Air turbulence: When can it become dangerous?
Flight turbulence like that encountered by a Singapore Airlines flight on Tuesday is extremely common, but there's one aspect of severe turbulence an aviation expert says can lead to serious injury.
For many, Monday's total solar eclipse was a moment of awe-inspiring beauty. For others, it was an opportunity to flex their meme-making muscles.
The internet is being taken over by tongue-in-cheek takes on the celestial event.
On X, formerly known as Twitter, user Evan Thomas posted side-by-side pictures of the eclipse and a prompt to "Leave a tip." Perhaps the funny thing here is the tip options start at just 15 per cent.
More than a few people are probably wondering if they inadvertently damaged their eyes on Monday. On Instagram, user trashcanpaul posted a point-of-view video of someone stumbling with a black hole in the centre of their field of vision.
"Me after my $1.50 gas station eclipse glasses fall off while staring directly at the eclipse," they wrote.
On Instagram, the Holderness family posted an eclipse re-enactment "for those not in the path of totality." With a frying pan held high above their head, someone walks across the screen and temporarily blocks out the sun. Sorry – the real thing was much more spectacular.
Some even used the eclipse for political jokes and jabs.
Perhaps foreshadowing the next federal election, on X, Alberta MP Laila Goodridge posted a series of images of Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre's headshot gradually moving in front of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's photo.
Even former U.S. President Donald Trump jumped on the bandwagon. On Instagram, his campaign posted a video of Trump's silhouette slipping across the solar surface. "The most important moment in human history is taking place in 2024" it said, referring to the upcoming Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election.
Flight turbulence like that encountered by a Singapore Airlines flight on Tuesday is extremely common, but there's one aspect of severe turbulence an aviation expert says can lead to serious injury.
British Columbia serial killer Robert Pickton was attacked and sustained life-threatening injuries in a Quebec prison Sunday in what officials described as a 'major assault.'
New inflation data is 'welcome news' for consumers and an economist says it could signal the possibility for a interest rate cut as several core measures also continue to ease.
House of Commons Speaker Greg Fergus is facing fresh Conservative-led calls to resign, this time over "very partisan" and 'inflammatory' language used – the Liberals say mistakenly – to promote an upcoming event.
Ontario Provincial Police continue to investigate a long weekend fatal boat collision on Bobs Lake, north of Kingston, Ont.
In his latest column for CTVNews.ca, former NDP leader Tom Mulcair argues that if there's an unofficial frontrunner in the eventual race to replace Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader, it has to be former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney.
The organizers of a month-long boycott of Loblaw-owned stores say they've decided to extend the boycott past May.
Donald Trump's reelection campaign called 'The Apprentice,' a film about the former U.S. president in the 1980s, 'pure fiction' and vowed legal action following its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. But director Ali Abbasi is offering to privately screen the film for Trump.
The trial of a Winnipeg man who has admitted to killing four women has heard he searched the internet to look up the definition of what it means to be a serial killer.
Public libraries in Atlantic Canada are now lending a broader range of items.
Flashes of purple darting across the sky mixed with the serenading sound of songs will be noticed more with spring in full force in Manitoba.
Catching 'em all with impressive speed, a 7-year-old boy from Windsor, Ont. who only started his competitive Pokémon journey seven months ago has already levelled up to compete at a world championship level.
A sanctuary dedicated to animals with disabilities is celebrating the third birthday of one of its most popular residents.
2b Theatre recently moved into the old Video Difference building, seeking to transform it into an artistic hub, meeting space, and temporary housing unit for visiting performers in Halifax.
A B.C. woman says her service dog pulled her from a lake moments before she had a seizure, saving her life.
A Starbucks fan — whose name is Winter — is visiting Canada on a purposeful journey that began with a random idea at one of the coffee chain's stores in Texas.
Members of Piapot First Nation, students from the University of Winnipeg and various other professionals are learning new techniques that will hopefully be used for ground searches of potential unmarked grave sites in the future.
ALS patient Mathew Brown said he’s hopeful for future ALS patients after news this week of research at Western University of a potential cure for ALS.