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- 08/7/18 14:13
Concerned about reducing their environmental footprint, some Canadians have started installing grey water recycling technology in their homes.
Concerned about reducing their environmental footprint, some Canadians have started installing grey water recycling technology in their homes.
THURSDAY 17. JULY 2008
Seattle-based software giant Microsoft says strong sales of its Office and Windows software helped boost fourth quarter profits by 42 per cent.
Consider it the modern equivalent of Noah's Ark: scientists say policy-makers should consider moving species outside their historic ranges to prevent extinction caused by climate change.
Al Gore issued an audacious challenge to his fellow Americans on Thursday, calling on the nation to produce every kilowatt of electricity through wind, sun and other Earth-friendly energy sources within 10 years.
A record 24 sightings of unidentified flying objects were reported in New Brunswick in 2007 according to an annual report released by the Winnipeg-based Ufology Research Institute.
British researchers at the University of Cambridge have found that an area of the brain that regulates habitual behaviour is under-activated in people with obsessive compulsive disorder and their close family members.
Some resort hotels in the Rockies are selling rest and relaxation to BlackBerry addicts and cellphone fanatics by offering to lock up their electronic devices during their stays.
Recent testing for radon gas in P.E.I. public buildings found the highest levels were in three schools.
Low-speed electric cars are now allowed on some Quebec roads, thanks to a provincial pilot project testing the silent, fuel-efficient vehicles.
Invasive species that have reached the Great Lakes in ballast tanks of oceangoing ships may be costing the regional economy in the U.S. about $200 million a year, American researchers said.
WEDNESDAY 16. JULY 2008
One of the world's most famous physicists is considering moving to Canada for part of the year to work at Waterloo, Ont.'s Perimeter Institute, according to a published report.
The executive director of the Nunavut Research Institute says Canada's North could benefit if all its research stations communicate and collaborate more together.
Radio host and one-time Johnny Carson talk show rival Les Crane, who found later success as a software developer and publisher, has died at the age of 74.
Facing competition from a new and faster iPhone from Apple, Research in Motion is launching a campaign to try to broaden the appeal of the Blackberry beyond business users.
Hours of debate did not help clear the air, as Calgary city council voted Tuesday on some convoluted amendments to move ahead on a ban on the cosmetic use of pesticides.
TUESDAY 15. JULY 2008
The Liberals are blasting the government for "grandstanding" on the new incoming text messaging charges proposed by Bell and Telus.
Bell Canada, accused last week by Google of breaking the law by slowing broadband connections, has fired back and said if anybody is acting as the internet's gatekeeper and furthering its own interests, it's the search engine company.
Samples taken from the plates in a beached whale's mouth have confirmed the species of the animal that died in Slack's Cove, N.B., in early July.
Viacom has backed off its demands to gain access to the viewing habits and personal data of YouTube users, information it had originally asked for in its copyright infrigement case against the video-sharing website.
MONDAY 14. JULY 2008
An increasing chorus of voices is calling on the government to spend the $4.2 billion windfall from an auction of cellphone airwaves on internet access to prevent Canada from falling behind the rest of the world.
U.S. scientists say an ocean floor bed of volcanic rocks southwest of Vancouver Island could act as a natural storage facility for millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide gas.
Devoted Guns N' Roses fans awaiting the long-postponed album Chinese Democracy could finally be seeing it in the near future, after a new song from the band was unveiled as part of the upcoming sequel to the hit video game Rock Band.
Revising the cutoff point on a common test of cognitive functions may help doctors detect dementia earlier in highly educated, elderly people, Texas Tech University researchers say in a new report.
Skygazers are sending a strong message to northern Canadians keen on watching next month's solar eclipse: never look directly at it, or else risk permanent vision damage.
Fifteen solar-powered cars, including four managed by teams from Canadian schools, rolled out of a suburb of Dallas, Texas, on Sunday en route to Calgary in the 2008 North American Solar Challenge.