5 Myths about Wind Chill Debunked
As the Winter season takes over and temperatures start to drop, weather forecasts start to include the wind chill. The term is used often during Canada’s long and cold winters and residents either love, or love to hate the term. The term wind chill actually has some common myths and CBC News helps us break […]
Ontario Logs More Than 3,700 New COVID-19 Cases Today
On Monday, health officials in Ontario are reporting 3,783 new infections of COVID-19 signifying a slight decrease from the weekend. On Sunday, the province confirmed the highest daily count since late April with 4,177 new cases reported. There are at least 284 patients in hospitals for COVID-19 and 164 people are in intensive care units. […]
Turning Poop into Power, Toronto Zoo Supporting the Environment
The ZooShare facility can produce enough energy to power up to 250 homes throughout the year. When visitors go to the Toronto Zoo, they probably don’t think of how much manure is being produced by all the animals. However, Deserrai Buunk knows exactly how much poop there is because it’s part of her job to […]
Japanese Billionaire Returns to Earth After Trip to the ISS
The Japanese billionaire along with his producer and Russian cosmonaut safely landed on the Earth Monday morning. The group of three spent 12 days aboard the International Space Station. The billionaire and fashion tycoon, Yusaku Maezawa and his two crew members softly landed in a Russian Soyuz capsule in the steppes of Kazakhstan. Low clouds […]
Rise in COVID-19 cases Postpones Dozens of NHL, NBA Games
All cross-border games have been postponed as more and more athletes are being placed in COVID-19 protocols. In a release on Sunday the NHL said “due to the concern about cross-border travel and given the fluid nature of federal travel restrictions,” games will be postponed through December 23. The NHL and NHLPA reached an agreement […]
CBC’s Eli Glasners’ List of the Best Films in 2021
As theatres began to reopen in 2021, long-delayed movie franchises took the opportunity to release their thrilling films. From Marvel superheroes to Mohawk warriors and musicals, these new films really lit up the screen this year. Eli Gasner from CBC News shares her pricks for the 21 best films in 2021. The first film on […]
Montreal Canadiens Game Played Without Fans Last Night
The Montreal Canadiens played Thursday night’s game in an empty Bell Centre Arena after ticket buyers were told to stay home. The news came after a rapid increase of COVID-19 cases in Quebec and growing concerns about the Omicron variant. The status of Saturday’s scheduled game against the Boston Bruins will be announced on Friday. […]
Scientists Found ‘Significant Amounts of Water’ on Mars
There’s a massive version of the Grand Canyon on Mars and scientists have discovered it holds “significant amounts of water”. According to the European Space Agency, the discovery was made by an orbiter circling the red planet. Launched in 2016, the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter was sent on a mission to detect water in the […]
Ontario Logs More Than 3,000 New COVID-19 Cases Today
On Friday, health officials in Ontario are reporting 3,124 new infections of COVID-19 signifying a major increase from yesterday. The last time the province recorded daily case counts this high was on May 9. On Thursday there were 2,421 new infections, 1,808 on Wednesday, and 1,429 on Tuesday. The seven-day rolling average rose to 1,914 […]
Scientists Find 1st Millipede with More than 1,000 Legs
This blind Australian millipede measures at 95 millimeters long, but breaks the record with having 1,306 legs. Scientists found the insect deep underground in an exploratory hole in a mining region of Australia. The scientists consider it a “marvel of evolution,” as the millipede possesses the most legs of any known animal. At only 95 […]