U.S. officials said Thursday that Russian hackers have targeted the networks of dozens of state and local governments in the United States in recent days, stealing data from at least two servers. The warning, less than two weeks before the election, amplified fears of the potential for tampering with the […]
A driver who picked up what he thought was a dead bald eagle got quite the shock after the bird started to show signs of life in the back seat of his van en route to the conservation office, say RCMP. Svend Nielsen, the staff sergeant with 100 Mile House RCMP, said the man […]
Calvin Hoover will never know that it was his own distant relatives who helped police label him a murderer. But the forensic genealogist who helped lead Toronto Police to Hoover says that’s effectively what happened. Anthony Redgrave, an independent forensic genealogist based in Athol, Mass., told CBC News his team […]
Ontario’s large cities may be left scrambling to find space for their garbage because of new legislation that makes it harder to build landfills in the province. The Ontario government passed the rule in July as part of Bill 197, the omnibus COVID-19 economic recovery legislation. The amendment to the Environmental Assessment […]
Travellers entering Canada by land or air through Alberta will soon have the option of being tested for COVID-19 at the border that could shorten quarantine times — in a pilot project that’s the first of its kind in Canada, Premier Jason Kenney announced Thursday. The mandatory quarantine period for returning […]
What a difference a few months make. Over the summer, Canadians were riding high on the notion they had flattened the curve. In comparison, COVID-19 infections in the neighbouring United States had spiked to new highs. Then the fall arrived, and coronavirus case numbers in Canada started to surge. In response, the […]
When Von took his mother out of his home and placed her in Craiglee Nursing Home in Scarborough, Ont., he and his wife, Mary, thought they were doing what was best for her. But instead of loving care, Von’s mother, Kostadinka, was met with physical and emotional abuse at the […]
Mark Carney, the former central banker whose long list of titles includes United Nations Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance, says the world of business is going through a period of dynamic transition as it joins the battle against climate change. Carney, who served as governor of the Bank of […]
Plague outbreaks picked up speed between the 14th century and the 17th century, according to a new study out of McMaster University that researchers say relates to the current pandemic. A team of statisticians, biologists and evolutionary geneticists pored over wills and testaments, parish registers, and the London Bills of […]
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