Dozens of women celebrating New Year's Eve in Cologne have said they were the victims of sexual assault. With a group of men with North African and Middle Eastern appearances under suspicion, the incident threatens to augment growing concern ove ...

British Columbia's energy regulator has confirmed that a 4.6 magnitude earthquake In Northern B.C. earlier this year was caused by a nearby fracking operation.

Can wearable technology actually look good?

In 1981, Jimmy Carter said the world could never know West Germany's role in the negotations for the release of 52 hostages from the US Embassy in Tehran. New research sheds light on the important part the country played in ending the crisis.

In some areas of B.C.’s Lower Mainland and Alberta, crops are shooting up faster than they can be consumed, while in others, plants are wilting

The timing of Paper Excellence’s permanent closure two weeks ago of its Howe Sound newsprint mill, which put 169 workers off the job, was expedited by B.C.’s drought. But the closure came as no surprise to industry observers. Newsprint demand, follow ...

Fierce winds that blew through the Harrison Lake area overnight have caused a wildfire there to explode to six times its previous size.

Record low river levels and warm water temperatures could have a devastating effect on millions of sockeye salmon headed for the Fraser River to spawn, according to a UBC biologist. If this summer’s unusual weather conditions continue, few salmon wil ...

Spirit Bear: The wildest place in America is home to the unlikeliest of creatures: a white black bear.

At first glance, these birds wowed me. A few seconds later I started to wonder, Are they real? Well … yes. And no. National Geographic Photo Blog

Gravitational waves that rippled through the first moments of the Big Bang point to the birth of multiple universes, not just ours.

Turkish President Erdogan claims to be battling the terrorist Islamic State, but in reality he is mainly fighting against the Kurdish PKK militia. By doing so, he has shown that he is willing to derail the peace process in his country for the sake of ...

Compass, Mirabelle, Long John, and Early Golden—they’re not a fleet of ships headed for the high seas. These are actually a few of the plum varieties artist Sam Van Aken worked with while creating his “Tree of 40 Fruit,” which as its name suggests, b ...

The baiting and killing of Cecil triggered outrage but the same illegal method used on a B.C. grizzly bear was widely ignored

Region expected to run out of industrial land within a decade, port official warns

Researchers estimate that between 30% and 60% of our happiness is out of our control. Here's what to do about that remaining percentage.

This British Columbia Day weekend, Globe and Mail photographer John Lehmann and Western arts correspondent Marsha Lederman have collaborated with Ballet BC to interpret some of the news stories that made headlines in the province during the past 12 m ...

The legendary guitarist and founder of Led Zeppelin says don’t expect a reunion or any new material from the group, who’ve just released their ‘final’ album.

New moms get advice at every turn, but one place they should be getting it—the doctor’s office—is often absent.