Lego Spends Millions To Ditch Oil-Based Plastic
Lego's half century of toy dominance was built on petroleum-based plastic. But now the company is investing millions into trying to get rid of it.
Lego's half century of toy dominance was built on petroleum-based plastic. But now the company is investing millions into trying to get rid of it.
In a video for Vanity Fair, Channing Tatum is given thirty seconds to render seven dance steps. (Our favorite was the hula...)
70 years ago as troops from Nazi Germany marched into Czechoslovakia, the British diplomat Sir Nicholas Winton transported 669 Jewish children aboard eight trains to England rescuing them from almost certain death.
HomeBoy Industries was awarded a grant to provide job training for 150 additional former gang members and ex-felons. Here's how they turn these lives around.
A new exhibition opened last week at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, exploring the creation of new designs from existing or salvaged products.
Three intrepid little kids began digging up a giant rock behind the school. They used plastic spoons and disobeyed orders. Now the rock is a symbol of perseverance.
Beekeepers have discovered that bees kept in urban areas are healthier and produce better honey. Fewer pesticides and a greater biodiversity help bee colonies thrive there. Today, beehives are quietly buzzing in cities all over the globe -- Chicago, Toronto, Paris, London and New York -- where thousands of different species of plants are blossoming in the gardens and parks to benefit the bees and sweeten the honey.
Let's take a moment to thank the people who do nice things, who take the high road, and who strive to do good every day. They're all around us, and they need to be recognized even if they don't dominate the headlines. Here are some of the little known acts of heroism and honesty that happened in the great state of Canada...
Ontario residents on holiday to the cottage country may think some of the trees are growing on steroids, but they're actually Bell Canada cellphone towers. The telecommunications company plans to disguise towers it erects in the Muskoka area to look like trees so they are not such a direct eyesore.
A new government survey shows the polar bear population in a crucial part of northern Canada is far larger than many scientists thought -- 66 percent higher than earlier estimates -- and might be growing.
Libya will start destroying its ageing stockpiles of mustard gas within months after Canada's donation of 4.5 million euros to the global chemical weapons watchdog, the group said Tuesday.
A Newfoundland boy sent a letter along with his soccer medal to the Canadian men's 4X100 relay team saying he simply wanted to boost their spirits after they were disqualified from an Olympic bronze medal. His handwritten note garnered national attention after Justyn Warner, a member of the team, tweeted it.