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As Major Oleksandr described the situation in Ukraine’s embattled Donetsk region, he apologized that his eyes sometimes strayed from his laptop camera to a monitor beside him, where he could see feeds of Ukrainian drones flying near Kostyantynivka. The city represents one of the most dangerous sections along the sprawling …

At The Birds & The Beets in Vancouver, Matthew Senecal-Junkeer’s cafe-restaurant transitions from sandwiches and coffee in the day to wine and small plates at night. And recently, he’s noticed his customers’ price sensitivity changes from day to night, too. During cafe hours, every choice customers make — oat milk …

Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka believes tennis players should organize a boycott if they don’t start receiving a bigger share of tournament revenues at the Grand Slams. The likes of Coco Gauff, Elena Rybakina and Jasmine Paolini are prepared to protest, too. Sabalenka and fellow No. 1 Jannik Sinner were among leading …

The black bear population in Ontario has seen significant declines in a few areas of the province, according to a new population survey conducted by government researchers, raising concerns about the health of the bears and the impact of hunting them. The research used DNA sampling to more accurately estimate …

For the last nine months, Emilio Pulla has been checking for weather updates in Italy. The reason Pulla, a Toronto-based wholesaler, is hoping for rain halfway across the world is that the lack of it — and the resulting hit to olive trees, and their buds — has been hurting …

Scottie Barnes’s chance to be the point guard he’s long viewed himself as might have arrived. With longtime point guard Fred VanVleet leaving for Houston in free agency, and new Toronto Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic looking to play selfless basketball while utilizing the skillset of his players more, the …

A senior official with the World Economic Forum says Canada should be talking about more important things than conspiracy theories targeting his organization. Adrian Monck, managing director of the WEF, also argues that politicians espousing those theories should ask themselves whether they’re spreading disinformation coming from bad actors. “Canada should be talking about …

Lenny Louis says when people visit his vertical farming facility in Welland, Ont., they’re often surprised by how much produce comes out of that one squat, two-storey building. But inside, things look very different. Stacked rows of lettuce, arugula and basil grow 365 days a year, and, Louis says, the produce travels less than …

This column is an opinion by Trevor Tombe, a University of Calgary economist. For more information about CBC’s Opinion section, please see the FAQ. Inflation is high — not just in Alberta and Canada, but throughout the world. It reached its highest rate since 1983 this May, when Statistics Canada found average consumer prices were 7.7 …

Jens Stoltenberg, the secretary general of NATO, likely didn’t set out to steal anyone’s thunder — but it was hard for anyone at the G7 Summit in Germany to ignore the man on Monday. Affable, seemingly awkward sometimes, the former prime minister of Norway has been a steady, usually unflappable …