How Hamilton students mapped lava tubes in Iceland using a drone named Canary | CBC News

How Hamilton students mapped lava tubes in Iceland using a drone named Canary | CBC News

A McMaster University research team says despite rain and colder-than-expected weather, their expedition to Iceland was a success and they were able to map lava tubes with the drone-mounted system they developed. As CBC Hamilton reported in July, the McMaster Deep-space Analogue Research Expedition (DARE) team spent a year planning an expedition to unnamed lava…

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Retired Edmonton piano teacher handed prison term for sexually abusing students | CBC News

Retired Edmonton piano teacher handed prison term for sexually abusing students | CBC News

A retired Edmonton piano teacher convicted of sexually abusing two students was handed a five-and-a-half year prison term Tuesday. Daniel Chong, 66, was taken into custody after Court of King’s Bench Justice Shaina Leonard levied a sentence that she said takes into account the “immeasurable amount of emotional pain” experienced by his two students, who…

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Guelph city council moves ahead with controversial public space use bylaw | CBC News

Guelph city council moves ahead with controversial public space use bylaw | CBC News

In a lengthy and heated special council meeting Wednesday night, Guelph councillors voted to create a bylaw that will regulate how public spaces are used.  Describing the decision on CBC Kitchener-Waterloo’s The Morning Edition Mayor Guthrie said, “It was a pretty strong vote, a 10-3 vote, in favour of the Public spaces bylaw.” “Guelph has never had…

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