The Perseid meteor shower is underway: How and when to catch a 'shooting star'

If you have clear skies — and hopefully smoke-free — step outside and look up over the coming days and you will likely see a few meteors streaking across the sky.


Thousands of COVID-19 vaccine doses set to expire as demand wanes

Now that a majority of Canadians have been fully vaccinated, pharmacists and health-care providers face a new challenge: finding enough people to sign up for a dose before their supply expires.


How the killing of a Black man in Repentigny is fuelling calls to end racism in Quebec policing

Repentigny police have been involved in several human rights complaints, but the force's discriminatory practices point to a larger issue of policing in the province.


Fukushima struggles on 10 years after devastating earthquake and tsunami

The Tokyo Olympics were supposed to showcase Fukushima's recovery, 10 years after it was devastated by an earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident. But one resident says there's been no recovery.


6 dead in Alaska sightseeing plane crash, U.S. Coast Guard says

A sightseeing plane crashed Thursday in the area of Misty Fjords National Monument in southeast Alaska, killing all six people on board, the U.S. Coast Guard said.


Ferocious fire near Vernon, B.C., jumps highway, burns homes

An increasingly aggressive wildfire burning northwest of Vernon, B.C., has breached a major highway, and residents from the area say they've seen their homes burning.


She died alone in her apartment during B.C.'s heat wave. Her family says her death was preventable

Kelly Gaba waited for 17 hours while the body of her grandmother, Annie Brown, lay on the floor of her North Vancouver apartment.


'If we don't help people make this shift now, the question is when would we make this shift?' | Dr. Deena Hinshaw

Alberta Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw joins Power & Politics to discuss the province's plan to roll back COVID-19 restrictions.


Interpreters who fled Afghanistan consider dangerous trip home to apply for refugee status in Canada

Some Afghan interpreters who risked their lives to flee the country are considering a dangerous new journey back into Afghanistan in the hopes of qualifying for resettlement in Canada.


B.C. COVID–19 cases surge in young people as health officials urge more people to get vaccinated

Health officials in British Columbia say the province is now experiencing a surge of COVID-19 cases in young people who are unvaccinated or have one dose and urged residents to get their shots one day after walk-in clinics opened throughout B.C.