Research
How close can you get with masks on? Your mask questions answered
We’re answering your questions about the pandemic. Send yours to COVID@cbc.ca, and we’ll answer as many as we can. We publish a selection...
Canadian ICUs brace for COVID-19 resurgence on top of the flu
Intensive care physicians and nurses share their concerns as they brace for an influx of patients that threatens to overwhelm hospitals due to...
RCMP used covert search and surveillance powers before arresting high-level intelligence official
In the RCMP’s search for a leak that ultimately led to the arrest of top intelligence official Cameron Ortis last year, investigators first obtained...
Is more testing behind the record numbers of COVID-19 cases in Canada? Your testing questions answered
We’re answering your questions about the pandemic. Send yours to COVID@cbc.ca, and we’ll answer as many as we can. We publish a selection...
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...
Owner of all-electric Nissan Leaf frustrated by difficulty of getting new battery
You might think that Nissan, the first car-maker to achieve widespread success with a zero-emissions electric vehicle, cares deeply about the environment. But Clayton...
RCMP and CBSA officers to face questions over Meng Wanzhou’s arrest in extradition case
The RCMP and Canada Border Services Agency officers who detained Meng Wanzhou at Vancouver’s airport in December 2018 will speak publicly for the...
Post-secondary students decry cyber exam monitoring tools, urge changes to how they’re assessed
Canadian colleges and universities are in the midst of midterm exam season. But with many students forced to trade in-person lectures and labs...
Western provinces seeing some of their highest numbers yet in new COVID-19 cases
The latest: B.C., Alberta report highest single-day increases in COVID-19 cases. Alberta minister tests positive, premier self-isolates. Manitoba says 27 COVID-19 cases at poultry plant...
Military members who report sexual misconduct still say they’re being dismissed by chain of command: report
Five years into the Canadian military’s formal crackdown on sexual misconduct, some victims still report being bullied, harassed and singled out by superior...
Education experts slam leaked Alberta curriculum proposals
Curriculum advisers hand-picked by the Alberta government are recommending changes to the kindergarten-to-Grade 4 curriculum for fine arts and social studies that would eliminate...
How dissecting superspreading events can help people take COVID-19 measures seriously
It’s a snapshot of a superspreading event: one person unknowingly infected with COVID-19 transmitted the contagion to 23 other passengers scattered on a tour...
A closer look at Canada’s homegrown COVID-19 vaccine candidates
More than 100 groups around the world are racing to produce a vaccine against COVID-19, with most of the attention focused on front-runners...
After 191 years, historic sabre returned to family, thanks in part to a boy’s curiosity
A sabre that saw action in the American Revolution and may have been used as a murder weapon in Nova Scotia has found its way...
Can Quebec find a balance between a lockdown and freedom?
Having tasted something like freedom over the summer, most Quebecers are back living under a complex array of public health rules, wondering if the rest of...
Dinosaur skeleton found by 12-year-old near Drumheller, Alta., hailed as ‘significant discovery’
Nathan Hrushkin and his father have hiked through the Drumheller, Alta., area for years. The Calgary boy has always loved dinosaurs, so it’s natural that the...
