By Jamie Malbeuf originally published by CBC News A Fort McMurray, Alta., student is the first Canadian to win the $500,000 Cdn international Breakthrough Junior Challenge, a prize that includes a scholarship and new science lab for her school. Maryam Tsegaye, a Grade 12 student at École McTavish Public High School, entered the competition with a three-minute video explaining quantum tunnelling. The competition asks students from around the world to create a video that explains

Heather Stefanson takes health lead, Audrey Gordon becomes Manitoba’s 1st Black cabinet minister Premier Brian Pallister has expanded his cabinet and split the health minister’s job in two as he battles a pandemic that has sunk the popularity of his government. Heather Stefanson and Audrey Gordon now share the health portfolio, which was previously handled by Cameron Friesen, who now leads the justice department, the premier announced at a swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday. Pallister called