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In the News   |   March 17, 2020

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Parks are “the lungs of the city.” That was how reformers talked about big urban parks in the 19th century, as those spaces and their cities grew together. I thought about this metaphor on the... read more

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In the News   |   March 5, 2020

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In our quest to be productive, interruptions – from e-mails to colleagues wanting to chat — seem a menace. But it may be time to rethink interruptions and, indeed, productivity itself. Elana Feldman, an assistant... read more

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Cartoons   |   January 16, 2020

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Ontario is investigating after an emergency alert about an imaginary incident at Pickering nuclear facility was mistakenly sent to millions of residents.

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Cartoons   |   December 12, 2019

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In a repeat measure, Russia has been handed a four-year ban from major sporting events by the World Anti-Doping Agency, but its athletes who can prove they are untainted can compete under a neutral flag.

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In the News   |   November 11, 2019

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It was just a tiny black dot, but when Pierre Gassendi saw it projected on a screen in his darkened Paris apartment, he knew he was making history. The dot was the planet Mercury and... read more

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In the News   |   October 24, 2019

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In 200 seconds – the time it takes to poach an egg – a quantum processor has performed a numerical task faster than any known computer system on Earth. Exactly how much faster is up... read more

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In the News   |   October 8, 2019

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James Peebles, a Winnipeg-born cosmologist who correctly predicted the discovery of a remote signal from the very early universe, has won the Nobel Prize in physics, making him the third Canadian to win the coveted... read more

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In the News   |   September 26, 2019

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Even for the centre of the hockey universe, this was unusual. The typical crowd of reporters that follow the Maple Leafs swelled to a mob on Wednesday. The parking lot at the team’s practice facility... read more

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In the News   |   September 23, 2019

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This week, Antonio Brown was freed from football and can now take up his real passion – becoming a full-time litigator of his many grievances. At least, that’s what it sounds like. Brown was cut... read more

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In the News   |   September 9, 2019

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Bianca Andreescu’s U.S. Open title is the biggest moment yet for a Canadian tennis star. But players from Canada have been flirting with this kind of success for several years, skyrocketing up the rankings and... read more

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In the News   |   August 22, 2019

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A northern First Nation says the creation of a massive new national park is an example of the government charting a new path with Indigenous people. On Wednesday, Lutsel K’e Dene First Nation and the... read more

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In the News   |   August 12, 2019

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Only a few minutes after she’d begun the biggest match of her young career, Bianca Andreescu was told it was over. Ms. Andreescu pulled a startled face and looked over at Serena Williams. The greatest... read more

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In the News   |   July 31, 2019

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It was a time of spaceships but not the NASA kind. Scientists at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto have unveiled a previously unknown family of extinct animals – nicknamed “spaceships” because of their science... read more

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In the News   |   July 26, 2019

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The meteor shot in from outer space, burning up as it streaked across the sky. First, it was spotted over Lake Ontario. A few seconds later, it was over Peterborough, Ont., burning so bright it... read more

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In the News   |   July 18, 2019

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Canadian governments are spending more than ever to fight forest fires, but their models are inconsistent, out of date or borrowed from other countries. As climate change makes blazes bigger and costlier, scientists say the... read more

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