High school teacher Greg Pollard’s routine looks different these days. Instead of being in the classroom, he spends a bulk of his days in his basement with his heat press machine, making and selling custom design clothing. It first started as a way to ensure his school’s sports teams would …
Read More »Researchers turn to AI for help fighting superbugs
This story is part of CBC Health’s Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers on Saturday mornings. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here. Vulnerable patients with superbugs need antibiotics to work better, say doctors and scientists who are …
Read More »At least 19 killed as Nepal government protests turn deadly
At least 19 people died in Nepal on Monday, authorities said, as police in the capital fired tear gas and ammunition at protesters trying to storm parliament. Some of the mainly youth protesters, animated by government corruption and a ban on social media, forced their way into the parliament complex …
Read More »Trump tries to turn the page on Ukraine war with historic Putin summit in Alaska
U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with his Russian counterpart in Alaska Friday for their first face-to-face meeting in six years as the American leader tries to bring the violent war in Ukraine to a close. Trump famously promised on the campaign trail to settle the Russia-Ukraine conflict within 24 hours of …
Read More »‘Quite an honour’: Canadians take a turn as the King’s Life Guard in London
Hello, royal watchers. This is your regular dose of royal news and analysis. Reading this online? Sign up here to get this delivered to your inbox. A mounted ceremonial guard at Horse Guards, the official entrance to the royal palaces or riding down streets in central London is a familiar sight — and for …
Read More »Spain, Portugal turn power back on, seek answers after one of Europe’s worst outages
Electricity was restored to almost all of Spain and Portugal on Tuesday morning following a massive power cut affecting the entire Iberian Peninsula, but the cause of the blackouts remained a mystery. The widespread outage lasted roughly eight hours — in some regions longer — and shut down subway networks, …
Read More »Wrong turn onto U.S.-Canada bridge has Detroit woman facing deportation
A woman from Guatemala says she and her two U.S.-born children were held for nearly a week by customs agents in Detroit after a phone app’s directions to the nearest Costco led them to an international bridge connecting the city to Canada. She now faces removal proceedings in June in …
Read More »Sex assault trial for ex-world junior hockey players to resume after unexpected turn on opening day
I’m Katie Nicholson, senior reporter for CBC News, and I’m here at the courthouse this morning. It’s going to be a hot day here in London for the camera crews poised outside the exits and entrances. The accused players and their lawyers have all arrived for more proceedings this morning. …
Read More »Trump looks to turn back the clock on the Panama Canal
Control of the Panama Canal, once a key U.S. presidential campaign issue for Ronald Reagan and an animating topic for people ranging from film legend John Wayne to an unpredictable Canadian-born U.S. senator, has seemingly made a comeback as a hot-button topic in Washington. President-elect Donald Trump has let loose …
Read More »Clocks turn back in Ontario on Sunday, as debate over time continues
Ontarians will see their clocks turn back by an hour this Sunday, as they switch back to standard time until the spring — a change that seems to spark the same debate every November. The annual time switch has been questioned for years now, with many wanting to stick with daylight or standard …
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