Look waaay up

It's been 37 years since Halley's comet came around, and it'll be 39 more before the celestial visitor returns. Last week, CBC reporter Nicole Mortillaro told readers about another comet: C/2022 E3 (ZTF), which will be "placed well in the sky for Canadian stargazers" within the next couple of weeks.

However visible it gets, it could hardly be more disappointing than the "pathetic blur" that Halley's comet was, according to the CBC's David MacQuarrie in 1985.

He said there was a silver lining for scientists, though. "By prying away at Halley's, some of the mysteries of the universe may be revealed," he added.

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Another origin story

CBC reports that the TV shows coming to screens in 2023 include an adaptation of a book about the early days of the tech company that made the BlackBerry.  

That company was Research in Motion, and back in 2000 it was profiled in a CBC News piece. Reporter Saša Petricic noted that Canadian talent was satisfying the U.S. market's "almost insatiable" demand for quick communications. 

"That drive has always been there," said Research in Motion's Mike Lazaridis. "It's just being noticed because the world has gone global due to a virtual mechanism called the internet."