Mike Drolet

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• Jewish group wants investigation into online posts following Ottawa terror arrest

  CIJA called Facebook posts 'incitement to violence’ and urged police to investigate after RCMP charged an Ottawa youth with terrorism offences.

  Canada

  Dec 17, 2023
• Artificial Intelligence: Canada’s future of everything

  Whether AI will help or hinder the world depends on whom you ask. What’s undeniable is this: the only limitation on how AI will transform the world is us.

  Canada

  Nov 25, 2023
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• North American high school Scrabble champ spells out lofty goals

  Toronto student Ruth Li recently became the first female to win the high school division at the North American Scrabble World Championships.

  Canada

  Apr 18, 2023
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• The Last Commando, Second World War veteran who inspired James Bond, turns 100

  Tom Boneham was just 19 when he learned of a new unit being formed in the British Army in late 1942. Not much was known of it other than it was “hazardous.”

  Canada

  Mar 30, 2023
• ‘Who is this guy?’: Aysanabee’s improbable path from crypto jackpot to Juno stage

  Since launching his debut album last November, the career trajectory of Evan Pang, the Oji-Cree artist who goes by the stage name Aysanabee, has been stratospheric.

  Canada

  Mar 11, 2023
• Canadian Shield: How Ukrainians are defending their homeland from 8,000 kilometres away

  Upstart Canadian manufacturer Roshel is building hundreds of armoured vehicles for Ukraine — and many of its workers are displaced Ukrainians.

  Canada

  Nov 19, 2022
• Veterans and mental illness — How Canadian research could unlock the mysteries of the brain

  Neil Vasdev and his team are doing groundbreaking work in making the connection between repetitive concussive trauma and mental health.

  Health

  Nov 12, 2022
• Politics trump family ties in Port Colborne mayoral race

  Bill Steele hasn't spoken to his brother Charles in over 30 years. Now Charles Steele is running against Bill for mayor of Port Colborne.

  Politics

  Sep 23, 2022
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• Looking for a used car? What you should know about the booming market

  The used-car industry is quickly evolving, and the market is seeing historic changes. Industry experts say prices will be inflated for months, at least.

  Canada

  Apr 23, 2022
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• Can you trade a bobby pin for a house? On TikTok, you sure can

  Demi Skipper started the project from her home in San Francisco at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic to keep busy.

  News

  Dec 14, 2021
• Why all Canadians should know the story of a Great War hero known as ‘Peggy’

  How is it that Cpl. Francis Pegahmagabow’s exploits are not taught in Canadian history? To understand that, we need to go back a hundred years, Mike Drolet writes.

  Canada

  Nov 11, 2021
• 100 Years of Poppies: From Flanders Fields to our lapels

  Anna Guérin convinced the Canadian Great War Veterans’ Association to adopt the poppy. One hundred years later it’s still worn on lapels leading up to Remembrance Day.

  Canada

  Nov 9, 2021
• Afghanistan veterans fight to see Victoria Cross awarded to Canadian soldier

  A group of Afghanistan veterans is lobbying to upgrade Pte. Jess LaRochelle’s Star of Military Valour to the Canadian Victoria Cross.

  Politics

  Sep 17, 2021
• The Canadian long-term care dilemma — where are we headed?

  When Barbara Heuman could only see her husband through the window of a long-term care home, she began the process of bringing him home.

  Economy

  Jul 8, 2021
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• ‘Miraculous’: Ontario man’s COVID-19 recovery inspires health-care workers

  It would be months before Jaime Vargas of Scarborough, Ont., learned how close he came to losing his life to COVID-19.

  Health

  Jun 23, 2021
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• ‘It’s not going to happen by accident’: The push for an EV revolution in Canada

  There is an electric vehicle revolution about to take off, and it's a huge opportunity for Canada to 'recharge' its auto industry.

  Canada

  May 15, 2021
• Time running out on Canadian boxer Mandy Bujold’s Olympic hopes

  The toughest battle of Canadian Olympic boxer Mandy Bujold’s career may be actually happening outside the ring as she looks to be allowed to compete in Tokyo.

  Canada

  May 14, 2021
• Mission to Mars: Canadian ‘Ingenuity’ gets us closer to the red planet

  Their careers have taken twists and turns, but these young Canadians have landed jobs doing things that are literally out of this world.

  Science

  Apr 10, 2021
• NASA set to fly high over Mars — though not really that high

  NASA is set to make history on Mars in a few weeks, and a Canadian engineer is playing a crucial role.

  Canada

  Mar 22, 2021
• How 2 Toronto chefs made and donated 50,000 meals during the pandemic

  Food banks faced an unprecedented situation during the first COVID-19 wave — greater need during lockdown. That's when two professional chefs jumped in to help.

  Canada

  Mar 13, 2021
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• Coronavirus: Avoiding the COVID-19 slump, Bhangra-style

  Gurdeep Pandher and his dancing has been a mainstay on social media since last March, and while he's proud to put smiles on faces, he understands the slump.

  Canada

  Mar 10, 2021
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• Coronavirus: COVID-19 and the Canadian economy, one year later

  Changes in the way we eat, travel and save have all had an impact on the Canadian economy a year after COVID-19 hit. Mike Drolet has more.

  Economy

  Mar 9, 2021
• Canadian small businesses seeking overhaul to government relief programs

  The Canadian Federation of Independent Business's list of recommendations for the government includes re-working and expanding existing programs and offering debt forgiveness.

  Canada

  Feb 9, 2021
• The 5-minute shopping spree. How robots are turbo-charging your online orders

  The 'fourth' industrial revolution, or Industry 4.0, is all about automation, machine learning, robotics and artificial intelligence. Is Canada keeping pace with the leap forward?

  Tech

  Jan 30, 2021
• Capitol Hill rioters learning there’s nowhere to hide on social media

  Pictures posted on social media would prove crucial to arresting key players in the pro-Trump riots.

  Politics

  Jan 11, 2021