A team of Canadian scientists is testing whether or not marijuana compounds can block coronavirus infection. Researchers at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta looked at 400 cannabis strains and focused on about a dozen that showed promise in preventing the virus from ‘hijacking’ our cells. They say extracts of cannabidiol (CBD), the main non-psychoactive … Read more
Moment pilot ejects before Canadian Air Force Snowbird show team jet crashes into residential neighborhood A pilot ejected just before a jet from the Royal Canadian Air Force’s Snowbirds exhibition team crashed Sunday The small plane nose dived into a residential neighborhood in the British Columbia city of Kamloops, which is about 200 miles northeast … Read more
A Canadian couple who have spent the last three years traveling the world in their van have revealed that they had to leave their vehicle in Africa and take a rescue flight home amid the coronavirus pandemic. YouTube stars Eamon Fitzgerald, 28, and Rebecca ‘Bec’ Moroney, 29, were living out of their cargo van in Morocco … Read more
Over a poached egg in the grand old railway hotel Fairmont Royal York, it all started up. ‘Oh, it’s snowing, alright,’ our waiter told us. ‘How lovely,’ we replied, looking forward to a light dusting of icy crystals. By the time we got onto the Toronto streets, we were wading through waist-high drifts. Airports closed. … Read more