Tracking the not-so-clear trail of $240B in federal COVID-19 spending
This story is part of The Big Spend, a CBC News investigation examining the unprecedented $240 billion the federal government handed out during the first eight months…
Singer’s live performance in computer-generated nightclub could be a model for concerts in a COVID world
How's this for a pandemic performance: a Vancouver singer recently gave a live concert at a downtown supper club to an estimated 4,000 fans. Don't be alarmed…
Families of rail workers killed in B.C. crash call on Trudeau, RCMP to probe alleged coverup
Families of three rail workers killed in a crash in the Rockies of eastern B.C. almost two years ago are calling on the prime minister to intervene…
Pandemic leaves students with disabilities disconnected from peers and short on support
Navigating school this fall has meant a host of new challenges for learners with disabilities, with both students and families often having to advocate anew to receive…
Federal COVID Alert app wasn’t working for some users for much of November
The developers of Canada's COVID Alert app fixed a glitch last week that left some users without exposure notifications for much of November.An update to the app…
The 1976 U.S. swine flu vaccinations may offer lessons for the COVID-19 pandemic
For Pascal Imperato, a communicable disease epidemiologist who in 1976 was in charge of immunizing New York City against a potential swine flu epidemic, the effort to…
Tenant who turned 12 luxury homes into rooming houses ordered to pay $36K or spend time in jail
A Markham, Ont. man who rented a dozen luxury homes and turned them into rooming houses has been ordered to pay $36,000 in restitution to the landlords…
Iconic movies you never realized Aaron Sorkin worked on
In a November 2020 Vanity Fair interview, Aaron Sorkin described getting his start as "getting hit by lightning." He then discussed how he moved to New York…
This is Adam Driver’s interesting audition technique
Adam Driver finished from Juilliard in 2009, per WWD, and he began working as an expert star that very same year. Although lots of stars take ages…
This is how John David Washington began his acting career
Before John David Washington played a football player on HBO's Ballers, he was a real-life college football star. The budding All-American went to Morehouse College in Atlanta,…
Whatever happened to Beverley Mitchell from 7th Heaven?
After 7th Heaven, Beverley Mitchell appeared in a couple of produced TELEVISION films prior to landed a repeating function in ABC Family's The Secret Life of the…