Calgary Hosting 2024 Special Olympics Canada Winter Games
Calgary has been officially chosen as host city for the 2024 Special Olympics Canada Winter Games. The 2024 event will be the fourth time these games were held in Alberta. Calgary last hosted the Special Olympics Alberta Winter Provincial Games in 2019, as well as the 1988 Winter Olympic Games. Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek said […]
Fossils Found in Cave are Millions of Years Older than Expected
Researchers have found fossils of early human ancestors from a South African cave that date back 3.4 to 3.6 million years ago. This makes them millions of years older than previously thought and are mixing up the way researchers think about evolution. This means these new fossils are older than the famed Lucy fossil from […]
Invasive Jellyfish Making a New Home in B.C.
An invasive species of jellyfish the size of a thumbnail has been making a new home for itself in B.C’s freshwater. The species named Craspedacusta sowerbii is believed to be native to southeast China. Researchers are still unclear of how these jellyfish made their way to B.C. A University of British Columbia PhD candidate and […]
Explorers Find Deepest Shipwreck
Explorers have found the wreckage of a U.S. Navy destroyer that fought in the largest sea battle of the Second World War. According to the explorers, the wreck found in the Philippines has become the deepest wreck to be discovered. The USS Samuel B. Roberts was identified on Wednesday on a slope at a depth […]
Colorado Avalanche Wins 1st Stanley Cup in 21 Years
After many years of playoff disappointment, the Colorado Avalanche have officially dethroned the two-time defending champions. Nathan MacKinnon could not find the words to describe the moment and Gabriel Landeskog cracked a smile and a joke. Lehkonen scored the game-winner to boost his team to victory. The Avalanche have now won the Stanley Cup for […]
Frozen Baby Woolly Mammoth Found in Yukon Gold Fields
An entire baby mammoth named Nun cho ga was discovered frozen in the Yukon Gold Fields. The discovery is the 2nd in the world and the first in North America. On June 21 a little after noon, a young miner was working in Yukon’s Eureka Creek and was digging up muck until he struck something. […]
FedEx Purchases 150 Electric Vans from GM
General Motors has delivered 150 electric vans called BrightDrop to FedEx. This comes after five of the vans were delivered to FedEx last December as a trial run. This trade marks BrightDrops first sizable delivery of vans. The two companies had previously announced deals for the package delivery company to purchase 2,500 BrightDrops. There are […]
Canadian Players Picked 6th & 7th in NBA Draft
Canadians Bennedict Mathurin and Shaedon Sharpe have both been drafted into the NBA. The two took very different paths to the NBA, but their pro dreams were captured just minutes apart on Thursday. Mathurin is a 20-year-old from Montreal who starred at the University of Arizona and was selected sixth by the Indiana Pacers. Moments […]
Vancouver Whitecaps on Their way to Championship Final
The Vancouver Whitecaps are headed to the Canadian Championship final after defeating York United on Wednesday. The match concluded 2-1 in favour of the Whitecaps. Striker Brian White was able to score both goals for his team on the home side. Ryan Gauld, an attacking midfielder, assisted on the second goal of the night. United’s […]
Rare Group of Planets Visible in the Morning Sky
Early risers can see Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn in the east before sunrise. The five planets are all lined up among the stars. We can normally see the solar system’s brightest planets in the night sky throughout most of the year.. However, it is not often that the planets line up in such […]