Society

Among the record number of new coasters that will open next year is the world’s fastest, with the longest drop

Canada used to pride itself on being the land of ice and snow. Now we avoid the outdoors—even when it’s not all that cold.

Richelle Shiner was the very first baby born in Canada in 2015 and was dubbed ’the luckiest baby in the world’

Graphs show the historic uptick in searches for ’broccoli’ and ’tofu’ on Jan. 1

Two years ago, Juan Torres was in hospital and in a vegetative state. Not only did he recover, he remembers what happened

Shakespeare. Trench warfare. Cloning. Here are 2016’s biggest anniversaries.

Polio epidemics saw thousands fall ill and many die. But the contagious virus may soon be eradicated.

Ninety-eight years after their infamous execution, the Russian imperial family may finally be reunited in death

Credited with cutting infant mortality rates, the program has been adopted by more than 30 countries—and in January, it comes to Canada

Some brilliant minds you should know, from The Canadian Encyclopedia’s 30th-anniversary lists of what make us proud to be Canadian