Innovation
How 3 educators are inspiring students to learn during the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended schools across Canada for students and educators from kindergarten through post-secondary. Amid the waves of upheaval caused by school...
Majority of borrowed books across Ontario libraries in 2020 weren’t published this year
In a year dominated by a global pandemic and American politics, some might find it fitting that the library book most likely to...
Businesses faced ruin from the pandemic. Then Canada came calling for vital supplies
As the extent of the COVID-19 catastrophe became clear last spring, Toronto entrepreneur Marcus Fraser thought first of his family, then he thought of...
After a turbulent year, Canada’s energy industry braces for more upheaval in 2021
Turbulent, chaotic, overwhelming — it’s been the kind of year that tests a person’s nerves and their vocabulary. At times, there have been...
Can employers make the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory? The law isn’t clear
As Canadians await the arrival of the first batch of vaccine doses, employers and provincial leaders are grappling with the question of whether to make...
Distillers scrambled to make hand sanitizer for free. Then the federal government moved on
This story is part of The Big Spend, a CBC News investigation examining the unprecedented $240 billion the federal government handed out during...
What cities can learn from the biggest battery-powered electric bus fleet in North America
The largest battery powered electric bus fleet in North America is Canadian. Toronto’s transit system is now running 59 electric buses from three...
Oil and gas know-how looks to alternatives in a business-led push to address climate change
The federal government’s climate plan, announced Thursday, is facing criticism for not moving fast enough. Meanwhile, the political rhetoric from parts of Canada’s oil-and-gas-producing...
Nasdaq buying N.L. online security company Verafin in $2.75B US deal
St. John’s-based online security and anti-fraud company Verafin will be sold to global technology giant Nasdaq for $2.75 billion US, the companies announced...
The environmental policy the oilpatch wants from Ottawa ASAP
Shell Canada will plant more than 800,000 trees in the interior of British Columbia next year, a project that the company hopes will create valuable carbon...
Ottawa expected to make broadband internet announcement today
The Liberal government is set to make an announcement today about their long-promised plan to expand high-speed broadband access to rural Canada. The...
Donald Marshall Jr. honoured with new research centre at Cape Breton University
A new research institute planned for Cape Breton University will honour the legacy of Donald Marshall Jr., who fought for the Indigenous right to...
Whether it’s Joe Biden or Donald Trump, America’s choice will alter Alberta’s future
Less than three weeks remain before American voters head to the polls to choose four more years of U.S. President Donald Trump or...
Alberta premier says resource project financing depends on climate progress
Jason Kenney says access to capital for projects in the oil and gas industry requires action on environmental issues from industry and government,...
Government calls on private sector to come up with compostable, recyclable pandemic gear
Worried about the environmental damage done by growing consumption of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the pandemic, the federal government is asking the private...
‘Moral injuries’ that haunt soldiers off the battlefield to be studied in military-funded research
On the streets of Afghanistan in 2012, Canadian soldier Brian McKenna was training international teams to search vehicles for explosives. As his trainees searched, they...
