'Amazing hitchhikers': Why invasive spotted lanternflies keep reaching Ontario

A recent spotted lanternfly discovery in St. Catharines, Ont., is renewing concern about the destructive insect reaching Canada from the United States. Experts say the invasive insect poses a serious threat to vineyards, fruit trees and hardwoods because it feeds on plant sap and can kill grapevines.
'He was the first one to call me mom,' mother says of teen killed in Hamilton mall shooting

Nabil Askafe's mother and father sat down for an interview with CBC Hamilton this week, days after the 16-year-old was shot and killed at Jackson Square mall in Hamilton.
IN PHOTOS | Toronto's High Park cherry blossoms in peak bloom

Every spring, tens of thousands of people flock to High Park in Toronto to catch a glimpse of one of the city’s most fleeting spectacles: the cherry blossom bloom.
Canadian sprinters break world record at World Athletics Relays

The Canadian 4x100-metre mixed relay team of Eliezer Adjibi, Marie-Éloise Leclair, Duan Asemota, and Audrey Leduc broke a world record at the World Athletics Relays on Saturday in Gaborone, Botswana.
This map tracks some of the strangest quirks in Ontario's highway network

Jonathan Silverman, a first year civil engineering student at the University of Waterloo, has created an Ontario Oddities map that highlights weird things people might see on a road trip, including signs that are wrong, abandoned bridges and roadways or even submerged highways.
This app lets kids with disabilities use devices with their minds. Now anyone can download it

Brain-computer interfaces have been around for decades. But now the technology, which reads brainwaves and turns them into real-world action, is being used to help kids with disabilities.
Coral reefs in Mauritius are turning ghostly white. Can nurseries rescue them from climate change?

In Mauritius, home to nearly 250 species of coral and 150 kilometres of reef, the decline has been stark. But restoration efforts are beginning to show promise.
Toronto Raptors force Game 7 after 112-110 overtime win against Cavaliers

RJ Barrett hit a late, high-bouncing game winner in overtime as the Toronto Raptors extended their season with a 112-110 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers in Friday's Game 6 at Scotiabank Arena.
#TheMoment a shark chased a foil surfer

Tavis Boise and Ron Takeda tell The National about the moment a shark went into pursuit mode while they were foil surfing in Santa Barbara, Calif.
These First Nations students are teaching themselves — and their peers — to speak Cree

Vern Lewis is in his first year teaching Aboriginal studies at a Frog Lake First Nation high school, and he's putting his computer science skills to work by using technology to teach tradition.