Culture

Airbnb has launched a platform to assist hosts who want to provide free housing to displaced people in need in an effort to help the global refugee crisis.

Homegrown entertainers from the worlds of stage and screen will converge in Ottawa over the Canada Day weekend for star-studded festivities celebrating the country's 150th birthday.

Vanessa Lewis couldn’t imagine watching her kids grow up bombarded by digital screens — so she effectively banned the technology from their sight.

The Penguins’ captain, a player of rare brilliance whose career has been hampered by head trauma, has become synonymous with concussions and how to manage them effectively.

Pour le plaisir de la chose, comparons les similitudes entre les tactiques de la « clique du Château » dès 1792 et celles du présent gouvernement pour faire adopter la loi sur les hydrocarbures.

A teacher in Nunavut who was crowdfunding for a modest greenhouse to grow vegetables with his students is revising his plans after Canadians responded with a bumper crop of donations.

Musician and writer David Usher has created a Climate Clock to show the world just how close it is to catastrophic climate change.

Nu Grocery, Ottawa's very first zero-waste grocery store, is slated to open in Hintonburg in July.

"If you like indigenous esthetic, buy it from those who create it and live it." - model and producer Joleen Mitton

Perhaps our fascination for polar bears arise from their similarities to humans. We each, in our way, have been "master existences."

The White House has postponed a May 9, 2017, meeting to discuss whether the U.S. should withdraw from the landmark international climate deal struck in Paris under the Obama administration.

The work of Toronto painter Amanda PL is infused with bright colours and bold outlines often associated with an indigenous art style.

A hundred years ago, both my parents' families escaped certain death. That makes me the son of holocaust survivors, writes Canadian singer Raffi Cavoukian.

How do you spell "empowering?" It's a word Lana Slezic uses to describe her new documentary "Bee Nation," which is the opening-night film for the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.

In a book, recently released by New Society Press, Joel Solomon argues that a revolution is taking place in the world of money, finance and investment.