By Gregory Furgala. For hundreds of thousands of years, relatives of common European brown bears roamed from Northern Spain in the west to Russia’s Ural mountains in the east. The beasts were huge — 1.7 metres tall at the shoulder, and 3.7 metres long — but unlike today’s bears, the Ursus spelaeus, more commonly known as a cave bear, was vegan, and that may be why, 25,000 years ago, it went extinct. More...

By Chris Seto. A parent of a Brock University student is voicing concerns about the volunteer Muslim chaplain on campus who once compared homosexuality to having cancer or AIDS. More...

By Ryan Cooke. The St. John's native and recent Memorial University graduate is one of 46 prospective space cadets from the province, having answered the Canadian Space Agencies open call for astronauts. More...

By CBC News. Graduates of Canadian universities and colleges tend to see their salaries rise quickly over time, new research out of the University of Ottawa suggests. More...