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CEO of the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. Catherine Tait waits to appear at the Heritage Committee in Ottawa, on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. File photo by The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld

CBC head Catherine Tait grilled by Tory MPs over executive bonuses

An appearance by the CEO of the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. at a parliamentary committee turned personal on Tuesday, even before Catherine Tait faced a barrage of questions from Conservative MPs over executive bonuses.

By Mickey Djuric | News, Politics | May 8th 2024

Vancouver Island community mourns fish lost as B.C. drought again heightens risk

Project 84,000 is intended to depict the number of steelhead and trout that died in a massive fish kill in the drought-stricken Cowichan River on southern Vancouver Island last year.

By Nono Shen | News | May 8th 2024

A two-year-old female orca calf, named kwiisahi?is, or Brave Little Hunter, by the Ehattesaht First Nation, is spotted at the Little Espinosa Inlet near Zeballos, B.C., on Friday, April 19, 2024. File photo by The Canadian Press/Chad Hipolito

Orca orphan swimming near other killer whales, but hasn't yet found family

A pod of killer whales has been spotted far offshore from the remote Vancouver Island inlet where an orphaned orca has been spending time since escaping a lagoon last month, but a member of her rescue team is downplaying the prospect of an imminent family reunion.

By Dirk Meissner | News | May 8th 2024

The problem with ordering people back to the office

When office workers stopped working in offices in 2020, trading their cubicles for living room couches during COVID-19 lockdowns, many began questioning those hours they had spent commuting to work.

Race Against Climate Change

By Kate Yoder | News | May 8th 2024

Gordon Nore, a retired educator and e-bike enthusiast, on the streets of Toronto. Photo by Gordon Nore

Should the feds be doing more about e-bike fire safety?

As e-bike usage has risen in Canada, so has the number of fires caused by substandard lithium-ion batteries sometimes used to power them.

By Marisa Sittheeamorn | News | May 8th 2024

Bruce Falls and his wife Ann at Lake Erie in 2007. Bruce Falls was actively involved in conservation efforts, co-founding the Nature Conservancy of Canada in 1962 and later serving as its chair. Photo by Stephen Falls

Prominent conservationist was ‘true force of nature’

Bruce Falls is remembered by family, friends and the Canadian conservation community as a champion of nature and a leader in conservation and bird studies.

By Abdul Matin Sarfraz | News | May 8th 2024

Lance Haymond, chief of Kebaowek First Nation, prepares to speak at a House committee about a nuclear waste facility near the Ottawa River on March 21, 2024. Photo by Matteo Cimellaro / Canada's National Observer

Toxic spill raises questions about radioactive waste

For more than a month, while Algonquin First Nation members harvested plentiful pickerel, walleye and pike from the Ottawa River, they had no idea toxic sewage could also be flowing in the water.

By Matteo Cimellaro | News, Urban Indigenous Communities in Ottawa | May 8th 2024

Coastal cleanup groups worry federal funding cuts will sink efforts to tackle ocean plastics

Coastal cleanup groups are worried because the federal Ghost Gear Fund — which sunk nearly $60 million into 139 projects to alleviate the problem of ocean plastics — isn’t outlined in the recent federal budget.

Oceans, Waterways & Coastlines

By Rochelle Baker | News | May 8th 2024

A resident carries his pets as he evacuates from a flooded area after heavy rain in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Carlos Macedo)

In Brazil’s flooded south, there’s too much water and not enough

The most urgent need is drinking water, but food and personal hygiene products are also in short supply. Other Brazilian states are mobilizing trucks with donations bound for Rio Grande do Sul.

By Associated Press | News | May 7th 2024

A person walks past signs showing Hardeep Singh Nijjar at the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Surrey, B.C., on Friday, May 3, 2024. File photo by The Canadian Press/Ethan Cairns

Court appearance today for three Indian nationals charged with murdering Nijjar

Three Indian nationals accused of murdering Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar are due to face court in Surrey, B.C., on Tuesday over the killing that triggered a major diplomatic rift with New Delhi.

By The Canadian Press | News, Politics | May 7th 2024

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