Philip Drost

For many Canadians, their experience with the health-care system is difficult or uncomfortable but it feels futile to complain. An Ontario doctor and health-care mediator has tips to successfully navigate the complaints sytem and potentially improve care for others.

While some may choose to stay indoors during the frigid and snowy Canadian winter, Vesa Luomaranta tries to make the best out of cold weather — but he doesn't play pond hockey or go for a ski. Luomaranta is one of many Canadians choosing to surf in winter.

Susie Dent says labelling the “snollygosters” and “mumpsimus” and other emotions can actually give people a great deal of peace during challenging times.

A global assessment on migratory freshwater fish species, published in March, found that there are 325 species of migratory fish crossing international borders that need deliberate action in order to survive.

With cocaine and its metabolite, benzoylecgonine, being detected in waterways across the globe, Canadian researcher Erin McCallum and her team set out to understand the impact of these illicit drugs on fish in Sweden.

If you're too scared to leave an unfulfilling job you're not alone. Canadian employment data and the anecdotes of post-pandemic hires echo that sentiment, so much so that it's spawned a new term: job hugging, the phenomenon where you hold tight to your position even if you're unhappy.

When Australian goalkeeper Patrick Beach came off the turf after the first FIFA World Cup game in Vancouver, it wasn't the crowd or atmosphere that had caught his attention — it was the grass.

Sometimes when a cat grooms another cat, it's nice. A cat helping another cat out, scratching those hard-to-get spots on the back of the neck. Other times? It's more like, "Hey, I want that nice nap spot, and I'm going to annoy you until you get out of here."

When Anita LeBrun discovered her assisted living facility in Minnesota couldn't legally serve residents booze because it didn't have a liquor licence, she decided to take action. The 82-year-old testified before lawmakers twice, helping pave the way for a new law nicknamed the "Grandparents' Happy Hour."

Speed puzzling picked up popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic and hasn't let up since