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The CN Tower stands between a couple of condo towers in downtown Toronto, Ontario on Saturday, August 5, 2017.

Inside Toronto’s housing crisis

December 4, 2018 0:19:23

The average Toronto condo rents for $2,385/month. The city’s vacancy rate of 0.5 percent is at a historic low. Apartment viewings attract hundreds...

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In this Oct. 10, 2018, photo, scientist He Jiankui speaks during an interview in Shenzhen in southern China's Guandong province. China's government on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018, ordered a halt to work by a medical team that claimed to have helped make the world's first gene-edited babies.

Will gene editing technology change the world?

December 3, 2018 0:18:32

Last week a Chinese scientist announced that he had successfully created the world’s first gene-edited babies—twin girls born from embryos altered to make...

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Inside the terrifying world of faulty medical implants

November 30, 2018 0:20:07

There are broken devices doing important jobs in the bodies of Canadians right now. We don’t know how many. We don’t know how...

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You’ve seen this movie before

November 29, 2018 0:20:45

The Lion King is coming back to theatres. And so is Dumbo. And Spider-Man. And Rocky. And if it’s not a remake, it’s...

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In this Aug. 2015 photo, an angler casts for silver salmon at a campsite on a wild river during an eight-day float fishing trip east of Anchorage, Alaska. Southwestern Alaska could be the most convenient place in the United States for a fly fisher to go wild. Bush pilots equipped to land on lakes, rivers or tundra operate out of virtually every airport to usher anglers into remote wilderness destinations where clouds of fish obscure river bottoms.

An upstream battle for a fish’s future

November 28, 2018 0:14:41

Last year they tried to save 900. Only 70 made it back. The year before that, only 32 survived. This is life for...

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In this Nov. 13, 2008 file photo, people shop Chinese and foreign-made cars at a car lot in Beijing. General Motors Corp. said Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009, that its 2008 sales in China rose 6 percent to 1.09 million vehicles, but growth slowed as the market suffered from an economic downturn.

What is the car of the future? And who builds it?

November 27, 2018 0:18:33

General Motors announced the impending closure of its Oshawa, Ontario plant yesterday, a move that will eliminate almost 3,000 jobs. In explaining its...

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