DNA used to ID sailor from doomed 1845 Franklin Expedition with living relative
When Sir John Franklin, two ships and some 130 sailors left a British port in 1845, they hoped to successfully navigate the fabled Northwest Passage through the…
Black activists across the Prairies are calling for defunding of police. Is anyone in power listening?
This story is part of the Black on the Prairies project, a collection of articles, personal essays, images and more, exploring the past, present and future of…
Tree poaching on Vancouver Island prompts spike in forest patrols
The municipality of North Cowichan is stepping up patrols of the region's forest reserve, after an increase in timber theft in the area, which lies 70 kilometres…
When will the Canada-U.S. border reopen?
Travel across the Canada-U.S. border could resume by late summer or fall, according to the cautious estimates of some experts, but they say the process will be…
We probably won’t reach herd immunity against COVID-19 any time soon, but it’s OK, experts say
Every day, more and more Canadians are vaccinated against COVID-19.It has often been suggested that as this trend continues, we will soon reach a point where so…
Vaccination rates lagging in poor Montreal areas, but outreach workers see surge in interest at pop-up clinic
Shahista Hussein walks along the lineup stretching around the corner of Hutchison Street and Jean-Talon Boulevard in Montreal's Parc-Extension neighbourhood. Public health officials seemed to have underestimated…
B.C. mayor apologizes for U.S. trip to visit family, get vaccinated
The mayor of a West Kootenay town has apologized for what she now says was a wrong decision to travel to the United States for COVID-19 vaccines…
Not available in Canada: A look at COVID-19 vaccine tech from China, India and Cuba
COVID-19 vaccines developed in China are already being used in several countries around the world. And some developed in India, Kazakhstan and Cuba have been in use…
Fire, flood, COVID and the oil crash: Fort McMurray businesses aim to bounce back from hard luck
Anyone who buys a restaurant knows the business is not for the faint of heart. In an oil town, where fortunes can rise or plummet in an…
Group of Ontario police officers launches charter challenge of pandemic restrictions
A group of 19 Ontario police officers has launched a constitutional challenge against the provincial and federal governments and several police chiefs, claiming that enforcing sweeping pandemic…
7 Manitoba churches challenging province’s COVID-19 pandemic powers in court
Seven rural Manitoba churches hope to convince a judge that the province's lockdown measures are unjustified violations of Charter-protected freedoms of conscience, religion, expression and peaceful assembly…