Tutoring companies like Kumon and Oxford Learning say they help students develop independent learning skills. But some critics say the for-profit programs are out of reach for less affluent families, while others caution they may not be the right fit for every child.

An Ontario physicist is embarking on a NASA-funded expedition to Antarctica to collect meteorites, in hopes that the fallen space rocks will give researchers new insight into the outer reaches of the solar system.

Cities like Moncton, N.B., and Cambridge, Ont., are dealing with the problem of discarded needles in parks and laneways.

A woman who lost her job at Toronto's Pearson International Airport because of her family's alleged links to organized crime could have her security clearance restored after a federal judge found it had been unreasonably revoked.