A Social Media Star is Born-Cedric Landers, a soon-to-be 90 year old man from New Brunswick has become an unexpected social media star. Landers, who plays piano every day for his wife of 70 years, has garnered more than 10,000 followers and over 1 million views from videos of him tickling the ivories.

Accessible Bicycles- Goodwill Alberta hosted Try-A-Bike day last Saturday to help kids with disabilities find adaptive bicycles and handcycles that meet their needs.

One For the (Record) Books- The Wasaga Beach Snowmobile Club in Wasaga beach Ontario is hoping to set the Guinness World Record for the world’s largest snowmobile parade during the community’s annual Snowman Mania festival.

Montreal filmmaker Will Niava won Sundance Film Festival’s Short Film Jury Award for International Fiction for his short titled Jazz Inferno.  The film follows a young trumpeter who arrives at Montreal’s Trudeau airport haunted by memories of his late father.

Supermoms- A group of mostly Nigerian moms have come together to support each other and their autistic children.

Camrose Alberta has been named one of “The Best Place to Retire in the Prairies"  by World Atlas. It boasts below-average housing costs and the Mirror Lake Trail. And also Mike from Canmore lives there.

Unexpected Vocabularians- Studies have shown that a small number of gifted dogs are able to learn upwards of 100 words. One such dog is Miso, a border collie from Oshawa, Ontario who knows 200 words.

Groundhog day looks a little different in Barrington, Nova Scotia, where the coming of spring is predicted by a lobster, not a groundhog. Lucy the Lobster anticipates an early spring this year. 

Beary Good Names- The Calgary Zoo has given names to two orphaned grizzly cubs who were rescued last year. The fuzzy duo named Fitz and Turner after Fitzsimmons Creek and Turner Valley will make their public debut at the zoo this spring. 

The Humane Society of Oakville, Milton & Halton (HSOMH) has received a transformative $10 million gift from long-time supporter Klaus Bytzek. It will help to build a new centre that will treat pets for years to come. 

The Olympics are officially underway which means a rather unique work trip for one Canadian couple. Doctors Laura Bennion and Ian Auld, who went to medical school together, are the lead physicians for the Canadian Women’s and Men’s hockey teams respectively. 

Off to a Good Start-  Team Canada’s Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant secured a 10-5 victory in mixed doubles curling in their opening day match against Team Czechia and 6-3 in their second match of the Olympics against Team Norway.

Down but not Out- Canadian Olympic Snowboarder Mark McMorris is on the mend after sustaining a head injury during training on Wednesday night. While things initially seemed grim for the three-time Olympic medalist, who had to sit out the big air competition, he is still hoping to compete in the slopestyle event.

Going for Gold- Francis Jobin, a 27-year-old snowboarder from Lac Beauport, Quebec, will have the chance to compete for a medal in his Olympic debut. Jobin reached the big air final by finishing sixth in qualification on Thursday. 

Winnipegger Seth Jarvis, who currently plays for the Carolina Hurricanes, has been added to the men’s hockey roster for the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympic Winter Games, pending International Olympic Committee (IOC)  approval. He will replace Brayden Point (Calgary, AB/Tampa Bay, NHL), who is unable to participate due to injury.

Seventeen new pharmacists will begin working in Nova Scotia this week after being recruited via Jordan Pharmacy Licensure Pathway, a new licensure pilot program.

To the Moon and Back-  Canada is set to become the second country in history to fly an astronaut to the moon on NASA’s Artemis II. More than 50 years after the last mission of this kind Canadian Astronaut Jeremy Hansen will orbit the moon.

High-Tech High School-  A high school in Stony Plain Alberta welcomed a different kind of sports fans last weekend as it hosted dozens of student-built robots facing off in Northern Alberta FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)Tech Challenge. 

Reely Big Fish- An Ice Fisherman in Quebec reeled in a 2 meter long, 244 pound halibut from the Saguenay Fjord in the name of science. The halibut was the largest ever recorded in the area, and while halibut fishing is illegal in the area this was part of a scientific project aiming to gain more information about the species. 

Showing Solidarity- Dozens of Inuit from across the Canadian Arctic flew into the Danish territory's capital Nuuk on Thursday to show solidarity.

The Yukon First Nation Education Directorate is rolling out a universal school lunch pilot program that will help feed approximately 850 students.

Colin Hodgson, a citizen of the Manitoba Métis Federation and former star curler is back on the rink in a different role. Hodgson, who made his last Brier appearance in 2023 is now coaching a Nunavut team.

KABOOM!- Writer and artist Jay Odjick, a member of the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation in Quebec, has published a graphic novel titled Kaboom! for Scholastic Books. Kaboom!  tells the story of a kid superhero.

Murals in Motion- Three city buses in Ottawa will have a special look for Black History Month. Ottawa artist Jimmy Baptiste created a mural titled “Pride of Dreams” which features some of the city’s best and brightest.

Canada Post has released three new stamps honouring Canadian Hip Hop icons Michie Mee, Maestro Fresh Wes, and Muzion in celebration of Black History Month.

The Canadian Mint has released a $20 silver coin to commemorate Black History Month. The coin features Adinkra symbols to pay homage to the ancestral heritage of Ghana’s Akan people.