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With the worldwide anxiety over the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) after the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency on January 30, 2020, news and misinformation has been spreading  through the internet with some online discussions even delving into conspiracy theories. The main questions most Canadians have right now are …

North A group of Canadian doctors has written a letter to the federal government calling for it to kill a huge oil sands project in Alberta, just south of the Northwest Territories border. Vancouver-based Teck Resources Ltd. is aiming to build the Frontier mine about 100 kilometres north of Fort …

North The World Wildlife Fund has criticised the ban, which allows Arctic nations to exempt their own ships for up to five years. Ships are framed by pieces of melting sea ice in Frobisher Bay in Iqaluit, Nunavut on Wednesday, July 31, 2019. Environmental groups say a proposed ban on …

Technology & Science Public health researchers in the U.K. say that the spread of misinformation during a disease outbreak may make the outbreak more severe. They hope their findings might help other public health officials dealing with disease outbreaks. Customers are separated by a clear plastic panel on the table …

Edmonton Edmonton geologist Chris Herd will decide which Martian meteorites are collected on NASA’s 2020 expedition to the Red Planet. University of Alberta professor Chris Herd is a lead scientist on the 2020 Mars rover mission. The rover will gather core samples of rock and soil on the Red Planet. …

Toronto The federal privacy watchdog and three of his provincial counterparts will jointly investigate Canadian use of facial-recognition technology supplied by U.S. firm Clearview AI. People walk past a poster simulating facial recognition software at the Security China 2018 exhibition in Beijing. Privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien says he will be …

Quirks & Quarks·Analysis Bob McDonald's science blog Poster promoting the CSA Junior Astronauts Initiative(© Canadian Space Agency) In an attempt to engage young people in space science, the Canadian Space Agency is launching the Junior Astronaut Program, a series of activities and workshops for schools, science centres and community groups. …

Business·Marketplace To test how prevalent counterfeits are online, Marketplace purchased dozens of well-known products from five popular online retailers: AliExpress, Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Wish. More than half were suspected knockoffs. Marketplace tested dozens of products purchased from popular online platforms, including AliExpress, Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Wish, finding many …

Technology & Science Larry Tesler, the Silicon Valley pioneer who created the now-ubiquitous computer concepts such as "cut," "copy" and "paste," has died. He was 74. In this 1970s photo provided by Xerox, Larry Tesler uses the Xerox Parc Alto early personal computer system. Tesler created the now-ubiquitous computer concepts …

Technology & Science·What on Earth? In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we try a week of zero-waste grocery shopping and look at how climate change is likely to affect the farmable parts of Canada. (Sködt McNalty/CBC) Hello, people! This is our weekly newsletter on all things environmental, where …