Parks Canada incident commander Dean MacDonald led the response to the Jasper Wildfire Complex in 2024, a lightning-started series of fires that burned more than 33,500 hectares and was brought under control after 47 days.
A University of British Columbia team reported a topical gene-editing therapy that corrected faulty genes in human skin models and restored up to 30% of normal function for a rare inherited disorder, in results published in Cell Stem Cell.
Canada and China signed a trade deal that will let up to 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles enter Canada with reduced tariffs; security experts and some provincial officials say cybersecurity and privacy concerns remain unresolved.
State Street and the Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) will open an Al Ain operations hub expected to create more than 300 jobs. The hub is part of ADIO's FIDA cluster, which is projected to add AED56 billion to Abu Dhabi's GDP and attract at least AED17 billion in investment by 2045.
People lined up in Calgary to sign a separatist petition; Premier Danielle Smith defended the petition as a democratic expression while former mayor Naheed Nenshi said Smith is 'playing both sides.'
A new pre-print from the HWO Technology Maturation Project Office says the Habitable Worlds Observatory has advanced from Concept Maturity Level 2 to 3 and highlights that components will need stability at the picometer scale—about 1,000 times better than James Webb—to directly image Earth-like planets.
Bricks & Minifigs reached more than 300 stores in 2025 and opened 150 locations since 2023, growing its franchise network through a buy-sell-trade LEGO retail model.
The 1939 film Wuthering Heights will stream on HBO Max from Feb. 1, and Emerald Fennell’s new remake starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi opens in theaters on Feb. 13 amid criticism over casting and marketing.
A one-block closure of East Broadway between Main and Quebec will last about four months for work on the Broadway Subway Project, and local business leaders say owners are anxious and are due to meet the transport minister Tuesday.
The federal government will boost GST rebates with a one-time top-up this year and phased 25% increases over the next five years; advocates say the measure is a useful step but may not be enough to end food insecurity.
