1+ hour, 19+ min ago   (661+ words) France’s top constitutional authority on Friday approved legislation on the right to assisted dying, but struck down a ban on social media access for children under 15 in a blow to one of President Emmanuel Macron’s cherished reforms. Macron’s office hailed…...

1+ hour, 19+ min ago   (219+ words) EU officials have agreed to study an experimental vaccine against Lyme disease, the world’s most common tick-borne illness, its developers said Friday. Pfizer and the French-Swiss firm Valneva say trials have shown a 70 per cent efficacy rate in people aged…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1008+ words) For decades, researchers have known trauma can affect future generations through learned behaviours. But advances in epigenetics and neuroscience are raising a more difficult question: can trauma also shape people’s biology? Michael Kobor, a professor of biochemistry and molecular biology…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (458+ words) Canadian winemakers have been forced to evacuate their land due to a fast-spreading wildfire that has engulfed parts of British Columbia, with some still awaiting word on whether their crops were impacted by the blaze. John Glavina, who owns the…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (363+ words) More than 110,000 Canadians have signed a petition as of Thursday calling for the removal of controversial U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra, the latest sign of deepening rifts between the neighbouring countries. Hoekstra, a relentless defender of President Donald Trump and a former…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (606+ words) Global youth unemployment rose last year, the United Nations said Tuesday, with some of the steepest increases seen in high-income countries as artificial intelligence begins to change the jobs market. The tentative, short-lived recovery in youth labour markets that followed…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (340+ words) British Columbia is at risk of more fast-growing wildfires due to widespread drought, Canadian officials said Tuesday, warning of historically low water levels at a massive interior lake. The province has 102 active wildfires, including the Bald Range blaze, which began…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (524+ words) Democratic voters across several U.S. states head to the polls Tuesday in another test of whether the party’s anti-establishment left can extend a run of primary victories into races that could help decide control of Congress in November. The most consequential…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (12+ words) Canadian Affairs...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (902+ words) This is the seventh and final article in a series examining recent government bills or laws that experts say deserved more scrutiny. Housing experts are applauding Ottawa’s goal of building more affordable homes. But they want clarity about how the…...