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- 20/7/17 11:59
Twitter Inc. disclosed late on Thursday that hackers targeted about 130 accounts during the cyberattack this week, an incident in which profiles of many prominent personalities and organizations were...
Twitter Inc. disclosed late on Thursday that hackers targeted about 130 accounts during the cyberattack this week, an incident in which profiles of many prominent personalities and organizations were...
Two brothers — both professors at the University of Alberta — are meeting at the intersection of art and science to tackle misinformation related to the COVID-19...
THURSDAY 16. JULY 2020
In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at why advocates and participants say there are good reasons to take part in Plastic Free July and the bold bet a Danish energy company...
The collection of more than 70 life-size dinosaur replicas has attracted worldwide interest, says...
A 295 kilogram, 3.27 metre-long great white shark named Teazer was tracked off the coast of P.E.I. Wednesday evening.
A Russian-backed hacker group has tried to steal COVID-19-related vaccine research in Canada, the U.K. and the U.S., according to intelligence agencies in all three...
Nearly impossible without man-made global warming, this year's freak Siberian heat wave is producing climate change's most flagrant footprint of extreme weather, a new flash study...
A breach in Twitter's security that allowed hackers to break into the accounts of leaders and technology moguls is one of the worst attacks in recent years and may shake trust in a platform politicians and CEOs use to communicate with the public, experts said...
What started off as a cellphone drive for people living on low incomes in Thunder Bay, Ont., has quickly grown into a provincial coalition that is calling on the federal and provincial governments to recognize digital access as a human...
The new species — called Desmacella hyalina — was discovered using an underwater robot that travelled along the ocean floor, surveying reefs and collecting...
Con artists on Wednesday apparently hacked into the Twitter accounts of politicians, technology moguls and major companies in an apparent bitcoin...
WEDNESDAY 15. JULY 2020
A commercial fisherman knew he was staring at a fish out of place when a barracuda landed in his net on Vancouver Island, far from its typical habitat in southern...
The United Kingdom has joined other Western countries in banning Chinese tech giant Huawei from participating in its 5G network, but one journalist says the company can become powerful without...
How can hummingbirds find their preferred flowers? By counting, say researchers. Andrew Hurly, a professor emeritus in biology at the University of Lethbridge, is one of the co-authors of a new study into hummingbird...
Ethiopia has started filling the Grand Renaissance dam, a giant hydroelectric project it is building on the Blue Nile, its water minister said on Wednesday, a day after talks with Sudan and Egypt on the issue became...
A government-sponsored wolf kill in Western Canada has had "no detectable effect" on reversing the decline of endangered caribou populations, a study...
An RCMP officer in B.C. has been suspended and has resigned from the force after members of the public complained about posts on his Facebook account criticizing the Black Lives Matter movement that they say are racially insensitive. He says he's being punished for a difference of opinion and plans to fight the...
TUESDAY 14. JULY 2020
A new study sheds light on just how efficiently the world's largest soaring bird rides air currents to stay aloft for hours without flapping its...
Parks Canada staff have had a difficult July in Banff. They've had to euthanized two wolves in under a...
Visitors to the Hopewell Rocks are getting an up-close look at a family of peregrine falcons with three young ones that are learning to hunt and survive on their...
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is accusing the federal government of preventing tech companies like Google and Apple from working with provinces to improve their contact tracing...
MONDAY 13. JULY 2020
Mars is about to be invaded by planet Earth — big time. Three countries — the United States, China and the United Arab Emirates — are sending unmanned spacecraft to the Red Planet in quick succession beginning this...
The Yangtze River region has seen its second highest rainfall in more than a half-century so far this year as deadly flooding strikes much of...
A rehabilitation centre for black bears is warning Manitobans to put away their bird feeders after three cubs were orphaned when their mother tried to get into a house in Pinawa and was shot by the...
Sean Blaney, executive director and senior scientist with the Atlantic Canada Conservation Data Centre, is leading a study of peat bogs in New Brunswick to better understand the rare species that are living...