Monthly Archives: January 2026

The cost of importing Chinese cars to Canada is set to drop steeply with a recent cut in tariffs. How will that impact EV sales? Are our EV charging infrastructure and our grid ready for those extra cars? Here’s a … Continue reading →

U.S. President Donald Trump has called for credit card interest rates to be capped at 10 per cent — a move that could bring short-term relief to some consumers but is likely to cause a broader credit crisis in the … Continue reading →

Gold charged past $5,000 US an ounce for the first time on Monday — while silver jumped to $110 an ounce — as an array of geopolitical tensions pounded the U.S. dollar.

Canada’s Smartest Kitchen in P.E.I. purchased some new equipment to help entrepreneurs develop food and beverage products. CBC’s Taylor O’Brien stopped by to learn how the tech works, and how the research team will help clients save time and money.

A new national analysis finds Canada is seeing fewer wildfires overall, but a growing share of damage is being driven by a smaller number of increasingly large, hard-to-control fires.

Through conservation efforts leading to a resurgence of bald eagle numbers across the continent, the iconic raptors can be found practically anywhere in Alberta, from along the Bow River in Calgary to deep in the grasslands.

Radon gas, an invisible health threat that can build up in your home, is putting more Canadians at risk of deadly lung cancer. A national research team is using throwaway toenail clippings to find markers of high radon exposure, in … Continue reading →

While human missions to the moon will be facing Earth, on the other side of the moon, completely hidden from view, there will be a plethora of robots silently peering out to the edge of the universe and back to … Continue reading →

We’re not even one month into 2026, and with everything that’s happening, now we have to deal with exploding trees? No, not entirely. But a sudden deep freeze is going to send temperatures plummeting in much of Canada and the … Continue reading →

Yesterday morning, a skier on a backcountry run called the Vortex near Lake Louise was caught in a size 2 avalanche but was uninjured in the incident.