No Canadian has ever won. The winners will be announced on April 8, 2024 at the Bologna Children's Book Fair. Related Stories. WINTER ... | Continue reading
Legendary signer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot has died at the age of 84, according to his longtime publicist. | Continue reading
Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne said Tuesday the federal government has officially denied a request to allow Rogers wholesale access to Shaw's wireless frequencies, but laid out conditions for a revamped proposal. | Continue reading
The Canada Infrastructure Bank has made a deal with Ontario Power Generation to provide $970 million to build the country's first small modular reactor. | Continue reading
An epidemiologist is urging people to start masking again to help offset the spread of COVID-19, as emerging Omicron subvariants have mutated to better evade immunity from vaccination and infection than previous strains. | Continue reading
A five-year study by LinkedIn on nearly 20 million of its users raises ethical red flags since some unknowing participants in the social experiment likely had job opportunities curtailed, experts in data privacy and human resources suggest. | Continue reading
The Sermon on the Mount is one of the greatest gifts of scripture to humanity; just ask Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., and Leo Tolstoy. But who is making any use of it today? In a time when an eye for an eye still seems to hold sway, IDEAS producer Sean Foley explores th … | Continue reading
CBC News is projecting that Ken Sim will be Vancouver's next mayor, emerging victorious in his second run for the seat with a dominant lead over the incumbent. | Continue reading
Rescue workers using drones and trained dogs searched for survivors Monday following a massive landslide in central Venezuela, as the death toll rose to 34 and residents described harrowing tales of escape from the water and mud. | Continue reading
The Outlaw Ocean podcast is a seven-part series that explores the gritty and lawless realm of the high seas. | Continue reading
Loblaws is partnering with a California-based autonomous vehicle company in what's believed to be a Canadian first: grocery trucks powered by self-driving technology. | Continue reading
Former Canadian government IT specialist turned ransomware hacker Sebastien Vachon-Desjardins has been sentenced to a 20-year prison term in the United States in what a federal court judge called “the worst case he’s ever seen.” | Continue reading
In his new book Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires, tech journalist Douglas Rushkoff explores the billionaires building bunkers to survive a potential apocalypse — and the philosophy that inspires them. | Continue reading
The Canadian Space Agency has posted satellite photos that dramatically illustrate how post-tropical storm Fiona changed Prince Edward Island's coastline. | Continue reading
No longer able to afford skyrocketing power bills after Russia cut gas supplies, European businesses are shutting down and residents are bracing for rolling blackouts during a cold, dark and potentially deadly winter. | Continue reading
Former U.S. security contractor Edward Snowden has been granted citizenship in Russia, where he has lived in exile since leaking highly-classified information about U.S. government surveillance programs in 2013. | Continue reading
If the power or data on your device is low, get your storm updates on CBC Lite. It's our low-bandwidth, text-only website. | Continue reading
Two McLarens, two BMWs and a Lamborghini make up just a few of the $2 million worth of assets seized from 23-year-old Aiden Pleterski as his investors try to recoup millions of dollars they handed over to the self-described "Crypto King." | Continue reading
Experts say social media algorithms target young men with extreme content that can lead to radicalization. Some groups are working to dismantle traditional masculinity norms in young men that they say can contribute to extremist beliefs. | Continue reading
The Mass Casualty Commission investigating the shootings of April 2020 announced late Friday afternoon that the testimony of an RCMP officer who interacted with the gunman more than a dozen times will not be broadcast to the public. | Continue reading
Gravestones in a cemetery in Kyrgyzstan, several years before the plague broke out in Eurasia and Africa, identified people who died of a "pestilence." Their remains preserved microbial DNA from the bacteria that bore the genetic fingerprint of the Black Death. | Continue reading
Apple disclosed serious security vulnerabilities for iPhones, iPads and Macs that could potentially allow attackers to take complete control of these devices. | Continue reading
For months, Canadian cities have been reporting shortages of children's Tylenol products and Calgarians say they've seen the impacts first-hand. But now, shoppers and pharmacists alike say it's becoming increasingly hard to find other cold and flu products too. | Continue reading
For years, quantum computers have mostly been the focus of academics and government. Now, experts say we could be near a turning point where the technology is closer to commercialization. | Continue reading
"Green banks" are one way that the Biden administration intends to distribute the billions of dollars in clean energy funding contained in the Inflation Reduction Act. We take a closer look at these quasi-public entities meant to accelerate the adoption of solar, wind and other f … | Continue reading
America's hiring boom continued last month as employers added a surprising 528,000 jobs despite raging inflation and rising anxiety about a recession. | Continue reading
A group of Black activists in Guelph, Ont., chose Emancipation Day to publicly destroy multiple offensive objects from the past as a way to heal. | Continue reading
Invasive reptiles and amphibians have cost the global economy more than $17 billion US between 1986 and 2020, a recent study suggests. | Continue reading
An up-and-coming baseball superstar from St. John's is boasting two honours as she heads into the upcoming Canada Games in Niagara, Ont. — carrying the flag and being the first woman to pitch for a men's team. | Continue reading
Electric vehicles will be part of the solution, but meeting the challenge of climate change requires taking on the dominance of cars in our communities. | Continue reading
Following mass complaints about line-ups, flight disruptions and missing baggage at Pearson International Airport, some tourism groups fear travellers may choose to bypass Toronto. | Continue reading
New data out of the United States shows the world's largest economy shrank in both the first and second quarters of 2022, which is the minimum requirement of what some experts say is the technical definition of a recession. | Continue reading
Dozens of Toronto Airbnb hosts and hundreds of guests were left scrambling after all their bookings were abruptly cancelled by Airbnb following a city audit. It turns out the problem was minor discrepancies in how their address is listed on their City of Toronto registration vers … | Continue reading
Before the rise of YouTube and Facebook, Ghyslain Raza became an internet star better known as the Star Wars Kid. It wasn't on purpose, or even wanted, but he's learned to move past it and hopes others can do the same. | Continue reading
Russia will opt out of the International Space Station after 2024 and focus on building its own orbiting outpost, the country's newly appointed space chief said Tuesday. | Continue reading
Rogers Communications on Sunday announced new steps it will take to avoid a repeat of what happened during a nationwide service outage on July 8. | Continue reading
The Trudeau government is being pilloried in some quarters for waiving sanctions on turbines required for Germany's key natural gas pipeline. But how badly did Germany need those turbines? Will they save it from an energy crunch? And did Berlin really explore all practical option … | Continue reading
An out-of-control wildfire 1.7 kilometres northwest of Lytton, B.C., has destroyed at least six houses, say officials, who warn that number could rise as crews continue to fight the fast-growing blaze that has been burning since Thursday. | Continue reading
Dozens of Calgarians were summoned for jury selection — immediately — during lunch hour at a downtown Calgary mall this week, invoking a rare law procedure imported from England. | Continue reading
Cross-border grocery shoppers might get a surprise on the way back to Windsor — raw poultry and egg products produced in Michigan can't be brought into the country due to the threat of avian influenza. | Continue reading
Thomas Dang will appear in provincial court on July 27. The independent MLA faces one count under Alberta's Health Information Act for illegally attempting to access private information. On Wednesday, court documents related to the RCMP investigation were unsealed. | Continue reading
The Bank of Canada raised its benchmark interest rate by the largest amount in more than 20 years on Wednesday, sharply increasing the cost of borrowing in an attempt to rein in runaway inflation. | Continue reading
The federal government has ordered a meeting with Rogers' CEO and other telecom leaders, as some customers remain unable to make calls, send texts or get online more than 48 hours after a major outage disrupted the company's services. | Continue reading
Thunder Bay, Ont., police have set up a temporary 911 email to help people without landlines reach emergency services as a Rogers Canada-wide cellular network outage continues. | Continue reading
The Rogers cellular and internet networks were down in areas across Canada Friday morning. | Continue reading
The mother of a boy who bled all day after his 2017 circumcision and suffered brain damage is suing the health region and health-care workers who oversaw his care and twice sent them home from the Portage la Prairie, Man., emergency department. | Continue reading
A trend is emerging among Canadian employees who split their time working between their home and downtown offices — and it's gained a crude moniker. | Continue reading
In the next few days, the first farmed insects will arrive at a new massive cricket-processing facility in London, Ont., that's believed to be the biggest of its kind in the world. | Continue reading