CBC News asked Parks Canada wildlife health specialist Dave McRuer, who is based at the Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown, to share some interesting facts about snowy owls, since they have been in the news lately on...
SATURDAY 23. JANUARY 2021
As industries across the province shed jobs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the video game industry in Nova Scotia is in the middle of a recruitment...
FRIDAY 22. JANUARY 2021
Bob McDonald's blog: Researchers discovered it was the sudden stopping of rotational forces that could do the most...
Researchers at McMaster University have developed a new form of cultivated meat using a method they say promises more natural flavour and texture than other alternatives to traditional meat from...
Tesla chief and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk took to Twitter on Thursday to promise a $100 million US prize for development of the "best" technology to capture carbon dioxide...
Google on Friday threatened to make its search engine unavailable in Australia if the government went ahead with plans to make tech giants pay for news...
Temperatures have been unseasonably balmy by Iqaluit standards this winter and Tuesday officially had the warmest maximum temperature for a Jan. 19 since records began in...
Researchers say there’s reason for some “guarded optimism” when it comes to the North Atlantic right...
Researchers at Ruhr University use designer protein brain injections to regenerate spinal nerves which allow paralyzed mice to walk...
THURSDAY 21. JANUARY 2021
In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at how 'seventh-generation' thinking can inform climate action and how the transition away from fossil fuels can be made to benefit all of...
Millions of years ago, giant worms as long as an adult human with sharp, slicing jaws were terrorizing the ocean, as they do today, recently discovered fossils...
Twitter has locked the account of the Chinese Embassy in the U.S. for a tweet that defended China's policies in the Xinjiang region, which the U.S. social media platform said violated the firm's policy against "dehumanization" of a group of...
WEDNESDAY 20. JANUARY 2021
Incoming U.S. president Joe Biden will announce America's return to the international Paris Agreement to fight climate change on Wednesday, the centrepiece of a raft of day-one executive orders aimed at restoring U.S. leadership in combating global...
A study that examined how nearby boats disrupt endangered southern resident killer whales has found that female orcas are more likely to stop foraging when vessels are close than males — despite the caloric demands required to...
Thousands of fake Canadian government websites, emails and apps that take advantage of the pandemic to try to mine personal data or steal money have been taken down in the last few months, according to the Canadian Centre for Cyber...
As U.S. President Donald Trump departs office, he leaves a legacy of deregulation and diplomatic missteps in the Arctic...
The seemingly more transmissible variants of the coronavirus first discovered in Britain, South Africa and Brazil are called "variants of concern" by the World Health Organization. Here's a look at what's driving the concern and calls for more precautions in...
One of Canada's most prominent technology darlings is being sold to a South Korean internet conglomerate in a $600 million US...
This dynamic Northern Lights display shone in the winter sky near the Finnish town of Muonio, by the Swedish...
TUESDAY 19. JANUARY 2021
Our country experiences freezing lows, scorching highs, sheets of rain and blustery winds — all on the same...
Enterra Feed Corp. last year opened a 17,500-square-metre production facility, about the size of three football fields. It's been producing insect-based feed ingredients out of the Rocky View plant for the pet food, poultry and wild bird markets in North America and...
Victoria is the only major B.C. city that explicitly says cats must be on a leash in public areas, or their owners will face a $150 fine.
From lack of animals on the landscape to safety concerns, to stories of changes in the snow and wind, several northerners discussed the ‘weird’ season and its impact on hunting this...
A Grade 11 student in Cape Breton has formed an unexpected relationship with tech giant Google after helping his great-uncle test out some...
The more opportunities the coronavirus has to replicate, the more it will evolve, potentially creating a new variant that won't be mitigated by current vaccines. With concerning sets of mutations already popping up around the world, scientists are on high...