Etsy has announced it’s banning the sale of fur items on the site in August. The Fur Institute of Canada warns the move will hit Indigenous artisans hardest, who often rely on the site as a major source of income. Read More 

The sea lions were recently moved to the Vancouver Aquarium as part of Canada's Accredited Zoos and Aquariums' effort to find long-term homes for animals previously located at Marineland, the defunct amusement park in Niagara Falls, Ont. Read More 

"Nutritional stress does play a role. It's just that it doesn't appear to be the role that we thought it was, just driving bears en masse desperately into communities," said Douglas Clark, a professor in the University of Saskatchewan’s School of Environment and Sustainability. Read More 

Authorities in Australia have determined that 19-year-old Canadian tourist Piper James of Campbell River, B.C., who died in January drowned after sustaining injuries from a dingo attack. Read More 

Air Transat is charging more for flights to Europe as the soaring cost of jet fuel — triggered by an oil crisis that has emerged from the war in the Middle East — weighs on Canadian and international airlines. Read More 

Astronomers are capturing the first-ever video of a black hole using radio telescopes set up all over the world. Bob McDonald, host of Quirks and Quarks, explains what we could learn about the supermassive black hole at the heart of Messier 87 galaxy that's about 50 million light-years from Earth. Read...

Interim co-chief executive and chief financial officer Meghan Frank said Tuesday that the apparel retailer plans to shake up its product assortment with fewer logos, a "more focused and co-ordinated" colour palette and a "more edited" assortment of small accessories. Read More 

Oil prices fell on Monday morning after President Donald Trump said the U.S. was holding off on striking Iran’s energy infrastructure amid productive talks between the two countries. Read More 

Alberta Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Services is investigating the death of a grizzly bear found with a gunshot wound last November. Through the province's Report A Poacher program, a tipster who provides information leading to charges being laid could be eligible for a cash reward. Read More 

The astronaut who prompted NASA's first medical evacuation earlier this year said Friday that doctors still don't know why he suddenly fell sick at the International Space Station. Read More