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As a virus leaves some babies under the age of two wheezing — adding to the pressure on Canada’s hospitals — drug makers are working on new treatment and vaccine options for the illness. Respiratory syncytial virus or RSV gets the “S” in its name for large cells known as …

Forester Elbert Murray has seen lots of terrible storms in his 78 years, but nothing like post-tropical storm Fiona that’s left his woodlots in Pictou County, N.S., nothing but a massive, tangled mess.  “It’s gone and I’ve lost a hundred years,” said Murray, who predicts the forest will recover over the next century. “Eventually it …

Islamic militants have stormed a hotel in Somalia’s capital, engaging in an hours-long exchange of fire with security forces that left at least 20 people dead, according to police and witnesses. At least 40 people were also wounded in the late Friday night attack and security forces rescued many others, including …

Protesters demanding Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa resign forced their way into his official residence and nearby office on Saturday, local television reports said, as thousands of people demonstrated in the capital against the island nation’s worst economic crisis in recent memory. It was not clear if Rajapaksa was inside …

Tyson Peers built his “Viking house” in woods near his home in Hawkesbury, Ont., to withstand just about anything, but he didn’t know how soon it would be put to the ultimate test.  On the afternoon of May 21, Peers, 21, an avid outdoorsman who posts “bushcraft” videos of his wilderness …

Speaking from his home in Lakefield, Ont., Ed Paleczny is still visibly shaken from the terrifying moments he shared with his wife last weekend, as they watched a storm rip apart the timber-frame cottage they were sheltering inside. “Until you’re in a house with the roof being ripped off and …

When Canadian tornado expert David Sills studied the forecast on Saturday morning, he never expected the line of storms headed for Windsor, Ont., would soon strengthen into Canada’s first derecho in decades, wreaking havoc across southern Ontario and Quebec.  Sills, who is the executive director of the Northern Tornadoes Project …

Four massive steel transmission towers that sit crumpled around Ottawa hint at the scope of the challenge facing crews in the wake of Saturday’s massive storm as they work to restore power to tens of thousands of customers. Those Hydro One towers, or what’s left of them, also stand as proof just how ferocious the …

Smartwatches and other wearables have become quite common these days, and the usability ranges from utility to health-focused features. Everyone has adapted to the smartwatches and fitness trackers in the recent past and in some cases, it has turned out to be quite helpful and even life-saving. For this reason, …