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This First Person article is the experience of Bethany Oeming, who lives in Calgary. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ. My body is often a conversation starter. For most of my life, I’ve fielded comments and questions from well-intentioned people about my muscularity. The …
Read More »Swedish royal family arrives in Ottawa today for rare Canadian visit
Listen to this article Estimated 1 minute The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. The Swedish royal family arrives in Ottawa today to begin a three-day state visit alongside a delegation of top government ministers and representatives from dozens of Swedish …
Read More »Climber Balin Miller, 23-year-old who achieved rare Banff summit, dies in fall at Yosemite’s El Capitan
A popular Alaskan climber fell to his death from Yosemite National Park’s El Capitan, marking the third death in the park this summer. Balin Miller, 23, died in a climbing accident on Wednesday, his mother, Jeanine Girard-Moorman, confirmed. “He’s been climbing since he was a young boy,” she said. “His …
Read More »Rare hit by Yemen’s Houthi rebels strikes Israel’s southern airport
A drone fired by the Houthi militants in Yemen breached Israel’s multilayered air defences on Sunday and slammed into the country’s southern airport, the Israeli military said, briefly shutting down commercial airspace and diverting flights over southern Israel. Israel said Yemen’s Houthi rebels attacked with several drones, most of which …
Read More »Winnipegger’s $300 fine for throwing things at Canada goose a rare case but a good reminder, lawyer says
A Winnipeg woman has been fined $300 for throwing things at a Canada goose that got in her way as she tried to get into her friend’s apartment building. The birds are protected by federal law, which makes harassing them an offence. The woman, now 20, pleaded guilty under federal …
Read More »Rare encounters with K-Country wolf surprise visitors, make Alberta Parks staff wary
A lone grey wolf encountered by multiple people in Kananaskis Country has possibly become acclimated to the presence of humans, according to Alberta Parks. In a statement to CBC News, Ministry of Forestry and Parks press secretary Neil Singh said the wolf has been seen in campgrounds and along the road …
Read More »Spotting rare right whale off Newfoundland had this tour guide ‘Out of my skin excited’
There are about 370 North Atlantic right whales left in the world — and a Newfoundland man spotted one off the southern Avalon Peninsula earlier this month. Tour guide Jared Clarke was taking a group bird watching off St. Shott’s when he noticed a whale surfacing out of the corner of …
Read More »Tesla in court as rare trial against Musk’s company starts in Florida
A rare trial against Elon Musk’s car company began Monday in Miami, where a jury will decide if it is partly to blame for the death of a stargazing university student after a runaway Tesla sent her flying nearly 23 metres through the air and severely injured her boyfriend. Lawyers …
Read More »This orange lobster might not look that rare — but it’s 1 in 30 million
Until last week, fishmonger Yvon Jalbert had never seen an orange lobster in his 40-year career. “It’s pretty rare. We’ve had yellow, we’ve had blue, but never orange,” said Jalbert, director of the fish market at Les Pêcheries Gaspésiennes de Rivière-au-Renard in Gaspé, Que. To the untrained eye, the crustacean caught in …
Read More »Rare Catholic prayer book printed in 1596 uncovered at McMaster University had librarian ‘freaking out’
Ruth-Ellen St. Onge was busy preparing for an upcoming exhibition that will showcase a variety of texts published by the renowned Plantin Press when she saw something in the McMaster University Libraries catalog records that had her “freaking out.” “I saw this note on something called the universal short title …
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