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No masks, no distancing and a 4,000-strong crowd at next month's Brit Awards, as U.K. restarts live events

The U.K.'s flagship music awards ceremony, the Brits, will go ahead with a 4,000-strong crowd, no social distancing and no masks next month, as part of a government trial that offers a peek at how large events can operate in a post-pandemic world.
LeVar Burton to be 'Jeopardy!' guest host; petition credited

The 200,000-plus LeVar Burton boosters who signed a petition calling for him to be the new 'Jeopardy!' host will get to see him try the job on for size.
Prince fans pay respects at Paisley Park 5 years after death

Paisley Park, where Prince lived and worked, welcomed back select fans Wednesday to mark the fifth anniversary of his death from inside his creative sanctuary. Some wore custom Prince clothes and shoes and left flowers and other mementos as tributes to the late superstar.

Perseverance rover just made oxygen on Mars

NASA's Perseverance rover has successfully converted some of the plentiful carbon dioxide on Mars into oxygen.
Bad offshore weather delays SpaceX crew launch until Friday

SpaceX on Wednesday bumped its next astronaut launch by a day because of dangerously high waves and wind offshore.
Instagram launches feature to tackle hate speech, abuse

Facebook Inc's Instagram is rolling out a feature to prevent users from viewing possibly abusive messages by filtering offensive words, phrases and emojis on the photo-sharing app.

How long does protection from COVID-19 vaccines last?

Experts are studying how long COVID-19 vaccines provide protection and how well they work against variants.
First case of 'double mutant' COVID-19 variant confirmed in Quebec

A fifth COVID-19 variant has been reported in Quebec. The health department in the Mauricie-et-Centre-du-Quebec region reported Wednesday that the B.1.617 variant, first sequenced in India, has been reported.
'It's hard to say you were wrong': B.C. promotes outdated information on airborne COVID-19 spread

As the scientific community comes to greater consensus that a significant percentage of COVID-19 transmission is airborne, British Columbia’s health minister is defending key resources remaining unchanged with now-outdated information.

Trudeau pledges to cut emissions by 40 to 45 per cent by 2030, short of U.S. goal

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has promised Canada will slash its greenhouse gas emissions by 40 to 45 per cent within the next decade, a goal significantly less ambitious than its closet ally.
Emergency parliamentary debate on pandemic devolves into partisan finger-pointing

An emergency parliamentary debate that was supposed to be a forum for cross-party collaboration on better ways to combat the COVID-19 pandemic devolved Wednesday into another round of partisan finger-pointing.
Bloc MP apologizes for taking photo of Liberal MP nude during virtual Parliament

A Bloc Quebecois MP has apologized for taking a photo of a Liberal MP who appeared nude in a non-public view of the virtual House of Commons last week, but says he doesn't know how it was leaked.

Family dog missing from Brandon, Man., turns up 2,400 kilometres away in Ontario

A family dog that went missing in Brandon, Man., turned up days later in an Ontario town more than 2,400 kilometres away from home.
How has Canada's cannabis use changed since legalization and the pandemic?

The number of Canadians who use cannabis either occasionally or daily has increased in the three years since legalization, with more than one in three reporting an increase in their consumption during the pandemic.
Vancouver Island man builds incredible treehouse, turns it into Airbnb

Many of us are proud of our pandemic projects, all the things we wouldn't normally have been able to do without some extra time on our hands.

Tokyo Olympics torch relay has first positive COVID-19 case

Tokyo Olympics organizers said Thursday that a policeman tested positive for COVID-19 a day after his assignment last week at the Olympic torch relay.
CFL pushing back start of season nearly two months because of COVID-19

The CFL is pushing back the start to its 2021 season and reducing the number of games played due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Indy 500 to host 135,000 in largest sports event in pandemic

The Indianapolis 500 is set to be the largest sporting event in the world since the start of the pandemic with 135,000 spectators permitted to attend 'The Greatest Spectacle in Racing' next month.

Climate activists shatter windows at HSBC London building

Climate change activists have vandalized HSBC's London headquarters, smashing windows in a protest against the bank's alleged links to the fossil fuel industry.
Turkey probes cryptocurrency exchange for possible US$2B fraud

Turkish prosecutors launched an investigation into a cryptocurrency exchange Thursday over allegations it may have defrauded some 390,000 investors of an estimated US$2 billion.
Stocks open lower on Wall Street, led by banks and tech

Stocks are slightly lower Thursday, pulled down by banks and technology companies. Investors continue to focus on individual companies as the quarterly earnings reporting season rolls on.

'Will be the future': Canadian billionaire develops one-seat electric vehicle to fight traffic woes

A Canadian billionaire is developing a new vehicle he believes could solve congestion issues on city streets.
Jaguar Land Rover halts production because of chip shortage

Jaguar Land Rover said Thursday it's suspending production at two U.K. factories, becoming the latest automaker to fall victim to a global shortage of microchips.
Indy 500 to host 135,000 in largest sports event in pandemic

The Indianapolis 500 is set to be the largest sporting event in the world since the start of the pandemic with 135,000 spectators permitted to attend 'The Greatest Spectacle in Racing' next month.