Stephanie Hogan

The holidays are a busy time for travel, maybe more so this year with almost no restrictions and many people flying for the first time since the pandemic started. Travel numbers aren’t quite back to pre-pandemic levels, but they’re getting pretty close. Here are some tips to make it less stressful.

Beginning Thursday, air travellers arriving in Canada from China, Hong Kong or Macau will have to provide a negative COVID-19 test before departure. Specialists say this will do little to prevent the virus from coming to Canada in increased numbers. So what’s behind the move?

Amid all the suspicion and intrigue that’s been swirling around that Chinese spy balloon are questions related specifically to the time it was flying in Canadian airspace. Some Canadians have questioned why this country didn’t act sooner, why we didn’t shoot it down ourselves, and whether Canada’s military was even capable of doing so.

Some of Canada's top Olympians are publicly demanding that the Canadian Olympic Committee reverse its position and withdraw its support for Russian and Belarusian athletes participating at the 2024 Olympic Games. 

Mycologist João Araújo is one of a team of scientists who believe they discovered a new parasitic fungus that infects a species of spiders and takes over their bodies.

Uganda's parliament passed a harsh anti-gay bill this week that includes life in prison for having same-sex relations, and the death sentence for 'aggravated homosexuality.' Ugandan LGBTQ rights activist Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera tells As It Happens host Nil Köksal why she will continue to fight back.

To ease some of the burden on the overstretched health system, more doctors are practising social prescribing — referring patients with non-medical symptoms like loneliness or isolation to services available in their communities.

Monday is shaping up to be a historic day in Canadian hockey with the first draft of the brand new Professional Women’s Hockey League. Interest in the women’s game is high. But in case you’re new to it, here’s a quick primer on the league.

Following Canada’s accusation this week that agents with connections to the Indian government were responsible for the fatal shooting of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Canada’s Five Eyes allies have been reluctant to wade too deeply into the incident. Here’s what you need to know about the intelligence alliance, and how it could help.

The accusations by Canada that India was involved in the June killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar have put the spotlight on India’s foreign intelligence agency — the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) — a shadowy spy agency many Canadians have probably never heard of.