Philip Drost

Courtenay, B.C. resident Greg Porteous started making biochar for his neighbours as a way of taking action on climate change. The black, charcoal-like substance holds onto a lot of the carbon in the organic matter it's made from, and can be added to soil to make it healthier.

During the first month of the year, Lindsey Harrington doesn’t go to the grocery store. Instead, she uses whatever’s left in her fridge, freezer and pantry. And experts say that can go a long way to eliminating household food waste, which can in turn, save people cash.

With the federal government’s electric vehicle rebate over, expect to see a slowdown in EV purchases. But based on global trends, experts suggest the market, and vehicle manufacturers, will adjust.

A nearly 6,000-year-old forest is once again seeing daylight after millennia hidden under ice in the Rocky Mountains. A team of scientists from Montana State University uncovered the ancient forest while on an archaeological survey on the Beartooth plateau in Wyoming.

According to a report by the federal government released in 2023, rural Canadians are more vulnerable to the effects of climate change. But that also puts rural communities in a unique position to tackle some of these pressing issues.

When a Tesla Cybertruck exploded outside Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, authorities were quickly able to gather information, crediting Tesla. But that has some people concerned that the information was so readily available to the carmaker.

Noah Mintz nearly lost his life when he was hit by a rogue wave, a wave over twice the size of those around it, while wading in knee-deep water in Mexico. He was eventually able to regain mobility, but that's not always the case for those on the receiving end of the ocean's power.

Ian Stedman champions using artificial intelligence to diagnose more people with rare diseases after it took him 32 years and extraordinary effort to pinpoint his own rare disease. Now eastern Ontario's children's hospital is doing just that.

With Canada Post employees are on strike, some Canadians have started side hustles making deliveries to supplement income.

Audiences love a fan fiction, from a romance between the Hermoine Granger and Draco Malfoy — a pairing that never happened in the Harry Potter books or films — to expanding on Bella and Edward's relationship from Twilight. And publishers, along with Hollywood, have taken notice.