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Medicinal tree successfully grown from 1,000-year-old seed found in cave
An international team of botanists, agriculturists and historians has successfully grown a mature tree from an ancient seed found in a cave in Israel. In their paper, published in the journal Communications Biology, the group describes where the seed was Scientists use DNA to identify bones, find descendants of Franklin expedition sailor
Scientists have managed to identify bones belonging to a member of the Franklin expedition. Details emerge of accused, buyer in Churchill portrait heist
New details are emerging about both the man accused and the unwitting buyer in the high-profile heist of a 1941 portrait of Britain's wartime prime minister Sir Winston Churchill by famed Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh. Churchill photo stolen from Ottawa found in Italy
An iconic image of British prime minister Winston Churchill taken by Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh stolen from Ottawa's Fairmont Château Laurier hotel was found in Italy more than two years later. Police have charged an Ontario man in connection wit Residential school: Unmarked burials found at Manitoba site
A First Nation in Manitoba said they have discovered "indication of human remains" on the site of a former residential school. Explorer Ernest Shackleton's last ship found off Labrador's south coast, says expedition
The wreck of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton's final ship has been discovered off Labrador's south coast, says a Royal Canadian Geographical Society-led expedition. Newfoundland’s unknown soldier finally home
An emotional homecoming more than 100 years in the making. Current members of the Newfoundland Regiment tasked with bringing one of their own back to the province speak about what the repatriation of Newfoundland’s unknown soldier means to them. The Forgotten War on Beepers
30 years before parents and lawmakers sought to save youth from smartphones via age limits and bans in schools, a similar conversation took place about a pre-cursor to the cellphone: pagers Through the 1980s pagers became increasingly popular with teens, Nunavut became a territory 25 years ago. Here are 5 fun facts | story
From flat-rate taxis to three official languages, here are five facts to celebrate Nunavut’s 25th anniversary of becoming a territory. These divers helped secure the shipwreck off Cape Ray — and got a look up close
The divers of Newfoundland's Clean Harbour Initiative are usually pulling trash from the ocean, but they recently got to help secure an ancient shipwreck found near Cape Ray. A ghostly shipwreck has emerged in Newfoundland, and residents want to know its story
The massive, overturned hull of a seemingly ancient ship has appeared without warning along the southwestern tip of Newfoundland, dazzling nearby residents eager to know who may have been aboard and how it met its fate. Poor housing services for Inuit a 'result of colonialism': advocate
A federal housing advocate is accusing every level of government in Canada of failing to uphold the Inuit's right to housing -- and therefore denying their human rights. Amid inflation, a housing crisis and conflict with Trudeau, Alberta adopted rent control — 48 years ago
Sky-high inflation. Exorbitant rent increases. Conflict between Alberta and Prime Minister Trudeau. The year is not 2023. It's 1975. Edmonton Jewish Federation renews call to remove Nazi-linked monuments
Edmonton's Jewish Federation is renewing its call to remove two monuments in the city commemorating Ukrainians who fought with the Nazis during the Second World War. Paper orphans
A lot of South Koreans adopted by Western families in the postwar years grew up believing they were orphans. In many cases, it was a lie. Stó:lō Nation identifies 158 child deaths, potential unmarked graves at former residential schools, hospital
The Stó:lō Nation in B.C.'s Fraser Valley says its probe into missing children and unmarked burials has so far identified, with certainty, 158 children who died at or because of their attendance at three former residential school sites and one former ho 24 Sussex wasn’t always a rat-infested death trap
After decades of neglect and runaway repair costs, CBC News has learned that the federal agencies in charge of 24 Sussex are exploring new sites for the official home of Canada’s prime minister. Material from the CBC Archives shows some of its better da Thefts expose British Museum’s ‘ridiculous’ stance on return of artefacts, says MP
Chair of parliamentary reparations group hits out at law preventing return of Parthenon marbles and Benin bronzes English River First Nation finds potential unmarked graves in, around school cemetery
English River First Nation has released its initial findings from a ground-penetrating radar search of the area in and around a former residential school cemetery, which found 83 potential gravesites, some of which were unmarked. Cambridge to host 1st-ever Emancipation Day celebrations Tuesday
Nearly 200 years after the British abolished slavery in 1834, a local organization specializing in education and celebrating Black history is hosting Cambridge's first-ever Emancipation Day celebrations Tuesday. When witch hunts and killings stalked northern Canada
Although purged from mainstream history, Canada had its own deadly witch hunts as destructive as anything that happened in Salem. Radar search at northern Alberta residential school uncovers 88 suspected graves
Sucker Creek First Nation Chief Roderick Willier remembers never feeling safe during the decade he spent at a residential school in Joussard, Alta., about 335 kilometres northwest of Edmonton. Missing Canadian soldier finally laid to rest in France after being killed in WW I battle
Members of the Calgary Highlanders flew to France last week to attend the burial of three Canadian soldiers killed in the First World War, including private Harry Atherton.Norway truth commission details country's dark history of assimilation
A truth and reconciliation process by a Norwegian parliamentary committee, modelled on Canada's experience, has found the historical policies of forced assimilation toward Indigenous groups continue to impact the country today.
A truth and reconciliation process by a Norwegian parliamentary committee, modelled on Canada's experience, has found the historical policies of forced assimilation toward Indigenous groups continue to impact the country today. Ottawa adds $3.4B to $20B First Nations child welfare compensation deal
The federal government is adding $3.4 billion to its $20 billion offer for First Nations child welfare compensation, says the Assembly of First Nations and the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada.World's oldest-known surviving Scottish tartan has 'more to tell,' says researcher | CBC Radio
Dye analysis and radiocarbon testing suggests a fragment of tartan measuring 55-by-43 centimetres dates back the period between 1500 and 1600. It will go on display as part of the Victoria and Albert Museum Dundee’s tartan exhibition next month.
Dye analysis and radiocarbon testing suggests a fragment of tartan measuring 55-by-43 centimetres dates back the period between 1500 and 1600. It will go on display as part of the Victoria and Albert Museum Dundee’s tartan exhibition next month. Arnold Schwarzenegger: 'Visiting Auschwitz hit me harder than anything in my life!'
He paid a visit to the concentration camp and admitted that the experience was 'heavier' than any exercise he had ever undertaken Royal Ontario Museum returns Chief Poundmaker's pipe and saddle bag to family
Artifacts belonging to a 19th century Plains Cree chief who was known as a peacekeeper are expected to be returned to his descendants in a repatriation ceremony at the Royal Ontario Museum.Why some descendants of an ethnic minority in Greece still keep their identity secret
Today, the country of North Macedonia lies just to the north of Greece. But until 2018, the country wasn’t called North Macedonia.
Today, the country of North Macedonia lies just to the north of Greece. But until 2018, the country wasn’t called North Macedonia. Where did B.C.'s beloved Nanaimo Bar come from'
Did you know Nanaimo bars were once called chocolate slices? How. Original.Ancient Egyptian sarcophagus returned
An ancient wooden sarcophagus that was featured at the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences was returned to Egypt after U.S. authorities determined it was looted years ago, Egyptian officials said Monday.
An ancient wooden sarcophagus that was featured at the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences was returned to Egypt after U.S. authorities determined it was looted years ago, Egyptian officials said Monday. Sunken ship carrying B.C. gold to be salvaged nearly 150 years later
The remnants of one of the worst maritime disasters in the Pacific Northwest, including an estimated $10 million worth of gold, could soon be recovered and put in a museum. Canada agrees to help buy land near Juno Beach, ending condo dispute: sources
The federal government has agreed to help buy land from a developer that was planning to build condos near the historic Juno Beach landing site in France, sources tell CBC. Flag raised on Parliament Hill to honour residential school survivors
The federal government raised the Survivors' Flag on Parliament Hill today as a way to honour Indigenous people forced to attend residential schools. Who 'discovered Canada'' Quebec says French explorer over Indigenous people: survey
Quebecers are more inclined to say Jacques Cartier -- or even Christopher Columbus -- 'discovered Canada,' compared to the rest of the country, which points to Indigenous people, a new survey suggests. Crowd-sourced detective work narrows window for disappearance of Winston Churchill portrait
Thanks to a sleuthing public, the Château Laurier has announced that a famed portrait of Winston Churchill appears to have been taken off the hotel's walls this past winter, during a span of a week and a half over the holidays. How malls and freeways helped segregate America
Freeways, suburbanization and malls were concepts sold as part of the American dream when they were introduced in the 1950s. Some architects and design critics say these innovations were actually vehicles of segregation that destroyed communities of colouGround zero for the Black Death finally found after 600 years | Metro News
The medieval bubonic plague was first recorded in the 14th century.
The medieval bubonic plague was first recorded in the 14th century. Black cowboy John Ware recognized as a person of national historic significance
The federal government has recognized John Ware, a trailblazing Black cowboy in Western Canada, as a person of national historic significance.Back to Canada News
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