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- 20/10/31 09:00
In light of the global COVID-19 pandemic, Canada's biggest grocery store chains have increased their cleaning and disinfecting measures. But how well is that...
In light of the global COVID-19 pandemic, Canada's biggest grocery store chains have increased their cleaning and disinfecting measures. But how well is that...
Experts say there’s a lot more to consider before we can definitively say coronavirus antibodies don’t last long enough to protect...
FRIDAY 30. OCTOBER 2020
Researchers discover how remoras are able to stay close to their host without being swept off by fast flowing...
The emerald jewel wasp turns the American cockroach into a zombie so it can be manipulated into providing a living meal for its...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the COVID Alert app can now provide more precise information to people who are exposed to the...
Bob McDonald's blog: Canada's contributions in space benefit science, technology and the development of true...
Deep beneath the surface of Howe Sound, northeast of Vancouver, there are 17 rare glass sponge reefs — rich ecosystems created by the sponges over thousands of years. The reefs were thought to be extinct until they were discovered off B.C.'s coast in the late...
The era of the plastic shopping bag has come to a close in Nova Scotia, as a provincewide ban comes into...
Some of the most remote communities in northern Ontario could have some of the fastest internet by the end of next...
For starters, they're actually squirrels, a zoologist...
THURSDAY 29. OCTOBER 2020
The real estate company behind some of Canada's most popular shopping centres embedded cameras inside their digital information kiosks at 12 shopping malls across Canada to collect millions of images and used facial recognition technology without customers' knowledge or consent, according to a new investigation by the federal, Alberta and B.C. privacy...
There are just 356 North Atlantic right whales left in the world, according to a newly released estimate that is down from last year's population count for the endangered species and which one scientist calls "gut...
Australian scientists found a detached coral reef on the Great Barrier Reef that exceeds the height of the Empire State Building and the Eiffel Tower, the Schmidt Ocean Institute said this week, the first such discovery in over 100...
A hamster is safely home, after it escaped its cage, ran into a cardboard box and was discovered in a Whitehorse recycling...
WEDNESDAY 28. OCTOBER 2020
A Calgary business that rents out chicken eggs so families can hatch them at home says the pandemic has put their eggs in...
The Cree Trappers Association launched the CTA Wildlife mobile app earlier this month for both iPhone and android phones. The information gathered will help better protect the populations of game, fish and waterfowl that Cree people like to harvest, according to the...
As leaders in ropeless fishing met virtually this week, experts acknowledge that this technology is just one step in helping to save the endangered North Atlantic right...
Iran has begun construction at its Natanz nuclear facility, satellite images released Wednesday show, just as the U.N.'s nuclear agency acknowledged Tehran is building an underground advanced centrifuge assembly plant after its last one exploded in a reported sabotage attack last...
The RCMP obtained more than two dozen court-ordered warrants and authorizations over a 15-month period prior to and after the arrest of Cameron Ortis, then the director general of its National Intelligence Co-ordination...
TUESDAY 27. OCTOBER 2020
Canadians dramatically altered their behaviour by permanently reducing their interactions with others even as they began moving around more during the pandemic, a new study of cellphone data...
A Federal Court judge ruled Tuesday that the Canadian government won't be going on trial for contributions to climate change — striking down a lawsuit brought by 15 young Canadians who argued the government was violating their charter...
Maci, a four-year-old poodle-bichon from the Niagara Region, is the first Canadian dog to test positive for COVID-19.
Canadian e-commerce company Shopify said on Tuesday it will partner with TikTok to help its one million-plus merchants more easily advertise their products on the video-sharing app, as it looks to grow its customer...
‘I have real concerns about the wisdom, the efficiency and what I predict will ultimately be the fruitless outcome of this program,’ says N.W.T. bush pilot Dave...
The North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium is expected to release part of a yearly report card on how the North Atlantic right whales are...
A small municipality in western Quebec is claiming a big victory against anonymous online defamation after unmasking a social media user who made public accusations of "illicit actions" against two...
After attaching tiny radio trackers to a few live specimens, researchers were able to track to the invasive Asian giant hornets to a backyard...
MONDAY 26. OCTOBER 2020
The moon lacks the oceans and lakes that are a hallmark of Earth, but scientists said on Monday lunar water is more widespread than previously known. Water molecules are trapped within mineral grains on the surface, they said and more water may be hidden in ice patches residing in permanent...
A NASA spacecraft is stuffed with so much asteroid rubble from last week's grab that it's jammed open and precious particles are drifting away in...
"It's a hands-on learning tool for women to understand their bodies a bit better, and the devices that could possibly help them," Christine Goudie...
Three years ago, Clayton Brander of Powell River, B.C., bought a used 2013 Nissan Leaf, motivated by a keen interest in sustainability. He loves the electric vehicle, but the battery is starting to fade - and getting a new one has been difficult....
A fast-moving wildfire forced evacuation orders for 100,000 people in Southern California on Monday as powerful winds across the state prompted power to be cut to hundreds of thousands to prevent utility equipment from sparking new...
SUNDAY 25. OCTOBER 2020
Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP) says it has suspended the delivery of aircraft engines to "countries with unclear usage" in the wake of reports that some of those engines are being used on Turkish combat drones deployed by Azerbaijan in fighting against Armenian forces in...
Forget vampires, witches, werewolves and mummies — the amount of garbage washing up on Nova Scotia's shores is far more...
Asian giant hornets have been seen in British Columbia, but on Friday entomologists said they discovered what is believed to be the first "murder hornet" nest in the...