Canada

Urban exodus increased through the second year of the pandemic with over 64.000 people leaving Toronto for other parts of Ontario, +14%, while Montreal lost 40.000, +60% on the year, for smaller towns or rural areas, and other 6.600 moving out of province

Today marks the centennial of the first time Insulin was used to treat diabetes; the substance, the first-ever life saving treatment for diabetes, had been discovered in 1921 by researchers from the University of Toronto

Though weather forecasters gave high chances of a white Christmas throughout the country, about 1/3 of the population did opened their windows on a green landscape: snow melted for a rise in temperatures in most of southern Ontario, including Toronto

Ancient DNA discovery in soil pulled from permafrost in Yukon reveals woolly mammoths, wild horses and other megafauna survived thousands of years longer than believed

Ontario reaches milestone of 10.000 Covid-19 deaths, while Canada's doctors confirm the pandemic took a dramatic toll on those who did not contract it by delaying surgeries and therapies

While a still flooded BC takes steps to reestablish highways and supply chain, Environment Canada expects a second major storm to hit the province along the North Coast

On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, Remembrance Day will be traditionally observed with official ceremonies across the country

British Columbia to phase out mink farming by 2025 due to alleged 'permanent risk' of Covid-19 transmission

Ottawa surprised the natural resources industry with the appointment of a former Greenpeace activist as new environment minister this week, but experts expect a fair representation of the country at the COP26 climate conference beginning today in Glasgow

The ongoing drought in the country is causing a worldwide pea shortage, resulting in vegetable based protein foods to have a steep price increase

Scientists in Halifax have recovered a trove of research data lost on the ocean floor off Nova Scotia for 3 years; the remarkable retrieval includes 19 hours of video from a camera attached to a grey seal, lost in 2018 and dragged up in fishing nets

Justin Trudeau remains Canada’s prime minister as he wins his third federal elections after a campaign characterized by social tensions and populism never seen before - his liberal party will not be a majority in Parliament though