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In the age of the internet and cellphones, Michael Hood, a Nuxalk grandfather in Bella Coola, B.C., says it’s important to teach his 10-year-old grandson to get outside and give back to his community.

NASA is cutting short a mission aboard the International Space Station after an astronaut had a medical issue.

U.S. health officials are backing a more accessible means of cervical cancer prevention — one that has limited availability in Canada.

Why did the lynx cross the road? 

When people who are overweight and obese stopped taking their weight-loss medications they regained weight faster than those who stopped a diet or exercise program, a new review has found.

Amid concerns that businesses are profiting from Indigenous culture without always gaining the consent of the nation from which it originated, it raises the question of how to protect Indigenous intellectual property. 

A spider with extra-long genitalia (for a good reason); a carnivorous caterpillar that wears its prey's body parts; and a tiny, mountain-dwelling opossum are among the cool new species described by science in 2025.

It’s like Amazon for hard drugs: cocaine, heroin and ecstasy, paid for with credit cards and e-transfers, delivered by Canada Post. 

Happy new year!

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has added several Peace by Chocolate and NuttyHero products to its ongoing recall of pistachios possibly contaminated with salmonella.

Two Cree fashion designers who are inspired by family took the chance by leaving their home communities and are following their dreams.

When Eduardo Mercado first heard a humpback whale sing, he was fascinated by their rhythmic, moaning, haunting sounds.

The Northwestern Health Unit has confirmed its first case of measles in the region since an alarming rise in the spread of the disease began across the province and country — even leading to temporary outbreak status in Ontario.