Society

As NBA All-Star Game fever hits Toronto, so too has the sneaker culture that’s become an intrinsic part of basketball

Final arguments in the Jian Ghomeshi trial made it clear: Ghomeshi wasn’t the only one on trial. So was the Canadian judicial system.

Scientists may have proven Einstein’s last unproven theory. Watch Perimeter Institute panel right here at 1pm ET to understand why this changes the game

His father’s death transformed him into a diligent, hard worker. A welder by day, he dreamed of running his own food truck.

The Pessimists Archive is a digital museum of undue doom and gloom about technology and human progress

From their drug use to their sexual experiences, kids are sharing everything with their parents. Is it a good thing?

Inside the Brock University lab that’s working hard to find out whether Canada’s mosquitoes can transmit Zika

Schools are racing to figure out how to use accommodations to handle the wave of students who are grappling with invisible disabilities

s the Zika virus spreads across the Americas—it’s now circulating in 26 countries and regions—Canadians have been told we’re at low risk of becoming infected. The type of mosquito that spreads the virus, called Aedes aegypti, doesn’t live here. But Fiona Hunter, an entomologist at Brock University, notes that other types of mosquito can spread the virus—maybe even some in Canada. In her special containment lab at Brock University, she’s trying to answer the question: could Canadian bugs spread Zika, too? Read Kate Lunau’s full story.

The common wisdom is that Canadian mosquitoes cannot transmit the Zika virus. The truth is that scientists don’t really know.