The government has to step up its fight against online disinformation in the wake of the federal election, says Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould. “Going forward, there is still a sense that more needs to be done to address the spread of disinformation on social media platforms,” Gould said in a statement to CBC News.…

Have you ever thought of being a “poop fairy”? Workers at Pacific Rim National Park are hoping a few locals will step up to help them collect wolf scat as part of a wider study to understand the diet, ancestry and kinship of the local wolf population. It’s part of the Wild About Wolves project, a five-year Parks Canada…

India Harris, aged 15, has just watched Greta Thunberg deliver a speech to a crowd of 10,000 people in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery on an uncharacteristically sunny, blustery October day. “It’s cool to see that someone our age might be doing something that we might not have the courage to do,” she said, flanked by friends…

For 13 years, Tim Rosso has been calling balls and strikes as an umpire in NCAA DIV 1 baseball and the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. But in the blink of a 0-1 letter-high fastball (the first pitch of the game was fouled off), his career changed.  Rosso casually righted himself  from his crouched position,…

It’s been a bad week for TikTok. The Chinese-owned video-sharing app, wildly popular with teens, was forced to issue a rare public statement about its data security practices and whether it censors content on behalf of Beijing. In short, TikTok said it can be trusted with its users’ data and that it doesn’t delete videos just because…

More than a dozen young Canadian activists have filed a lawsuit against the federal government over climate change, claiming Ottawa has violated their fundamental rights by contributing to the warming planet, and demanding a national plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The lawsuit from the group of 15 youth, who range in age from 10 to 19, is the…