Lest We Forget
On November 11, Canadians remember soldiers who have fought for our freedom. (Photo: Korona Lacasse via Wikimedia Commons.)

Lest We Forget

November 11 is Remembrance Day. We wear poppies and make wreaths. Canadian flags fly at half-mast. At 11:00, we have two minutes of silence. But who do we remember and why?

Animals

Hatch and Release at Petrie Island

It’s been a great year for the Petrie Island Turtle Project. In June, a team of volunteers collected 427 turtle eggs. A whopping 83 percent of the eggs hatched.

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Sports

Fight Knight

There’s a new way to stay fit, have fun, and blow off steam. It’s a full-contact fighting sport called buhurt.

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Science

Unearthing “Big Sam”

Paleontologists have dug up a giant dinosaur skull near Grande Prairie, Alberta. It may be the biggest ever found in the area.

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Sports

Shohei Ohtani’s Big Game

Shohei Ohtani is one of the best pitchers in baseball. This season, the Japanese superstar showed the world he can do more than pitch.

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Science

Stuck in Space

On June 5, two astronauts blasted off for the International Space Station (ISS). Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were only supposed to stay for eight days. That’s turned into eight months.

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Sports

PWHL Teams Get Their Names

They’re here, hockey fans! On September 9, the Professional Women’s Hockey League revealed names and logos for its six teams.

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Sciences

Chasing the Dinosaur Killer

A giant asteroid smashed into Earth 66 million years ago. It ended the age of dinosaurs.

Where did this asteroid come from? Scientists think they know.

The asteroid measured 10 to 15 kilometres across. That’s bigger than the height of Mount Everest…

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Animals

How Animals Fight Fire

Last month, a huge wildfire raced through Jasper National Park in Alberta. It burned 34,000 hectares of boreal forest.

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