Sweat, heavy breathing, warm temperatures and lots of people — the gym is the perfect environment for bacteria to thrive in, which is why wiping equipment down is a normal part of gym etiquette. But does a quick wipe really eliminate all those germs? CBC’s Marketplace swabbed equipment at several popular national gym chains to … Read more
The Supreme Court of Canada decided on Thursday morning that it will not hear the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s challenge of a court order that demanded it identify a source and release related documents in the sexual misconduct case against Vice-Admiral Haydn Edmundson. Edmundson was charged in December 2021 with sexual assault and committing indecent acts. The alleged offences date back to 1991. He … Read more
An orca matriarch known as “one of the most prolific female killer whales” on record is presumed dead after nearly a year without a sighting on the West Coast, according to B.C. researchers. T46, also known as Wake, was a transient or Bigg’s killer whale thought to have been born in 1966. Jared Towers, a … Read more
Business Air Transat and the union representing its 2,100 flight attendants say they have reached a new tentative agreement, coming after the flight attendants rejected an earlier deal reached between the airline and CUPE in December. CUPE members at airline had rejected previous tentative agreement The Canadian Press · Posted: Jan 08, 2024 9:02 AM … Read more
British Columbia’s health minister says potential exports of Canadian drugs to U.S. states would be a devastating blow — but he doesn’t believe it will come to that. In an interview airing Sunday on Rosemary Barton Live, Adrian Dix said a decision by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to allow Florida to import millions of dollars worth … Read more
Canadians are still paying too much for telecom services, the industry minister said Thursday, one day after Rogers Communications said it was raising the cost of some of its wireless phone plans. Rogers said Wednesday it would hike the cost of some of its wireless plans for non-contract customers. Bell is also reportedly increasing some of its existing wireless phone … Read more
A judge has rejected the federal government’s request to recover legal costs it incurred during a major Muslim charity’s court bid to halt an audit of its activities. In his ruling, handed down last month, Ontario Superior Court Justice Markus Koehnen says the Muslim Association of Canada’s case served a valid public interest, even if … Read more
As It Happens6:28Director of Mickey Mouse slasher film is totally cool with you hate-watching it The director of a Mickey Mouse slasher movie has a message for all the haters out there: Bring it on. The trailer for Mickey’s Mouse Trap dropped on Jan. 1, the same day the beloved Disney icon’s earliest iteration entered … Read more
This year, outer space is going to be a busy place. We’ve got the launch of the Europa Clipper, which will orbit one of Jupiter’s enigmatic moons and investigate whether it could harbour conditions suitable for life; we could cheer on the first Canadian to orbit the moon; and we’re getting a total solar eclipse that … Read more
The Sunday Magazine22:54For 100 years, this Mickey Mouse operation has thrived. Is Disney now losing its magic? You might describe Marlene Morris as a Disney lifer. As a child, she grew up watching Disney movies on weekends and listening to her father read Disney’s Bedtime storybooks at night. She first visited Disney World in Orlando, Fla., … Read more
