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If anybody deserves to celebrate the surge of excitement hovering over women’s basketball, it’s Lisa Thomaidis, an iconic part of basketball history both in Canada and abroad. During her current tenure as head coach for the University of Saskatchewan women’s basketball team, the program has been a perennial power, capturingContinue Reading

Canada·First Person Alan Dyer was a Winnipeg kid in the space-race days of the 1960s when he decided he needed to experience a total solar eclipse. This week, he’s on the road with a carload of gear to see his 17th. I was in a snowy Manitoba field for myContinue Reading

The federal government’s plans to launch a national school food program might have left some people with more questions than answers about how it will actually work. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he hopes the program will deliver meals to 400,000 children per year by the 2024-25 school year. “We all want kids toContinue Reading

Canada·First Person When her grandma asked Bonnie Sutherland to officiate her funeral, she felt caught between her roles of granddaughter and minister, and mourner and comforter. I felt caught between roles as a granddaughter, minister, mourner and comforter Bonnie Sutherland · for CBC First Person · Posted: Apr 03, 2024Continue Reading

Canada Boxer Claire Hafner’s brain may help future women athletes, patients with neurodegenerative conditions, survivors of intimate partner violence and soldiers with head trauma. She’s one of 17 Canadian athletes participating in a landmark study of the effects of head trauma on 900 living athletes, mostly from combat sports. ClaireContinue Reading

Canada Some educators see how Tiktok lessons from deepfake videos of celebrities could raise student interest in topics such as math, but they question whether they offer real learning opportunities and worry about the possibility for misinformation to spread. Deepfakes of well-known figures like Queen Elizabeth describe math concepts HannahContinue Reading

Brian Mulroney served as Canadian prime minister, from 1984 to 1993, an eventful tenure that included a royal visit, the failure of the Meech Lake Accord and the successful passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement — a deal that transformed the Canadian economy. On Thursday, Mulroney’s daughter Caroline said he had died atContinue Reading

Calgary The average Albertan likely doesn’t have time to sift through hundreds of pages of financial tables, spending forecasts and departmental estimates. But they likely do have an interest in a simple question: how might this budget affect my pocketbook? We have some answers. You’ll pay more if you smoke,Continue Reading

Calgary·Analysis In among the delayed tax cut, a sprinkling of new fees, reduced infrastructure spending, what’s there for Albertans to remember? No tax cut, infrastructure delays, some new fees. But what’s there for Albertans to remember? Jason Markusoff · CBC News · Posted: Feb 29, 2024 8:42 PM EST |Continue Reading