The Israeli military said on Monday its troops raided the compound of Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital, in an operation Palestinian health authorities said had caused multiple casualties and set off a fierce fire in one of the buildings.  Military operation causes multiple casualties and sets off fatal fire, say Palestinian officials. …

Jonathan Wilkinson says provincial premiers who are calling on the government to scrap a planned increase on the carbon tax have their facts wrong.  Jonathan Wilkinson says ‘there must be consequences’ for Saskatchewan’s refusal to remit tax. Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says provincial premiers who are calling on the …

By the end of this year, the NWMO is expected to choose its preferred site for Canada’s first deep geological repository for nuclear waste. Will it be in northwestern or southern Ontario? After decades of debate, research and relationship building, tensions are mounting despite the NWMO’s latest reports backing its …

A Canadian company that manufactures children’s toy couches finds itself facing a high bill for import tariffs after bringing production home to this country even though it’s no longer importing a majority of its product, after a single component of the couches was reclassified by the Canada Border Services Agency.  …

An elementary school initiative that explores math concepts while incorporating Indigenous practices is making its way into classrooms across Canada. Recently, Guelph, Ont., students were elated to explore their creativity while designing and making beaded bracelets. Ontario’s Wellington Catholic School Board hosting the second half of its Métis-math collaborative project …

The City of North Bay, Ont. and the Department of National Defence (DND) are set to begin a $20-million project this spring to remediate a site contaminated with PFAS — often referred to as “forever chemicals.”  Some PFAS linked to certain cancers, fatty liver disease and Type 2 diabetes. The …

Despite women making some notable contributions to vehicle design over the years, most car designers are men. But electric vehicles could usher in a better era for the purses, laptop bags and other belongings because with smaller motors and no transmission tunnel, there’s more room to play with for storage. …

Some companies make their products incompatible with other brands, citing copyright reasons, though critics say it prevents competition. Normally associated with the tech industry, the tactic is showing up in new sectors, like farm equipment manufacturing. A new bill hopes to change that.  ‘Interoperability’ refers to two devices’ ability to …

There are no members of the Robillard family left in southeast Edmonton. In their grief after Carolann Robillard and her 11-year-old child, Jayden Miller, were fatally stabbed in a random attack outside Crawford Plains School on May 5, 2023, surviving family members could no longer face spending their days in …

Even when times are tough, chimpanzee mothers will carve out time to play with their kids, new research has found.  Study shows play is ‘so developmentally important’ for young chimps, it has to be a priority: researcher. Even when times are tough, chimpanzee mothers will carve out time to play …