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7 articles from CBC - Technology & Science News
Canada suspends exports of military drone technology to Turkey
The federal government is suspending the export of sophisticated Canadian drone technology to Turkey while Ottawa investigates claims that it is being used by the Azerbaijani military against Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh, Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said...
Alaska conservationists urge officials to halt wolf hunting
Alaska conservationists are urging state and federal officials not to reopen wolf hunting season around Prince of Wales...
How the U.S. election outcome could affect Canada's environment and energy future
The old truism that elections have consequences is doubly apt for the U.S., a country whose politics reach beyond its borders. It's certainly the case for Canada, and it's especially true on environmental and energy issues, where Donald Trump and Joe Biden promise vastly different...
Ontario, Alberta face a growing split as economic interests diverge over fossil fuels
Even as Alberta and Newfoundland and Labrador suffer, Central Canadian finance and industry are realizing that oil and gas is no longer a path to economic success. But old habits die...
What Jason Kenney claims about the oil industry vs. what the evidence says
There's no doubt oil plays a major role in the economy, but some of the Alberta premier's specific claims appear exaggerated, cherry-picked or...
Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to 3 researchers for hepatitis C discovery
The 2020 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine on Monday was awarded jointly to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice for the discovery of the hepatitis C...
California wildfires set new record with more than 1.6 million hectares of land burned
In a year that has already brought apocalyptic skies and smothering smoke to the U.S. West Coast, California set a grim new record Sunday when officials announced that the wildfires of 2020 have now scorched a record 1.6 million hectares in a fire season that is far from...