University of Calgary hits pause on bachelor’s program in oil and gas engineering
For more than two decades, the bachelor's program in oil and gas engineering at the University of Calgary was popular with students seeking a career in energy…
The lambda COVID-19 variant is now spreading in Canada — here’s what you need to know
Multiple variants of the virus behind COVID-19 are circulating in Canada, and lambda has now joined their ranks.While only a small number of cases have been reported…
Sexually assaulted at 8, incarcerated 4 times and lost the will to live — how this woman found her stars
WARNING: This story contains details some readers may find distressing. Jessica Compton has overcome many challenges to get to where she is today — an education worker…
I hate sweet spaghetti, balut, and dinuguan. Am I a bad Filipino?
This First Person article is the experience of Jim Agapito, host of the new CBC Radio series and podcast Recovering Filipino. For more information about CBC's First…
Vaccine passports ignite debate over privacy vs. public health
As a steadily rising number of fully vaccinated Canadians emerge from hiding to test the gradual return to pre-pandemic normalcy, a conundrum looms: what to do about…
The high, human cost of global shipping in the pandemic: Sailors stuck at sea for months
For 11 months, Rolly Pague was stranded at sea, stuck on a giant shipping vessel feeding insatiable global demand sparked by the pandemic.The 31-year-old was unable to…
On this Canada Day, Canadians face calls for change — and economic historians have been trying to adjust
This week's deadly heat wave, with its new record temperatures, is just one example of how the country's economy seems to be embroiled in change this Canada…
Birchbark canoe project connects generations of Mi’kmaq in Kejimkujik National Park
Rose Meuse never got to know her grandfather, but she pictures him steering a birchbark canoe through the waterways of Nova Scotia's Kejimkujik National Park, where she…
Why Canada is divided over reopening despite controlling COVID-19
This is an excerpt from Second Opinion, a weekly roundup of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers every Saturday morning. If you haven't subscribed yet,…
‘We’ve got to do better’: Toronto readies to launch non-police crisis response pilot
It's been just over a year since the death of George Floyd at the hands of police, with the world erupting into protest and intense calls for…
‘Where is their soul?’: Inside the failed push to make Catholic Church pay for its residential school abuses
Residential school survivor Rick Daniels and his wife, Judy Greyeyes, live in a small apartment just a few kilometres from Saskatoon's towering $28.5-million Holy Family Cathedral.The cathedral…