Nature genetically modified this fish the way scientists do
Millions of years before scientists created genetically modified Atlantic salmon with genes from two other fish, nature created genetically modified smelt with a gene from herring, growing…
Shortage of N.B. health-care providers forces student to pay out of pocket to see gynecologist
Mhàiri Agnew has suffered from recurring abdominal pain for more than half of her life.When she first complained as a child, her longtime family doctor in New…
Mistaken arrest of Black teen a case of racial profiling, family says
A Toronto family is pressing police for answers after a bungled arrest left a 17-year-old "traumatized" in what it believes was a case of racial profiling. Dave…
How Kahnawake’s cross-border ironworkers are dealing with isolation from their families, community
Like many Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) families, Hogan Gilbert's has a rich history in ironwork, and the trade has taken him far from home.Gilbert and countless other ironworkers from…
Toronto mom spent her severance pay on car insurance, but ended up uninsured
Yasmine Sharaf thought she had scored a great deal on car insurance.The 48-year-old Toronto mother of three needed a lucky break; she had been laid off from…
B.C. health minister says it’s time to ‘dig in’ to obey COVID-19 safety rules as cases mount
B.C. Minister of Health Adrian Dix has defended measures in place to limit the spread of COVID-19, even as his province set one-day case counts records on…
Scientists, First Nations team up in fresh attempt to revive struggling B.C. herring stocks
Vancouver's Coal Harbour hardly looks like a setting for a potential wildlife refuge. Noisy float planes skitter to and from a nearby dock, storm sewers empty into…
‘It excites people’: First Nations artists give beadwork a modern twist
The longstanding tradition of beadwork is taking on a new twist among young First Nations artists who've developed a long string of social media followers, helping many…
StatsCan says it’s ready to conduct census despite pandemic’s resurgence
Canada's national statistics agency says it's ready to conduct the 2021 census next month despite concerns about the course of the COVID-19 pandemic in the coming months.Census…
Alberta MLAs quit coalition against public health restrictions after Ontario MPP invokes Hitler
Two members of Alberta Premier Jason Kenney's United Conservative Party caucus have quit a national coalition against public health restrictions, after the group's founder compared measures to…
Crown accuses Meng Wanzhou’s lawyers of denying facts in bid to toss extradition
A lawyer for Canada's attorney general says Meng Wanzhou's defence team is ignoring basic facts of the case against their client by accusing the United States of…