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Trio returns to Earth after 6 months aboard International Space Station
A trio of space travellers safely returned to Earth on Thursday after a six-month mission on the International Space Station. The Soyuz MS-16 capsule carrying NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, and Roscosmos' Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner landed in...
WEDNESDAY 21. OCTOBER 2020
Climate change driving food insecurity in First Nations while government stands by, report says
The federal government is not doing enough to support First Nations communities contending with food insecurity problems made worse by climate change — and is aggravating the situation by failing to adequately reduce greenhouse gas emissions — says a new report by the U.S.-based Human Rights...
Tim Hortons to stop using two cups for hot drinks, use sleeves instead
Tim Hortons is ending the practice of double cupping hot drinks, a move the fast food restaurant says will eliminate hundreds of millions of cups from landfills each...
COVID-19 outbreaks at foreign mink farms have fur breeders on high alert
Canadian fur breeders are closely eyeing a series of coronavirus outbreaks at European and American mink farms that have forced authorities to cull millions of animals that may have contracted the...
New study suggests fish farms raise risk of exposure to infectious disease for wild B.C. salmon
A new study suggests that the presence of active fish farms in B.C. waters can more than double the chance of finding genetic material from organisms that cause disease in wild...
Canadian professor's website helps Russia spread disinformation, says U.S. State Department
Ahead of the U.S. elections on Nov. 3, the FBI has identified Russian proxy sites as a major source of "malign foreign influence." According to the U.S. State Department, a site run by a retired University of Ottawa professor has the biggest...
Pre-election lawsuit against Google sets the stage for global action on tech giants
The Justice Department's lawsuit against Google may open the door to further moves against the tech giants in the United States and...
U.S. spacecraft touches asteroid to grab sample
A NASA spacecraft descended to an asteroid Tuesday and, dodging boulders the size of buildings, momentarily touched the surface to collect a handful of cosmic rubble for return to...
Armenia claims it found Canadian tech on downed Turkish drone
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan urged the international community today to follow Canada’s example by suspending exports of military technology to Turkey — after his defence officials claimed they had found Canadian components on a downed Turkish...
TUESDAY 20. OCTOBER 2020
PM, health officials warn Canadians against believing COVID-19 'internment camps' disinformation
Canadians will not be forced into COVID-19 internment or containment camps, a spokesperson for Health Minister Patty Hajdu said Tuesday — taking aim at a disinformation campaign that has been circulating on social media for...
U.S. Justice Department files antitrust lawsuit against Google
The United States Justice Department filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging that Google has been abusing its dominance in online search to stifle competition and harm...
Thermal-imaging drone footage of police response to shooting at homeless camp raises privacy concerns
The footage, obtained by CBC News through a freedom of information request, shows Vancouver police officers entering tents as they search Oppenheimer Park after the December 2019...
Kitchener YouTuber and engineer creates hyper-realistic lightsaber prototype
Kitchener based YouTuber and engineer James Hobson spent hundreds of hours with his team at Hacksmith Industries to create a working hyper-realistic lightsaber that extends and...
Peruvian archeologists unveil giant cat carved into Nazca Lines UNESCO site
Peruvian archaeologists have uncovered a 37-metre-long (120-foot-long) cat etching in a little-explored area of the country's celebrated Nazca Lines UNESCO heritage site, home to hundreds of gigantic geoglyphs dating back more than 2,000...
Elon Musk's satellite internet plan gets green light from Canadian regulator
The CRTC has approved an Elon Musk-owned company's application to provide low Earth orbit satellite internet to rural...
Geologist eager to examine 'spectacular' fossilized tracks found on P.E.I.
The recent discovery of a set of fossilized footprints could put P.E.I. on the world stage in the annals of ancient...
Ontario's new blue box plan will recycle more, but it'll cost you more as well, experts say
With the Ontario government proposing a new recycling system that relieves municipal governments of running blue box programs, experts are expecting to see the cost passed on to consumers in the form of higher prices for packaged...
OSIRIS-REx mission to collect asteroid sample to return to Earth thanks to Canadian technology
On Tuesday, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission will make history as it attempts its first collection of material from an asteroid to be returned to Earth in...
Police, conservation officers search for a black bear suspected of killing a llama in Saanich, B.C.
Saanich Police and the B.C. Conservation Service are searching for a black bear which killed a llama on a farm on the 4700 block of West Saanich Road on south Vancouver Island Monday...
'Tyra the T-Rex': World's largest dinosaur receives name for 20th anniversary
The "world's largest dinosaur" in Drumheller just celebrated its 20th birthday by getting a new name: "Tyra."
MONDAY 19. OCTOBER 2020
Geoffrey the robot is the new, cute way to get contactless delivery in Toronto
You may have noticed a little pink robot roaming the streets of downtown Toronto. Don't worry, it's not lost. It's just Geoffrey making daily...
Genetic genealogy technique used in Christine Jessop cold case comes with privacy concerns, warns expert
A Canadian privacy expert warns that there are risks involved in using genetic genealogy as a tool for investigating crimes, despite its ability to help solve cold cases like the 1984 murder of nine-year-old Christine...
Got any signal up here? Nokia to build mobile network on moon
Nokia has been selected by NASA to build the first cellular network on the moon as part of the U.S. space agency's efforts to return humans to the there by 2024 and build long-term...
A closer look at Canada's homegrown COVID-19 vaccine candidates
There are at least eight teams across Canada racing to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, including one in clinical trials and others scheduled to start soon. Here’s a closer look at the scientific teams, their technologies and where they’re...
Apple blocks widow from honouring husband's dying wish
A widow is locked in a four-year battle with Apple over online material she already legally owns — unless she jumps through complicated and expensive hoops. Experts say tech companies refusing to hand over online assets is a big problem that will only get...