Boeing’s new Starliner capsule rocketed toward the International Space Station on its first test flight Friday, a crucial dress rehearsal for next year’s inaugural launch with astronauts. The Starliner carried Christmas treats and presents for the six space station residents, hundreds of tree seeds similar to those that flew to the moon on Apollo 14,…

Under Evelyn Schellenberg’s Christmas tree, gifts are wrapped in candy reds and forest greens dotted with wreaths, reindeer and poinsettias, but there’s not a lick of paper to be seen. Instead, she has been wrapping holiday presents with cloth for more than 30 years. Schellenberg said the decision to cut out conventional gift wrap was initially…

Sick of threatening calls from the “Canada Revenue Agency” and sketchy offers for duct cleaning? Starting today, Rogers, Bell, and other telecommunications providers in Canada must implement systems that help block scammers from calling you. But it doesn’t cover all fraudulent calls. Here’s what you need to know. Why do telecom companies need to put in a new call-blocking…

As Environment and Climate Change Canada’s senior climatologist David Phillips often says: “There’s never a shortage of weather stories in Canada.” Once again, from coast to coast to coast, 2019 proved to be another record weather year for Canada. Here are the top 10 weather events for Canada in 2019, compiled by Phillips. 1. Another record-setting…

Drivers using Google Maps recently may have got some help avoiding police officers on the lookout for speeding drivers. That’s because of a new feature that allows users to pinpoint the location of speed traps, or spots where police park their vehicles out of sight and try to catch drivers speeding, usually using radar guns. Introduced across Canada…

A Manitoba-based insurance and financial brokerage catering to clients across the Prairies has fallen victim to a ransomware attack that it hasn’t publicly disclosed. Andrew Agencies, based in Virden, Man., appears on a list of targets published online this week by an international cybercriminal gang that claims to have locked down the company’s machines and…