Monthly Archives: May 2026

You may have noticed two bright “stars” in the west after sunset. Those aren’t stars but rather two planets: Jupiter and Venus. And they’re on their way for a beautiful meet-up in the days ahead.

With the price of used vehicles up around 48 per cent since late 2019, a vehicle that’s been rebuilt after a write-off may carry a tempting price tag. But auto industry experts say they carry risks that may affect safety … Continue reading →

Tomato prices were up 21 per cent in April compared to a year earlier, the highest year-over-year price increase for any grocery item measured in the consumer price index, beating coffee and beef.

Canada is losing trees faster than nature can grow them or people can plant them. A northern Manitoba tree-planting program is trying to replace trees destroyed by wildfires, but the cancellation of the federal Two Billion Trees Program is making … Continue reading →

Global automaker Stellantis’ recently revealed plans to launch 11 new vehicle models in North America “produces opportunities” for those models to be built in Ontario, the head of the company’s Canadian division says.

The loss comes amid an ongoing labour dispute with workers that the Crown corporation attributed in part to the downturn in its parcel business.

Cultivated meat — real protein grown directly from animal cells — is officially moving out of the lab and into commercial production. While U.S. producers are scaling up, Canada is on a much more cautious timeline. CBC News’ Johanna Wagstaffe … Continue reading →

Researchers believe the whales are starving to death as they migrate back north to their northern feeding grounds.

A study out of Hamilton’s McMaster University looked at how exposure to common air pollutants affected the performance of about 7,000 Canadians on tests of brain health.

Canada’s economy ‌contracted in the first quarter of the year on an annualized basis, Statistics Canada data showed on Friday, making it two consecutive quarters of annualized decline, which some would call a technical recession.