Latest from David Pate
How God Save the King became the world's 1st national anthem
It's one of the most famous songs in the world. And on Saturday in London's Westminster Abbey, it will be at the heart of the ceremony when King Charles III is formally crowned as head of state of the United Kingdom, Canada and 13 other countries.
Great white shark leaves its mark in shark-on-shark attack
Wounds on the back of a blue shark found by biologist Charles Bangley has led him to believe the fish had a violent run-in with a much larger shark.
First Person
Ocean floor armchair delights underwater explorers
An artist spent 150 hours carving a miniature stone armchair from a block of limestone. Now it lives on the bottom of the sandy ocean floor in St. Margarets Bay.
Could my condo building collapse like the one in Florida? Expert says problems can be found faster in Canada
Canadian condo dwellers may wonder if their buildings are at risk of a disaster similar to the collapse in Surfside, Fla., but regular inspections are required here to spot potential problems before they become catastrophic and almost all condo buildings have to put money aside to pay for future repairs. Neither of those is mandatory in Florida.
Point of View
Anesthetist who helped rescue Thai soccer team reflects on risky dive
CBC producer David Pate caught up with Dr. Richard Harris, whose combined skills as an anesthetist and a cave rescue diver made him uniquely qualified for the dangerous job of helping rescue a team of trapped soccer players from a cave in Thailand last year. Harris is in Halifax this week to speak at a conference.
Obituary
Remembering N.S. diving legend Jane Biggs, who scuba dived until she was 81
There are two kinds of scuba divers in Nova Scotia, David Pate writes. Those who went diving with Jane Biggs and those who wished they had.
REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK
How a camera lost and a camera found underwater forged a connection
This is a story about how, sometimes, everything just works out the way it’s supposed to. And it begins with a watery grave.
100 years ago today, a ship carrying 546 wounded WW I soldiers ran aground off Halifax
The grounding of the hospital ship Letitia on the rocks of Portuguese Cove on Aug. 1, 1917, miraculously did not result in a massive loss of life, considering her passengers — 546 wounded World War I soldiers.
'A job that has to be done': Being an RCMP diver is not for the faint-hearted
There are only about 70 RCMP divers in Canada, and their work can involve hunting for bodies — the victims of accidents or crimes — that are lost in lakes, rivers or the ocean.
Opinion
New book aims to settle debate on misused and mispronounced words
Ross and Kathy Petras's new book, 'You're Saying It Wrong: A Pronunciation Guide to the 150 Most Commonly Mispronounced Words and their Tangled History of Misuse' looks at popular phrases and common points of contention.