new technology a familiar face and convincing long-time fleet and business customers that going electric saves money. | Continue reading
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association is urging the Nova Scotia government to change a court order regarding public protests during the COVID-19 pandemic. | Continue reading