Hundreds of fans of Japanese popular culture, including anime, video games, and cosplay, converged at the Vancouver Convention Centre for three days this weekend. It’s the first time in three years that Anime Revolution — popularly called Anirevo — has been held. It’s also the tenth anniversary of the event, which was …

WARNING: This story contains distressing details The Pope’s visit to Canada and apology for the role of many church members in Canada’s residential school system has sparked intense discussion over the extent of that apology, its impact for Indigenous peoples and the question: what should be the next priority in the Truth …

Canada’s largest Chinese-language newspaper will stop publishing its print edition next month after more than four decades in operation. The print edition of Sing Tao Daily, which publishes in Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary, will end on Aug. 28, putting 83 people out of work.  In a statement, Sing Tao Media Group, which …

Nichelle Nichols, who broke barriers for Black women in Hollywood when she played communications officer Lt. Uhura on the original Star Trek television series, has died. She was 89. Her son Kyle Johnson said Nichols died Saturday in Silver City, N.M. “Last night, my mother, Nichelle Nichols, succumbed to natural causes …

This First Person column is by Calgary artist Claudia Reyes who moved to Canada from Mexico. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ. I was born and raised in Mexico. Often when I talk to people in Canada and they find out where I am from, they say …

A crash on the Burnaby-New Westminster border last week that killed two teens has reignited the debate and discussion around police pursuits.  Officials are still investigating why the suspects in the crash allegedly sped away from a traffic stop and whether they were chased by police, but the tragedy has nonetheless …

This column is an opinion by Paris Marx, a technology writer based in St. John’s. For more information about CBC’s Opinion section, please see the FAQ. Earlier this month, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a bold claim: Canada “isn’t just going to be a global player in EVs, … we get to be global …

The massive climate and tax deal announced this week by Democrats in the U.S. Senate should inspire Ottawa to adopt a bolder approach to fighting climate change, some experts say. The $369 billion deal, unveiled on Wednesday, came as something of a surprise after prior versions of President Joe Biden’s proposal failed to …

Crews battling the largest wildfire so far this year in California braced for thunderstorms and hot, windy conditions that created the potential for additional fire growth Sunday as they sought to protect remote communities. The McKinney Fire was burning out of control in Northern California’s Klamath National Forest, with expected …

As scientists around the world are racing to understand what caused a spate of so-far unexplained cases of hepatitis in children — including some who needed liver transplants — two new U.K. studies are offering fresh clues. In both papers, an unusual virus called adeno-associated virus-2 (AAV2) is implicated as …