The Perseid meteor shower reached its peak on the night of Aug. 12-13, offering spectators the chance to see the remarkable annual phenomenon around the world.

A man living near Wahnapitae, Ont., in Greater Sudbury, is worried about the fate of his pets after their expected government seizure next month.

Northwestern Ontario's first tornado of the year has been confirmed by researchers at London's Western University, reaching maximum wind speeds of 190 km/h and creating a nearly six-kilometre path of damage. Here's what we know about the incident, and how the Northern Tornadoes Project aims to bridge the gaps in data on extreme weather events in the region.

The Quebec government says it’s launching a pilot project involving artificial intelligence transcription tools for health-care professionals, with an increasing number saying they cut down the time they spend filling paperwork.

Aug. 12, 2025, is the peak night to watch the Perseid meteor shower. Astrophotographer Tim Yaworski ('The Living Sky Guy') joined CBC Radio's Saskatoon Morning to talk about the Perseids and how to best watch them.

Astronomers have used a new method to weigh the ultramassive black hole. They hope this will help them better understand how to find and measure them in the future.

This year's wildfire season is already the second-worst on record in Canada, and experts are warning that this might be the new normal.

The innovation is part of an increasing interest in AI in agriculture around the world, as the industry grapples with a number of growing challenges, including labour shortages.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada says in the summer of 2021, a staff member boarded a vessel "associated with OceanGate" to participate as an observer during a mission off Newfoundland.

This year, the Perseid meteor shower runs from July 17 to Aug. 23, but it peaks on the night of Aug. 12-13 when, under ideal conditions, the shower could produce roughly 100 meteors per hour. However, you're unlikely to see that many or even half of them this year due to one major problem: the moon.

The Trump Administration said this week it is pulling half a billion dollars from U.S. government-funded research projects to create new mRNA vaccines. Experts say this could potentially impact mRNA vaccines that might be used to treat cancer, other diseases and stop future pandemics.

A Concordia University student team is preparing to launch the first Canadian rocket to enter space in over two decades — right from Cree territory near Mistissini, Quebec.

Family, friends, investigators and explorers say they're appalled and heartbroken, and are calling for accountability and justice after the United States Coast Guard released its final report on the implosion of the Titan submersible on Tuesday.

Canada's lakes are changing because of warming caused by the burning of fossil fuels. Here's why scientists are concerned.

Ravaging rose bushes and feasting on backyard crops, Japanese beetles are an ongoing issue for gardeners in the Halifax area, but there's little consensus on how to best deal with them.

In May, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecast an above-normal Atlantic hurricane season, but so far it’s been pretty tame. However, that could end very soon. And people had better be prepared, experts say.

Countries are gathering in Geneva from Aug. 5 to 14, with the hopes of passing a legally binding global agreement on plastic pollution.

A recent project by Carleton University graduate students used drones to search for magnetic signals linked to unexploded bombs in the Mer Bleue Bog, which was used as a practice bombing range in the Second World War.

Australia's Great Barrier Reef has suffered the largest decline in coral cover in two of its three regions over the last year, research released on Wednesday showed, following a mass bleaching of its corals that was among the worst on record.

Chinese health officials are responding to an outbreak of a mosquito-borne disease that can cause severe joint pain. More than 7,000 cases of chikungunya have been reported in the Chinese province of Guangdong in recent weeks, with most in the southern city of Foshan.