'Exponential rise': Canadian pediatricians document severe e-scooter injuries, deaths in children, teens

From skull fractures to ICU admissions, pediatric specialists across Canada say severe e-scooter trauma in kids is becoming routine — and current rules are failing to protect them.
Quebec man receives North America’s 1st transplant using regenerated liver technology

A 64-year-old Quebec man has become the first patient in North America to receive a regenerated liver thanks to a breakthrough technology that could make dozens of additional livers available for transplant in its first year alone.
Babies and toddlers are sweltering in some daycares. Should there be mandatory AC?

Days and daycares are getting hotter. And a growing number of parents, educators, and health and legal advocates are lobbying for maximum indoor temperature at daycares, likely 26 C, akin to standards adopted for long-term care facilities in Ontario.
'It's done': Ont. premier calls woman to tell her that shelter won't be opening in her neighbourhood

Cathy Link of St. Catharines said she was shocked to receive a phone call from Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Wednesday informing her the province had ended lease negotiations with Niagara's regional government for a proposed new emergency shelter in her neighourhood.
McIntosh takes silver in women's 200m freestyle; Tierney wins 100m backstroke gold at Pan Pacs

Toronto's Summer McIntosh opened her race schedule at the Pan Pacific swimming championships Wednesday night with a second-place finish outdoors in the women's 200-metre freestyle in Irvine, Calif.
This New Zealander just canoed across Canada | The Moment

New Zealander Tom Hudson tells The National about the moment he finally completed his two-year canoeing journey across Canada, from the Rocky Mountains to Montreal.
Can Count Binface defeat Britain's Nigel Farage in this byelection? | About That

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage triggered a byelection when he quit as Member of Parliament amid an investigation into his finances. Avneet Dhillon explains what led to the probe, and why his main challenger in the race is Count Binface — a candidate dressed as a giant trash can.(Photo credits: The Canadian Press, Reuters, Adobe Stock and Getty Images)
New Churchill Falls hydro deal between N.L. and Quebec being finalized: sources

Quebec and Newfoundland Labrador are close to a new deal on Churchill Falls, sources with knowledge of the matter have confirmed to CBC News.
Woman behind petition to oust U.S ambassador says response is 'beyond what I expected'

Tens of thousands of Canadians have signed a petition calling for U.S. President Donald Trump's representative in Ottawa to be kicked out of the country. The woman behind the petition says it's grown beyond her expectations.
Another 6 whales being moved out of Marineland in Niagara Falls, Ont., headed to U.S.

Marineland has begun moving a third batch of whales to aquariums outside of Canada, with six hitting the road Wednesday.