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Climate data: the new key for finance decision making

March 24, 2021 Mahir Daiyan 0 Comments

In a changing climate, the financial sector will more than ever need precise data, predictions and projections to assess investment

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International cybercops derail botnet used to extort, steal data around the globe for years
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International cybercops derail botnet used to extort, steal data around the globe for years

January 31, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] European and North American cybercops, including in Canada, have joined forces to disrupt what may be the world’s largest network

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Carved stone pillar found on B.C. beach identified as Indigenous artifact
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Carved stone pillar found on B.C. beach identified as Indigenous artifact

January 31, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A carved stone pillar found at low tide on a beach in Victoria last summer is an Indigenous cultural

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Panicked deer makes unexpected house call in Kamloops, B.C.
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Panicked deer makes unexpected house call in Kamloops, B.C.

January 30, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Kamloops, B.C., resident Todd Mason was going to bed Saturday night when he heard an “awful racket” on the

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The latest self-portrait in a gallery of Earth photos taken from space
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The latest self-portrait in a gallery of Earth photos taken from space

January 30, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The European Space Agency released a series of photos showing the first perspective of the Earth, Venus and Mars seen

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Why experts argue governments must take risks — besides pipelines — to restart economic growth
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Why experts argue governments must take risks — besides pipelines — to restart economic growth

January 30, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] It is very likely that the environmentally inclined economist Mariana Mazzucato, whose new book, Mission Economy, hits the shelves

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Natural gas vs. methane: How the name influences our view of this fossil fuel
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Natural gas vs. methane: How the name influences our view of this fossil fuel

January 29, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Hello, Earthlings! This is our weekly newsletter on all things environmental, where we highlight trends and solutions that are moving

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Facebook calls on Canadian government to set social media rules
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Facebook calls on Canadian government to set social media rules

January 29, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Facebook says it would welcome increased regulation by the Canadian government, including rules for what kind of content should

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Cougar appears on trail camera northwest of Thunder Bay, Ont.
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Cougar appears on trail camera northwest of Thunder Bay, Ont.

January 29, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] There has been another cougar photographed just outside of Thunder Bay, Ont. On Monday evening, an adult cougar showed

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Military eyes adaptive camouflage, self-repairing clothing for future troops
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Military eyes adaptive camouflage, self-repairing clothing for future troops

January 28, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] From chameleon-inspired camouflage to clothing that mends itself when damaged, the Department of National Defence is looking to outfit

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Doomsday Clock hovers dangerously close to midnight, as experts warn of 'crossroads' on climate change
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Doomsday Clock hovers dangerously close to midnight, as experts warn of ‘crossroads’ on climate change

January 28, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced Wednesday the 2021 Doomsday Clock remains unchanged from its 2020 spot at 100 seconds

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Biden pauses oil and gas leases, cuts subsidies to act on climate
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Biden pauses oil and gas leases, cuts subsidies to act on climate

January 28, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] U.S. President Joe Biden signed a raft of executive actions on Wednesday to combat climate change, including pausing new oil

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Late-year detections of endangered right whales close multiple N.S. fisheries
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Canadian Space Agency using satellite data to track endangered right whales

January 27, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium estimate less than 400 North Atlantic

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Wildlife rescue group says bird feeders could be spreading bacterial infection among songbirds
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Wildlife rescue group says bird feeders could be spreading bacterial infection among songbirds

January 27, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Bird feeders have become a source of pandemic joy for bird lovers in B.C.’s Lower Mainland, but they could

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20 years of living in space: What's next for the ISS?
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Canadian among private space crew paying $55M each to fly to station

January 27, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The first private space station crew was introduced Tuesday: Three men, including a Canadian, who are each paying $55

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350-million-year-old rocks mistaken for suspicious package at Cape Breton University
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350-million-year-old rocks mistaken for suspicious package at Cape Breton University

January 26, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A suspicious package left last week at Cape Breton University for the school’s president turned out to be nothing more

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Made-in-Canada coronavirus vaccine to begin human clinical trials Tuesday
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Made-in-Canada coronavirus vaccine to begin human clinical trials Tuesday

January 26, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A made-in-Canada vaccine to protect against COVID-19 is to begin human clinical trials Tuesday in Toronto, says the biotechnology

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First baby tyrannosaur fossils discovered in Alberta, Montana
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First baby tyrannosaur fossils discovered in Alberta, Montana

January 26, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Researchers have discovered the first baby tyrannosaur fossils in Alberta and Montana.  Experts say the fossils are a rare discovery,

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SpaceX sets record for most spacecraft shuttled to orbit in a single mission
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SpaceX sets record for most spacecraft shuttled to orbit in a single mission

January 25, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A veteran rocket from billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s SpaceX aerospace company launched 143 spacecraft into space on Sunday, a new record

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Astronomers discover huge exoplanet has the density of cotton candy
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Astronomers discover huge exoplanet has the density of cotton candy

January 25, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Roughly 212 light years away in the Virgo constellation lies a super-large exoplanet that has astronomers revising their theory

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13 North Atlantic right whale calves recorded so far this season
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13 North Atlantic right whale calves recorded so far this season

January 25, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Thirteen North Atlantic whale calves have been spotted off the coast of the southern United States — more than

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12 cool things to know about snowy owls
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12 cool things to know about snowy owls

January 24, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The snowy owl that was released by the Atlantic Vet College in early January after recovering from starvation. (UPEI

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Iqaluit sets record high temperature for Jan. 19, reaching 0.5 C
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Iqaluit sets record high temperature for Jan. 19, reaching 0.5 C

January 24, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] If Iqalummiut feel like winter has been especially mild this year, they’re not wrong. Temperatures have been unseasonably balmy by Iqaluit

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Google threatens to pull search engine in Australia
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Google threatens to pull search engine in Australia

January 24, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Google on Friday threatened to make its search engine unavailable in Australia if the government went ahead with plans

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N.S. video game industry on the hunt for workers as pandemic drives up sales
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N.S. video game industry on the hunt for workers as pandemic drives up sales

January 23, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] As industries across the province shed jobs in response to COVID-19, the video game industry in Nova Scotia is

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It's no yolk — egghead experiment simulates concussion
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It’s no yolk — egghead experiment simulates concussion

January 23, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Scientists used raw eggs to simulate the damaging effects on the brain from strikes to the head, with surprising

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Elon Musk to offer $100M prize for 'best' carbon capture tech
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Elon Musk to offer $100M prize for ‘best’ carbon capture tech

January 23, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Tesla Inc. chief and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk took to Twitter on Thursday to promise a $100 million US prize

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McMaster University researchers use animal cells to cultivate meat in a lab
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McMaster University researchers use animal cells to cultivate meat in a lab

January 22, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Researchers at McMaster University have developed a new form of cultivated meat using a method they say promises more

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Trump's legacy leaves Arctic with fewer environmental protections and more risk of conflict, say experts
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Trump’s legacy leaves Arctic with fewer environmental protections and more risk of conflict, say experts

January 22, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] As U.S. President Donald Trump leaves office, the Arctic is probably far from the minds of most Americans. Yet

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Twitter locks account of Chinese Embassy in U.S. over 'dehumanization' of Uighurs in tweet
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Twitter locks account of Chinese Embassy in U.S. over ‘dehumanization’ of Uighurs in tweet

January 22, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Twitter has locked the account of the Chinese Embassy in the U.S. for a tweet that defended China’s policies

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Giant predatory worm's ancient fossil burrows discovered
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Giant predatory worm’s ancient fossil burrows discovered

January 21, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Millions of years ago, giant predatory worms as long as an adult human terrorized the ocean. The fearsome creatures hid under the

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Fake COVID notification apps and websites aim to steal money and personal data
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Fake COVID notification apps and websites aim to steal money and personal data

January 21, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Thousands of fake Canadian government websites, emails and apps that take advantage of the pandemic to try to mine personal data

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Female orcas more likely to stop feeding when close to boats, study finds, raising reproduction concerns
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Female orcas more likely to stop feeding when close to boats, study finds, raising reproduction concerns

January 21, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Researchers in Washington state have found that the impact nearby boats have on endangered southern resident killer whales isn’t

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Biden ready to rejoin Paris Agreement, put the U.S. back on track with climate goals
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Biden ready to rejoin Paris Agreement, put the U.S. back on track with climate goals

January 20, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Incoming U.S. president Joe Biden will announce America’s return to the international Paris Agreement to fight climate change on

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Warm winter weather making it a difficult hunting season in N.W.T.
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Warm winter weather making it a difficult hunting season in N.W.T.

January 20, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Shaun Tobac loves to hunt. Between moose and caribou in the Sahtu region, Tobac takes what he needs for

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B.C. cities consider paws-ibility of regulating cats outdoors
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B.C. cities consider paws-ibility of regulating cats outdoors

January 20, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] In most B.C. cities, cats can balance on bars and walk on wires without any municipal oversight.  But some are

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Food waste + fly larvae = millions of dollars for this facility north of Calgary
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Food waste + fly larvae = millions of dollars for this facility north of Calgary

January 19, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A British Columbia company that feeds food waste to insects to produce pet food has received $6 million from

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After missing migration, Freddy the monarch butterfly settles in for winter with Manitoba family
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After missing migration, Freddy the monarch butterfly settles in for winter with Manitoba family

January 19, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A monarch butterfly that missed Mexico migration has been spending winter in Manitoba with a couple grateful for the company.

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Federal government backs development of mini nuclear reactors with new action plan
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Small modular reactor plan bolsters nuclear industry’s future, but renewables could address energy issues now

January 19, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] This column is an opinion by Eva Schacherl, an advocate for the responsible management of radioactive waste. She has worked for

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Virgin Orbit rocket launches into space from a plane
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Virgin Orbit rocket launches into space from a plane

January 18, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Billionaire Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit reached space for the first time on Sunday with a successful test of its

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Pursuing clean energy will be at the core of Biden's jobs agenda
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Pursuing clean energy will be at the core of Biden’s jobs agenda

January 18, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Solving the climate crisis by boosting investments in new technologies will be at the centre of the Biden administration’s job creation

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Twitter suspends Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene over election fraud claims
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Twitter suspends Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene over election fraud claims

January 18, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Twitter on Sunday temporarily suspended the account of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Republican U.S. congresswoman from Georgia who

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Endangered butterfly found in only one spot in Alberta focus of new protection project
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Endangered butterfly found in only one spot in Alberta focus of new protection project

January 17, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A new partnership between Parks Canada and the Calgary Zoo aims to protect and revitalize the population of a

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Sabre-toothed tiger cub fossils may reveal family secrets
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Sabre-toothed tiger cub fossils may reveal family secrets

January 17, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] An apparent family of sabre-toothed cats with an unusual genetic quirk is providing new hints about how the predators lived

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Archeologist digs into the history behind old N.S. houses, one shoe at a time
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Archeologist digs into the history behind old N.S. houses, one shoe at a time

January 17, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] An archeologist wants to learn more about historic construction in Nova Scotia — and things like old shoes and

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Coast guard throws technology behind protecting southern resident killer whales
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Coast guard throws technology behind protecting southern resident killer whales

January 16, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The Canadian Coast Guard is throwing technology behind an effort to better protect southern resident killer whales and other cetaceans in

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A flying Cadillac, a COVID-19 mask with an amplifier and other tech from CES 2021
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A flying Cadillac, a COVID-19 mask with an amplifier and other tech from CES 2021

January 16, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] CES, the flashy, annual tech show always sure to unveil a few headline-grabbing inventions and tech trends, is usually held

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How carbon capture technology can add to the emissions problem
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How carbon capture technology can add to the emissions problem

January 16, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Hello, Earthlings! This is our weekly newsletter on all things environmental, where we highlight trends and solutions that are moving

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Blue Origin launches capsule to space with 'dummy' Mannequin Skywalker
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Blue Origin launches capsule to space with ‘dummy’ Mannequin Skywalker

January 15, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin company launched a new capsule into space Thursday to test all the astronaut perks before

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Critics denounce 'climate-change denialism' reports commissioned by Alberta inquiry
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Critics denounce ‘climate-change denialism’ reports commissioned by Alberta inquiry

January 15, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A $3.5-million Alberta government public inquiry into alleged foreign-funded anti-energy campaigns has posted commissioned studies that experts say are

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How hot was 2020? It depends who you ask, but it was another one for the record books, agencies say
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How hot was 2020? It depends who you ask, but it was another one for the record books, agencies say

January 15, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Once again, 2020 was a hot one. According to NASA and recent findings from the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, last

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Canadian professor gaining recognition for role in discovering insulin 100 years ago
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Canadian professor gaining recognition for role in discovering insulin 100 years ago

January 14, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] In 1923, scientists Frederick Banting and John Macleod were jointly awarded a Nobel Prize — Canada’s first — for

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Twitter CEO defends Trump ban, acknowledges dangerous precedent
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Twitter CEO defends Trump ban, acknowledges dangerous precedent

January 14, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey defended his company’s ban of U.S. President Donald Trump in a philosophical Twitter thread that

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Cheers! French wine, vines headed home after year in space
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Cheers! French wine, vines headed home after year in space

January 14, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The International Space Station bid adieu Tuesday to 12 bottles of French Bordeaux wine and hundreds of snippets of

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Earth losing roughly 1% to 2% of its insects annually, new studies suggest
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Earth losing roughly 1% to 2% of its insects annually, new studies suggest

January 13, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The world’s vital insect kingdom is undergoing “death by a thousand cuts,” according to the world’s top bug experts.

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Wild manatee found with 'Trump' drawn on its back
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Wild manatee found with ‘Trump’ drawn on its back

January 12, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] State and federal wildlife officials are investigating reports of a manatee found with “Trump” drawn on its back in

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Father-son team allege Tim Hortons took their COVID-safe lid applicator idea
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Father-son team allege Tim Hortons took their COVID-safe lid applicator idea

January 12, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Father-and-son team Yoland and Shaun Talbot thought they’d hit the jackpot with Yoland’s very first invention.   But instead of

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PM commits up to $55 million to reduce land degradation at virtual biodiversity summit
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PM commits up to $55 million to reduce land degradation at virtual biodiversity summit

January 12, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today announced that Canada would commit up to $55 million to a United Nations initiative

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Tech giants put the squeeze on Parler as Trump seeks new online megaphone
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Tech giants put the squeeze on Parler as Trump seeks new online megaphone

January 11, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] President Donald Trump has been kicked off of most mainstream social media platforms following his supporters’ siege on the

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'First record in Canada': Rare bird common in Japan seen in Yukon
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‘First record in Canada’: Rare bird common in Japan seen in Yukon

January 11, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A rare bird was spotted in Yukon last week. Birders flocked to Haines Junction to spot a hawfinch, which

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NAIT project sampling North Saskatchewan River to find microplastics
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NAIT project sampling North Saskatchewan River to find microplastics

January 11, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A research project is analyzing how many microplastics, some invisible to the eye, are accumulating in the North Saskatchewan River. A

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Flexitarianism, buying used and more: Green habits that are on the rise
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Flexitarianism, buying used and more: Green habits that are on the rise

January 10, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Hello, Earthlings! This is our weekly newsletter on all things environmental, where we highlight trends and solutions that are moving

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Bird watchers to survey Ontario's feathered population for 3rd Breeding Bird Atlas
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Bird watchers to survey Ontario’s feathered population for 3rd Breeding Bird Atlas

January 10, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Volunteer bird watchers will be combing the province this year counting birds and looking for signs of nesting activity.

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Indigenous astronomies and 'astro-colonialism' | CBC Radio
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Indigenous astronomies and ‘astro-colonialism’ | CBC Radio

January 10, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Astronomy education in Canada is “very, very centred in the European model,” said Hilding Neilson, who is Mi’kmaw and

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Which smartphone, laptop and tablet brands break down the most? We asked over 3,000 Canadians to find out
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Which smartphone, laptop and tablet brands break down the most? We asked over 3,000 Canadians to find out

January 9, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Of the electronic devices used in Canada, LG smartphones top the list of devices Canadians said have broken the

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COVID-19 infection vs. vaccination: Which is better for immunity?
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COVID-19 infection vs. vaccination: Which is better for immunity?

January 9, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Both a natural COVID-19 infection and a vaccination are expected to protect you from getting sick with COVID in

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Twitter permanently suspends Trump, citing risk of violence
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Twitter permanently suspends Trump, citing risk of violence

January 9, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Twitter has permanently suspended U.S. President Donald Trump’s account, the social media company announced Friday, citing the risk of “incitement

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2020 ties with 2016 as world's hottest year on record
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2020 ties with 2016 as world’s hottest year on record

January 8, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Last year tied with 2016 as the world’s warmest on record, rounding off the hottest decade globally as the

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'At least a thousand' seals amaze residents along Bay of Chaleur
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‘At least a thousand’ seals amaze residents along Bay of Chaleur

January 8, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] When Pauline Carrier looked out the living-room window of her northern New Brunswick home, hundreds of seals were floating

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Ontario students call on teachers to pressure pension fund to divest from fossil fuels
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Ontario students call on teachers to pressure pension fund to divest from fossil fuels

January 8, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] An environmental coalition is appealing to Ontario teachers to pressure their pension fund to divest from companies that develop

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Discovery of two-million-year-old tools shows human adaptability, Calgary scientist says
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Discovery of two-million-year-old tools shows human adaptability, Calgary scientist says

January 7, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] To the uninitiated, they look like chipped rocks. To Julio Mercader of the University of Calgary, they look like

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Twitter, Facebook freeze Trump accounts following U.S. Capitol violence
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Twitter, Facebook freeze Trump accounts following U.S. Capitol violence

January 7, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] In an unprecedented step, Facebook and Twitter suspended U.S. President Donald Trump from posting to their platforms Wednesday following

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Plastic garbage clogging Serbian dam threatens hydroelectric plant
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Plastic garbage clogging Serbian dam threatens hydroelectric plant

January 7, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Almost as far as the eye can see, trash spreads out over Serbia’s Potpecko Lake, lapping against the dam

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Longstanding climate change research project continues in Old Crow, Yukon
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Longstanding climate change research project continues in Old Crow, Yukon

January 6, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Vuntut Gwitchin traditional territory is one of the fastest warming areas in the world. That’s why the Vuntut Gwitchin Government

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Recent deer deaths in Central Okanagan prompt calls for ban on spiked fencing
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Recent deer deaths in Central Okanagan prompt calls for ban on spiked fencing

January 6, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A B.C. conservation officer is highlighting the dangers of some types of metal residential fencing after three recent incidents

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Physicist works toward forecasting rogue waves along Vancouver Island's west coast
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Physicist works toward forecasting rogue waves along Vancouver Island’s west coast

January 6, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Crashing waves are part of the thrill of a trip to the beach, but Johannes Gemmrich says most people are unaware of

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CO2 already emitted will warm Earth beyond climate targets, study finds
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CO2 already emitted will warm Earth beyond climate targets, study finds

January 5, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The amount of baked-in global warming, from carbon pollution already in the air, is enough to blow past international

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The B.C. fish you've likely never heard of that's confounding trawlers and officials
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The B.C. fish you’ve likely never heard of that’s confounding trawlers and officials

January 5, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A species of fish you’ve probably never heard about has made a major comeback from being endangered, but now B.C.

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Pilot project launched to reduce wildlife train deaths shows promise in Banff, park officials say
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Pilot project launched to reduce wildlife train deaths shows promise in Banff, park officials say

January 4, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A pilot project in Banff National Park that is using escape trails and other spaces cut along a rail line to

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Trout River's world-famous blue whale returns to the tiny town — sort of
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Trout River’s world-famous blue whale returns to the tiny town — sort of

January 4, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The blue whale that caused a worldwide stir when it washed up in Trout River, and later moved on to

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Here's what to look forward to in space for 2021
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Here’s what to look forward to in space for 2021

January 1, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Looking back at 2020, it was a pretty good year for not only space exploration, but also some wonderful

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Remains of ice age woolly rhinoceros found in melting Siberian permafrost
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Remains of ice age woolly rhinoceros found in melting Siberian permafrost

December 31, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A well-preserved ice age woolly rhino with many of its internal organs still intact has been recovered from permafrost

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Eastern Caribbean on alert due to rare volcanic activity
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Eastern Caribbean on alert due to rare volcanic activity

December 31, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Volcanoes that have been quiet for decades are rumbling to life in the eastern Caribbean, prompting officials to issue

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Hailstorms, floods and 'snowmageddon' make Environment Canada's top 10 weather stories of 2020
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Hailstorms, floods and ‘snowmageddon’ make Environment Canada’s top 10 weather stories of 2020

December 30, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Environment Canada has released its top 10 weather stories of the year, and no part of Canada was spared.

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7 reported dead after strong earthquake hits central Croatia
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7 reported dead after strong earthquake hits central Croatia

December 30, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A strong earthquake hit central Croatia on Tuesday, destroying buildings and sending panicked people fleeing into rubble-covered streets in

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Chinese capsule returns to Earth with 1st samples of moon rock in decades
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Chinese capsule returns to Earth with 1st samples of moon rock in decades

December 29, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A Chinese lunar capsule returned to Earth with the first fresh samples of rock and debris from the moon

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How daily work is changing on P.E.I. as wind and temperature patterns shift
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How daily work is changing on P.E.I. as wind and temperature patterns shift

December 29, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Look out your window. Is there a tree there that provides a shady spot in your yard in the

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Researchers map DNA from ice-age wolves in bid to trace origin of dogs
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Researchers map DNA from ice-age wolves in bid to trace origin of dogs

December 29, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A dog laid to rest with care some 7,000 years ago, the now-fossilized bones adorned with a necklace of

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Fast-food eatery discovered at Pompeii helps reveal favourite dishes of ancient Roman citizens
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Fast-food eatery discovered at Pompeii helps reveal favourite dishes of ancient Roman citizens

December 28, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A fast-food eatery at Pompeii has been excavated, helping to reveal dishes that were popular for the citizens of

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Prairie farmers using high-end Wagyu genetics to create 'snow beef'
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Prairie farmers using high-end Wagyu genetics to create ‘snow beef’

December 26, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Benbie Holsteins in south-central Saskatchewan milks 150 Holsteins every day, but the dairy farm does not need all of

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'Kind of incredible': Researchers reveal details of mummified ice age wolf pup found in Yukon
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‘Kind of incredible’: Researchers reveal details of mummified ice age wolf pup found in Yukon

December 25, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Scientists who have been studying a rare, perfectly preserved ancient wolf pup found in Yukon are sharing some of their findings for

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Ottawa submits progress report on protecting Wood Buffalo National Park, promises another $59M
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Ottawa submits progress report on protecting Wood Buffalo National Park, promises another $59M

December 24, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The federal government has submitted a report to UNESCO, outlining how much progress it’s made on a 2019 action

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How to make technology greener? Make it easier to repair, advocates say
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How to make technology greener? Make it easier to repair, advocates say

December 24, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] It’s the time of year when those who are lucky may find a shiny, new device under the tree,

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Plastics are — by far — the main source of litter on N.L.'s beaches, audit finds
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Plastics are — by far — the main source of litter on N.L.’s beaches, audit finds

December 24, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Nancy Pearson picks up a bag (or two) of litter each day on Black Bank Beach, as well as

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Slowing down big ships not enough to protect right whales from fatal strikes: study
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Slowing down big ships not enough to protect right whales from fatal strikes: study

December 23, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Current speed restrictions for ships moving through Canadian waters will not prevent North Atlantic right whales from being killed if

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Warmer winters causing more ice-free lakes in Northern Hemisphere, study finds
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Warmer winters causing more ice-free lakes in Northern Hemisphere, study finds

December 23, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Climate change is having a widespread effect on lakes across the Northern Hemisphere, a new study has found. The study,

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Kilauea volcano erupts on Hawaii's Big Island, causing massive steam cloud
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Kilauea volcano erupts on Hawaii’s Big Island, causing massive steam cloud

December 23, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island roared back to life Sunday night as lava went shooting into the air,

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Apple targets car production by 2024 and eyes 'next level' battery technology, sources say
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Apple targets car production by 2024 and eyes ‘next level’ battery technology, sources say

December 22, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Apple Inc. is moving forward with self-driving car technology and is targeting 2024 to produce a passenger vehicle that

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B.C. lacks plans for rising seas and flooding, coastal adaptation researcher says
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B.C. lacks plans for rising seas and flooding, coastal adaptation researcher says

December 22, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Parts of British Columbia could see massive losses if the province doesn’t start planning for flooding as ocean waters

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Fisheries and Oceans Canada worries tuna quota set too high
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Fisheries and Oceans Canada worries tuna quota set too high

December 22, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] ICCAT, the international body that governs tuna fishing, has set the quota for the bluefin tuna catch in the

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Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn, dubbed 'Christmas star,' visible tonight
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Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn, dubbed ‘Christmas star,’ visible tonight

December 21, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A rare celestial event is making an already unique holiday season even more unusual as what’s been dubbed the “Christmas

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Texas, 9 other states sue Google for abusing market power
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Texas, 9 other states sue Google for abusing market power

December 21, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Texas, backed by nine other states, filed a lawsuit against Alphabet Inc.-owned Google on Wednesday, accusing it of breaking

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Discovery Islands salmon farms to be phased out of existence over next 18 months
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Discovery Islands salmon farms to be phased out of existence over next 18 months

December 20, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The controversial open-net salmon farms in the Discovery Islands near Campbell River, B.C., will be phased out over the

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Genetically engineered trees could help fight climate change — here's how
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Genetically engineered trees could help fight climate change — here’s how

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[ad_1] Armand Séguin planted his first genetically modified tree — a poplar — more than 20 years ago at a research station

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Researchers seek cause of massive B.C. rockslide that carved a new canyon
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Researchers seek cause of massive B.C. rockslide that carved a new canyon

December 20, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A research team is flying up to the source of a massive landslide that ripped through a valley on

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'2 lost decades': How some experts view last 20 years of Canadian climate policy
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‘2 lost decades’: How some experts view last 20 years of Canadian climate policy

December 19, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Hello, Earthlings! This is our weekly newsletter on all things environmental, where we highlight trends and solutions that are moving

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COVID-19 in 2020 showed science and society in action
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COVID-19 in 2020 showed science and society in action

December 19, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Often at this time of year, we might have a list of the top science stories of the year,

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Federal government backs development of mini nuclear reactors with new action plan
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Federal government backs development of mini nuclear reactors with new action plan

December 19, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Nuclear power is essential to meeting Canada’s climate-change goals, and developing portable mini nuclear reactors is a key part

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Federal health minister asked to review Alberta's use of strychnine as wolf control
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Federal health minister asked to review Alberta’s use of strychnine as wolf control

December 18, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Animal advocates have asked the federal health minister to review a decision that allows Alberta to keep using strychnine

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40 women in California launch lawsuit against Montreal-based parent company of Pornhub
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40 women in California launch lawsuit against Montreal-based parent company of Pornhub

December 18, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A Montreal-based company that runs a popular porn website is being sued by 40 women in California who claim

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Suspected Russian hacking spree extends beyond original target, U.S. officials admit
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Suspected Russian hacking spree extends beyond original target, U.S. officials admit

December 18, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The massive hacking campaign disclosed by U.S. officials this week and tentatively attributed to the Russian government extended beyond

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5.7B sunflower sea stars have died in past decade, bringing species to brink of extinction
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5.7B sunflower sea stars have died in past decade, bringing species to brink of extinction

December 17, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] New research shows that more than 90 per cent of sunflower sea stars off the West Coast have died over

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CSIS warns of threats to vaccine distribution chain
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CSIS warns of threats to vaccine distribution chain

December 17, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The country’s spy agency is warning companies in the vaccine supply chain that malicious foreign actors could threaten the largest inoculation

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Twitter to remove 'most harmful' misinformation about COVID-19 vaccinations
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Twitter to remove ‘most harmful’ misinformation about COVID-19 vaccinations

December 17, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Twitter Inc. said on Wednesday that users will be required to remove new tweets that advance harmful false or

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There could be lots of water on the moon, new studies suggest
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Canada will send astronaut around the moon in deal with U.S.

December 16, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The federal government says it has signed an agreement with the United States to send a Canadian astronaut around

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'Zero-emissions' building sites ditch diesel machinery in Oslo, Norway
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‘Zero-emissions’ building sites ditch diesel machinery in Oslo, Norway

December 16, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A nearly “zero-emissions” building site in Oslo, using electric machinery, could be a pioneer for greener construction as the

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Jupiter and Saturn join in the night sky in 'great conjunction.' Here's how you can see it
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Jupiter and Saturn join in the night sky in ‘great conjunction.’ Here’s how you can see it

December 16, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] If you have a keen eye, you may have noticed two fairly bright objects resembling stars low in the western

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Consumers won't need receipts to benefit from one of Canada's largest class-action settlements
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Consumers won’t need receipts to benefit from one of Canada’s largest class-action settlements

December 15, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] One of the largest class-action settlements in Canada could be worth money in your pocket. And depending on the

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Asteroid samples collected by Japanese spacecraft leave scientist 'almost speechless' with joy
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Asteroid samples collected by Japanese spacecraft leave scientist ‘almost speechless’ with joy

December 15, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Officials from Japan’s space agency said Tuesday they have found more than the anticipated amount of soil and gases

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Researchers aim to use artificial intelligence to save endangered whales in B.C.
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Researchers aim to use artificial intelligence to save endangered whales in B.C.

December 15, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Researchers are aiming to “teach” a computer to recognize the sounds of resident killer whales in order to develop a

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Gaps in safeguards led to massive Desjardins security breach: privacy commissioners
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Gaps in safeguards led to massive Desjardins security breach: privacy commissioners

December 14, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The mass data breach at Desjardins — the largest ever in the Canadian financial services sector — was caused by a series

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YouTube, Gmail, Google Drive services face outage
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YouTube, Gmail, Google Drive services face outage

December 14, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Many services from Alphabet Inc., including YouTube, Gmail and Google Drive, were down for thousands of users across the

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MasterCard, Visa end card use on Pornhub amid controversy

December 14, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Credit card companies MasterCard and Visa say they will no longer allow the cards to be used on Pornhub,

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Pandemic leads to biggest drop ever in global emissions, but trend not expected to last
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Pandemic leads to biggest drop ever in global emissions, but trend not expected to last

December 13, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A locked-down pandemic-struck world cut its carbon dioxide emissions this year by seven per cent, the biggest drop ever,

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The Geminid meteor shower could be the best in years. Here's when and how to catch it
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The Geminid meteor shower could be the best in years. Here’s when and how to catch it

December 13, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The nights may be frigid as temperatures dip to well below zero across most of the country, but there’s

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An encounter with the real stuff
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An encounter with the real stuff

December 13, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] In 1985, Chuck Yeager — famous as the pilot who broke the sound barrier — was visiting Canada on a book

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Crucial ocean research disrupted by pandemic has both immediate and long-term impact
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Crucial ocean research disrupted by pandemic has both immediate and long-term impact

December 12, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] There is a saying, among some scientists: “If you like your seven-day forecast, thank an oceanographer.” That’s because, in

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Canada finally has a plan to meet its climate target — and maybe now there can be a real debate
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Canada finally has a plan to meet its climate target — and maybe now there can be a real debate

December 12, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is not an objective analyst of federal climate policy. But his analysis of the Liberal

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Do you have the COVID Alert app on your iPhone? It might not be working
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Do you have the COVID Alert app on your iPhone? It might not be working

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[ad_1] A bug affecting Canada’s COVID Alert app has not been entirely fixed as federal officials first announced, leaving an

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CSIS use of geolocation data could be unlawful, says watchdog
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CSIS use of geolocation data could be unlawful, says watchdog

December 12, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The Canadian Security and Intelligence Service’s use of publicly available geolocation data without a warrant may have broken the

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Tipping point? Experts say the Paris agreement changed the climate on climate
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Tipping point? Experts say the Paris agreement changed the climate on climate

December 11, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Five years after it was passed, the Paris agreement may finally be changing the climate on climate change. “I’ve

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New report finds vast Siberian wildfires linked to Arctic warming
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New report finds vast Siberian wildfires linked to Arctic warming

December 11, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] This year’s vast wildfires in far northeastern Russia were linked to broader changes in a warming Arctic, according to

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U.S. government, states launch antitrust lawsuits against Facebook
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U.S. government, states launch antitrust lawsuits against Facebook

December 10, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] U.S. regulators asked Wednesday for Facebook to be ordered to divest from its Instagram and WhatsApp messaging services as the

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New whale species discovered off Mexico
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New whale species discovered off Mexico

December 10, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Researchers believe they have found a previously unknown species of beaked whale in waters off Mexico’s western coast. If

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Pornhub to stop unverified users from uploading to its site

December 9, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Pornhub said Tuesday it was halting unverified users from uploading video material after a report alleged that the pornographic website

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Major U.S. cybersecurity firm says it was hacked, likely by a foreign government
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Major U.S. cybersecurity firm says it was hacked, likely by a foreign government

December 9, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Prominent U.S. cybersecurity firm FireEye said Tuesday that foreign government hackers with “world-class capabilities” broke into its network and

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New federal climate bill unlikely to solve Canada's greenhouse gas reduction problem - here's why
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New federal climate bill unlikely to solve Canada’s greenhouse gas reduction problem – here’s why

December 9, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] This column is an opinion by Kyle Hiebert, a research analyst in Winnipeg and former deputy editor of the Africa Conflict

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Facebook enforcing new rules to prevent discrimination in advertising
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Facebook enforcing new rules to prevent discrimination in advertising

December 9, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Facebook has started enforcing new rules for advertisers in Canada meant to prohibit discrimination in ads for jobs, housing and credit

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Why brain scans are falling out of favour for some scientists
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Why brain scans are falling out of favour for some scientists

December 8, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Brain scans offer a tantalizing glimpse into the mind’s mysteries, promising an almost X-ray-like vision into how we feel

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Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Nestlé named top plastic polluters in global audit of plastic waste
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Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Nestlé named top plastic polluters in global audit of plastic waste

December 8, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo and Nestlé continue to be the world’s biggest plastic polluters, according to data compiled by the global environmental

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Pilot Chuck Yeager, 1st to break sound barrier, dead at 97
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Pilot Chuck Yeager, 1st to break sound barrier, dead at 97

December 8, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Retired air force Brig.-Gen. Charles (Chuck) Yeager, the Second World War fighter pilot ace and quintessential test pilot who showed

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Elon Musk's Starlink offers fast internet connections to rural Canadians. But it's not cheap
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Elon Musk’s Starlink offers fast internet connections to rural Canadians. But it’s not cheap

December 8, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] When Vernon Kejick got a first taste of Starlink satellite internet on the Pikangikum First Nation, his initial review

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Alberta student 1st Canadian to win $500K Cdn international science competition
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Alberta student 1st Canadian to win $500K Cdn international science competition

December 7, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A Fort McMurray, Alta., student is the first Canadian to win the $500,000 Cdn international Breakthrough Junior Challenge, a prize that

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COVID-19 outbreak declared at mink farm in B.C.'s Fraser Valley
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COVID-19 outbreak declared at mink farm in B.C.’s Fraser Valley

December 7, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Officials have declared an outbreak of COVID-19 at a mink farm in B.C.’s Fraser Valley, east of Vancouver, after

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'Treasure box' with 1st underground samples from an asteroid lands on Earth
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‘Treasure box’ with 1st underground samples from an asteroid lands on Earth

December 7, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A small capsule from Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft successfully landed in a sparsely populated desert in the Australian Outback on

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Australia's bushfires killed or harmed more than 60,000 koalas, WWF says
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Australia’s bushfires killed or harmed more than 60,000 koalas, WWF says

December 7, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] More than 60,000 koalas were killed, injured or displaced in Australian bushfires last summer, the World Wide Fund for

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New Zealand pledges carbon-neutral government by 2025, declares climate emergency
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New Zealand pledges carbon-neutral government by 2025, declares climate emergency

December 6, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] New Zealand promised its public sector would become carbon neutral by 2025 as it declared a climate emergency on

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New 3D map of the Milky Way continues a quest that began in Canada
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New 3D map of the Milky Way continues a quest that began in Canada

December 6, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The European Space Agency released the latest data from its Gaia spacecraft this week showing the positions of 1.8

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Ontario's carbon emissions went up during Doug Ford's first year as premier
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Ontario’s carbon emissions went up during Doug Ford’s first year as premier

December 5, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Ontario’s annual greenhouse gas emissions rose for the first time in nearly a decade during the first year the Ford

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Satellite trackers help map journey of plastic waste to the ocean
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Satellite trackers help map journey of plastic waste to the ocean

December 5, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

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Massive telescope collapse caught on remote camera and drone in Puerto Rico
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Massive telescope collapse caught on remote camera and drone in Puerto Rico

December 5, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The National Science Foundation (NSF) has released new footage of the collapse of the Arecibo telescope platform in Puerto Rico.

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Government quietly made 'back door' agreement with U.S. that could undermine treaty on plastic waste
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Government quietly made ‘back door’ agreement with U.S. that could undermine treaty on plastic waste

December 5, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Environmental groups are accusing the Trudeau government of acting in bad faith after it quietly signed a bilateral agreement

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Pluto probe finds mysterious night light in the universe
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Pluto probe finds mysterious night light in the universe

December 5, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] How dark is space? Astronomers attempting to answer the question found a surprising answer: not as dark as they thought

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Building electric cars in Canada is key to reaching climate goals, recharging auto industry
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Building electric cars in Canada is key to reaching climate goals, recharging auto industry

December 4, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] This column is an opinion by Merran Smith and Sarah Petrevan. Smith is the executive director and Petrevan the policy director of Clean Energy

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Clearwater casting aside eco-certification for offshore lobster fishery
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Clearwater casting aside eco-certification for offshore lobster fishery

December 4, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Clearwater Seafoods is dropping Marine Stewardship Council certification for its Canadian offshore lobster fishery, calling it “a voluntary decision

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N.W.T. temperatures soar above zero, breaking a record and causing some problems
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N.W.T. temperatures soar above zero, breaking a record and causing some problems

December 4, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Unseasonably warm temperatures so far this month are causing Northwest Territories residents some problems. In Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T., Chuck Gruben’s

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Hydrogen's future as energy source remains murky despite home heating projects in Alberta and Ontario
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Hydrogen’s future as energy source remains murky despite home heating projects in Alberta and Ontario

December 4, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] It seems like a no-brainer to use clean-burning hydrogen to offset the environmental negatives of natural gas for warming

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Chinese spacecraft has fresh moon rock samples to return to Earth
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Chinese spacecraft has fresh moon rock samples to return to Earth

December 3, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] China said Thursday its latest lunar probe has finished taking samples of the moon’s surface and sealed them within

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Ship strikes 'significant' cause of death for southern resident killer whales, UBC study finds
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Ship strikes ‘significant’ cause of death for southern resident killer whales, UBC study finds

December 3, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Necropsies of over 50 killer whales over the last decade show more of the mammals are dying as a

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First Nation appeals to province to help cover $6.3M shortfall on $100M geothermal project
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First Nation appeals to province to help cover $6.3M shortfall on $100M geothermal project

December 3, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The Fort Nelson First Nation in northeastern B.C. is calling on the provincial government for help with a $6.3-million shortfall

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Cyberattacks target COVID-19 vaccine distribution effort
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Cyberattacks target COVID-19 vaccine distribution effort

December 3, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] IBM is sounding the alarm over hackers targeting companies critical to the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, a sign that

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Canada recommits to protecting oceans, sustainable marine management
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Canada recommits to protecting oceans, sustainable marine management

December 2, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Canada is joining 13 other countries in a non-binding pledge to sustainably manage 100 per cent of its oceans by 2025, continuing

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Lab-grown meat approved for sale for 1st time
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Lab-grown meat approved for sale for 1st time

December 2, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Singapore has given U.S. start-up Eat Just the green light to sell its lab-grown chicken meat, in what the

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New digital services tax will raise the price for things like Netflix, Amazon and Spotify
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New digital services tax will raise the price for things like Netflix, Amazon and Spotify

December 2, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The cost of digital services and goods sold by foreign companies like Netflix will go up under a taxation

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Fossil fuel production far exceeds climate targets, UN says
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Fossil fuel production far exceeds climate targets, UN says

December 2, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The world’s governments plan to produce more than double the amount of coal, oil and gas in 2030 than would

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Cutting edge radar system for new frigates never used on warships, must be adapted
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Cutting edge radar system for new frigates never used on warships, must be adapted

December 1, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The Canadian navy’s new frigates will get a cutting-edge radar system that has never before been installed on a

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China successfully lands spacecraft on moon, prepares to collect lunar rocks
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China successfully lands spacecraft on moon, prepares to collect lunar rocks

December 1, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] China successfully landed a spacecraft on the moon’s surface on Tuesday in a historic mission to retrieve lunar surface

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What cities can learn from the biggest electric bus fleet in North America (Yes, it's Canadian)
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What cities can learn from the biggest electric bus fleet in North America (Yes, it’s Canadian)

December 1, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The largest electric bus fleet in North America is Canadian. Toronto’s transit system is now running 59 electric buses

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Famous Arecibo telescope was the first to send a signal to alien civilizations
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Massive Puerto Rico radio telescope collapses

December 1, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A huge, already damaged radio telescope in Puerto Rico that has played a key role in astronomical discoveries for

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What transporting ice cream across Canada tells us about vaccine logistics
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What transporting ice cream across Canada tells us about vaccine logistics

November 30, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The multiple announcements of potential vaccine candidates in the fight against COVID-19 has been greeted positively around the world,

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Canadian researchers turn to wastewater tests at long-term care homes to detect COVID hot spots
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Canadian researchers turn to wastewater tests at long-term care homes to detect COVID hot spots

November 30, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Several Canadian universities are preparing to test wastewater from long-term care homes in Ottawa, Toronto and Edmonton to get

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COVID-19 has sucked the oxygen out of the room on the climate economy
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COVID-19 has sucked the oxygen out of the room on the climate economy

November 30, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The Niagara Falls of news releases into any journalist’s in-box attest that there is always plenty of contention for the

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'I don't think I owe that:' Amherstburg senior who is visually impaired shocked by $13K cell phone bill
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Virgin Mobile shaves more than $12K off Ontario senior’s hefty cell bill

November 30, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] An 80-year-old man who is visually impaired and received a $13,000 bill from Virgin Mobile is no longer on the

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AstraZeneca manufacturing error raises questions about vaccine study results
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AstraZeneca manufacturing error raises questions about vaccine study results

November 29, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] AstraZeneca and Oxford University on Wednesday acknowledged a manufacturing error that is raising questions about preliminary results of their

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The world's major climate zones — polar, temperate and tropical — are transforming as we watch
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The world’s major climate zones — polar, temperate and tropical — are transforming as we watch

November 29, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Beyond the receding glaciers and disappearing coastlines, several recent studies have taken a big picture view of how climate

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Scientists urge federal government to ramp up conservation efforts in eastern Arctic
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Scientists urge federal government to ramp up conservation efforts in eastern Arctic

November 28, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A team of Canadian scientists is urging the federal government to step up its conservation efforts in the eastern

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Canada joins U.S.-led Artemis Accords to send human explorers back to moon and beyond
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Chinese sample return mission to the moon harkens back to 1960s lunar race

November 28, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A Chinese robotic probe called Chang’e 5 is on its way to the moon where it will land, scoop

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Parcel delivery companies are trading trucks for bikes in some Canadian cities. Here's why
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Parcel delivery companies are trading trucks for bikes in some Canadian cities. Here’s why

November 28, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The Black Friday, Cyber Monday, pre-Christmas pandemic online shopping frenzy calls for huge fleets of trucks and vans to

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Tony Hsieh, retired CEO of online shoe retailer Zappos, dead at 46
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Tony Hsieh, retired CEO of online shoe retailer Zappos, dead at 46

November 28, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Tony Hsieh, the retired CEO of Las Vegas-based online shoe retailer Zappos.com who spent years working to transform the

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Is it possible to make a sustainable smartphone?
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Is it possible to make a sustainable smartphone?

November 27, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Hello, Earthlings! This is our weekly newsletter on all things environmental, where we highlight trends and solutions that are moving

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Life on Venus? Recent finding hinting at life in the clouds questioned
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Life on Venus? Recent finding hinting at life in the clouds questioned

November 27, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] In September, scientists announced they had found a chemical signature in the clouds of Venus that they said could

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Elon Musk's satellites now streaming to some rural N.B. homes
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Elon Musk’s satellites now streaming to some rural N.B. homes

November 27, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Billionaire Elon Musk’s satellite internet service is now streaming to some homes in New Brunswick. Starlink has enlisted some

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Nature Trust warns of contamination in amphibian preserve
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Nature Trust warns of contamination in amphibian preserve

November 27, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The Nature Trust of New Brunswick is warning that an amphibian reserve in Fredericton has high levels of heavy

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Feds to keep more bureaucrats at home, overhaul property portfolio to get to 'net zero' emissions
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Feds to keep more bureaucrats at home, overhaul property portfolio to get to ‘net zero’ emissions

November 26, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Treasury Board President Jean-Yves Duclos will today release the federal government’s plan to drive down greenhouse gas emissions within the

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T. Rex got huge via major teenage growth spurt: study
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T. Rex got huge via major teenage growth spurt: study

November 26, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Large meat-eating dinosaurs attained their great size through very different growth strategies, with some taking a slow and steady

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Rocky the Christmas tree stowaway owl returns to the wild
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Rocky the Christmas tree stowaway owl returns to the wild

November 26, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Rocky the stowaway owl is back in the wild. The tiny Saw-whet owl was named Rockefeller after it was

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Fishing gear confirmed as major cause of right whale deaths
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Fishing gear confirmed as major cause of right whale deaths

November 26, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A major study looking into the deaths of North Atlantic right whales has found that entanglement in fishing gear

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Late-year detections of endangered right whales close multiple N.S. fisheries
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Late-year detections of endangered right whales close multiple N.S. fisheries

November 25, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] For the second time this month, Canada has ordered a temporary fishery closure in the Roseway Basin off southern

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Get ready, Canada: Another test of emergency public alert system is coming to a screen or device near you
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Get ready, Canada: Another test of emergency public alert system is coming to a screen or device near you

November 25, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Canadians across the country, except for those living in Nunavut, can expect to have their Wednesday interrupted by an

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Young people taking climate change lawsuit to Federal Court of Appeal
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Young people taking climate change lawsuit to Federal Court of Appeal

November 25, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A group of 15 young people will try again to have the courts force Ottawa to develop a climate

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Manitoba has spent less than 9% of federal cash to cut greenhouse gas emissions
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Manitoba has spent less than 9% of federal cash to cut greenhouse gas emissions

November 25, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The Manitoba government has spent less than nine per cent of the $67 million in climate change funding promised by the

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International ban on heavy fuel in Arctic shipping full of gaps: environmentalists
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International ban on heavy fuel in Arctic shipping full of gaps: environmentalists

November 24, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Environmental groups say a new ban on a highly polluting shipping fuel in Arctic waters is full of gaps

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China blasts off on mission to collect moon rocks
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China blasts off on mission to collect moon rocks

November 24, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] China launched an ambitious mission on Tuesday to bring back rocks and debris from the moon’s surface for the

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Fossil fuels to decline but remain big player in Canada's energy use by 2050: report
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Fossil fuels to decline but remain big player in Canada’s energy use by 2050: report

November 24, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The Canada Energy Regulator says reaching net-zero emissions over the next 30 years will to require a much more

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Alberta researcher wins award for salt-coated mask innovation
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Alberta researcher wins award for salt-coated mask innovation

November 24, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Salt that crystallizes with sharp edges is the killer ingredient in the development of a reusable mask because any

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Cruel to be kind: New citizen patrols will scare Edmonton coyotes with sticks and tennis balls
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Cruel to be kind: New citizen patrols will scare Edmonton coyotes with sticks and tennis balls

November 23, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Volunteers armed with tennis balls, sticks and cans filled with coins will be a new kind of soldier in

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Vancouver's climate plan 'first 10 steps in a journey of 10,000,' says expert
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Vancouver’s climate plan ‘first 10 steps in a journey of 10,000,’ says expert

November 23, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Motorists would have to pay a fee to drive into Vancouver’s downtown core under a plan to slow climate

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Senator aims to curb 'violent' porn, pitches mandatory age verification for online sites
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Senator aims to curb ‘violent’ porn, pitches mandatory age verification for online sites

November 23, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Independent Quebec Sen. Julie Miville-Dechêne is calling for a crackdown on the consumption of online pornography by young people

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COVID-19 lockdowns have little impact on rising greenhouse gas trend, UN agency warns
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COVID-19 lockdowns have little impact on rising greenhouse gas trend, UN agency warns

November 23, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Greenhouse gas concentrations climbed to a new record in 2019 and rose again this year despite an expected drop

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Why Trump's Operation Warp Speed is credited with helping race for COVID-19 vaccine
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Why Trump’s Operation Warp Speed is credited with helping race for COVID-19 vaccine

November 22, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Operation Warp Speed, a Trump administration initiative to manufacture COVID-19 vaccines as fast as possible, should be lauded as a

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Indigenous-owned solar farm opens in remote northern Alberta community
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Indigenous-owned solar farm opens in remote northern Alberta community

November 22, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] An Indigenous-owned solar farm in remote northeast Alberta, branded the largest project of its kind in Canada, celebrated its

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Trudeau urges vigilance on public health measures to contain deadly spike in COVID-19 cases
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Trudeau unveils new net-zero emissions plan to meet climate change targets

November 22, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Environment and Climate Change Minister Jonathan Wilkinson tabled new legislation today that would force current and future federal governments to set

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Canadian technological ingenuity and astronaut talent has been our ticket to space
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Canadian technological ingenuity and astronaut talent has been our ticket to space

November 22, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] This week saw one giant leap for commercial space exploration, as SpaceX’s Dragon capsule arrived at the International Space

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Antitrust probes too slow to curb tech giants, say EU auditors
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Antitrust probes too slow to curb tech giants, say EU auditors

November 21, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The EU’s efforts to rein in the power of big tech companies such as Google and Facebook through antitrust

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New satellite that will monitor Earth's changing oceans ready to launch
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New satellite that will monitor Earth’s changing oceans ready to launch

November 21, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A satellite jointly developed by Europe and the United States being launched this weekend will greatly help scientists keep

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Famous Arecibo telescope was the first to send a signal to alien civilizations
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Famous Arecibo telescope was the first to send a signal to alien civilizations

November 21, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] After almost six decades of cutting-edge research — and having survived hurricanes and earthquakes — the world’s most famous radio telescope

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Microbes may be our miners on asteroids, moons and other planets
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Microbes may be our miners on asteroids, moons and other planets

November 21, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Microbes could be put to use in future human space settlements extracting metals and rare elements from rocks, according to a

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Sweden finds coronavirus in mink industry workers
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Sweden finds coronavirus in mink industry workers

November 20, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Sweden’s health agency said on Thursday a number of people who work in the mink industry had tested positive

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UW engineering students create smartphone camera zoom lens that keeps picture quality
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UW engineering students create smartphone camera zoom lens that keeps picture quality

November 20, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A team of engineering students from University of Waterloo has invented a new type of smartphone camera lens called

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Huge and famous Arecibo telescope set to be demolished
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Huge and famous Arecibo telescope set to be demolished

November 20, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The National Science Foundation in the U.S. announced Thursday that it will close the huge telescope at the renowned

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Oil and gas know-how looks to alternatives in a business-led push to address climate change
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Oil and gas know-how looks to alternatives in a business-led push to address climate change

November 20, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The federal government’s climate plan, announced Thursday, is facing criticism for not moving fast enough. Meanwhile, the political rhetoric from

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The tick collectors: Volunteers dragging for bugs most of us try to avoid
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The tick collectors: Volunteers dragging for bugs most of us try to avoid

November 18, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Most of us take pains to avoid picking up ticks when we’re outdoors. But one group in the Miramichi region

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Ford government risks missing climate change targets, Ontario auditor general says
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Ford government risks missing climate change targets, Ontario auditor general says

November 18, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Ontario’s auditor general says the province is not on track to meet its greenhouse gas emissions targets because the

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World's last known white giraffe gets GPS tracking device
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World’s last known white giraffe gets GPS tracking device

November 18, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The only known white giraffe in the world has been fitted with a GPS tracking device to help protect

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Caribou herds close to home a pretty sight, but conservation measures still needed
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Caribou herds close to home a pretty sight, but conservation measures still needed

November 18, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Spectacular photos and videos of large and healthy looking caribou herds have been lighting up social media in northern

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Why federal government should reject human challenge trials for COVID-19 vaccine
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Why federal government should reject human challenge trials for COVID-19 vaccine

November 17, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] This column is an opinion by Françoise Baylis and Landon J. Getz. Baylis is University Research Professor at Dalhousie University in Halifax,

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How Quebec's climate change plan protects suburbanites from tough choices
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How Quebec’s climate change plan protects suburbanites from tough choices

November 17, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The Quebec government’s vision of a greener future will look very familiar to us residents of the present.  In

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Hacking attacks on government growing more sophisticated, intelligence agency warns
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Hacking attacks on government growing more sophisticated, intelligence agency warns

November 17, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Hacking attacks launched by online criminals against the Canadian government are growing increasingly sophisticated, warns the head of Canada’s cyber security agency.

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Is small-scale nuclear energy an option for the N.W.T.?
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Is small-scale nuclear energy an option for the N.W.T.?

November 17, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] For many off-grid communities in the Northwest Territories, diesel is the lifeline that heats homes and powers businesses. Major

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Jane Goodall backs Sen. Murray Sinclair's bill to ban ape, elephant captivity in Canada
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Jane Goodall backs Sen. Murray Sinclair’s bill to ban ape, elephant captivity in Canada

November 17, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] World-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall is joining forces with Manitoba Sen. Murray Sinclair to press Canada to adopt a more ambitious

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Companies could face hefty fines under new Canadian privacy law
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Companies could face hefty fines under new Canadian privacy law

November 17, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The federal government is threatening to impose fines that could run to millions of dollars on private companies that violate Canadians’ privacy. Innovation Minister

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SpaceX launches 4 astronauts to International Space Station
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SpaceX launches 4 astronauts to International Space Station

November 16, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] SpaceX launched four astronauts to the International Space Station on Sunday, the first full-fledged taxi flight for NASA by

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Package didn't arrive? Don't get caught between retailers and shipping companies
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Package didn’t arrive? Don’t get caught between retailers and shipping companies

November 16, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A Calgary online shopper is told his almost $2,000 drum set was lost in shipping and he’ll have to eat

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Shell gives customers option to offset their carbon emissions for two cents per litre
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The environmental policy the oilpatch wants from Ottawa ASAP

November 16, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Shell Canada will plant more than 800,000 trees in the interior of British Columbia next year, a project that the company hopes

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Quebec set to announce green plan, including ban on gas-powered cars by 2035
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Quebec set to announce green plan, including ban on gas-powered cars by 2035

November 16, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Premier François Legault is set to outline his government’s long-awaited plan to tackle climate change this morning, after one of the

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Hurricanes could reach farther inland due to climate change, study suggests
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Hurricanes could reach farther inland due to climate change, study suggests

November 15, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Hurricanes that make landfall are maintaining their strength longer because of climate change, a new study suggests, meaning such

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Pandemic may be boosting Canadian trust in scientists, survey finds
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Pandemic may be boosting Canadian trust in scientists, survey finds

November 15, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic may have boosted failing public trust in science and scientists, a new survey

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Wallabies from Australia have gained a foothold in the U.K. and may be there for good
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Wallabies from Australia have gained a foothold in the U.K. and may be there for good

November 15, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Much ink has been spilled about the problem of invasive species from rabbits to cane toads in Australia, but a

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B.C.'s open-net salmon farms on the way out, but replacement systems may differ by region
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B.C.’s open-net salmon farms on the way out, but replacement systems may differ by region

November 14, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The federal government’s plan to phase out open-net salmon farms on the B.C. coast could result in different rules for

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Dutch students build electric car entirely from recycled materials
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Dutch students build electric car entirely from recycled materials

November 14, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Dutch students have created a fully functioning electric car made entirely out of waste, including plastics fished out of

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Would hyperloop transportation technology work in Canada?
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Would hyperloop transportation technology work in Canada?

November 14, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Achieving airline speeds in transportation at ground level is closer to reality with the first passenger test of the

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SpaceX to launch first official crewed mission to space station
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SpaceX to launch first official crewed mission to space station

November 14, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Elon Musk’s SpaceX is poised to send a crew of four astronauts to the International Space Station on Saturday

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Tracking the effects of climate change on Arctic animals is no easy task
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Tracking the effects of climate change on Arctic animals is no easy task

November 13, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Hello, Earthlings! This is our weekly newsletter on all things environmental, where we highlight trends and solutions that are moving

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Marketplace tested over 20 different masks. Here's what will best protect you and others during the pandemic
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Marketplace tested over 20 different masks. Here’s what will best protect you and others during the pandemic

November 13, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Wearing a mask is critical to reducing the spread of COVID-19, but rigorous tests conducted on behalf of CBC’s Marketplace

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N.W.T. wolf cull to protect caribou cost $630,000
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N.W.T. wolf cull to protect caribou cost $630,000

November 13, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The N.W.T. government spent more than a quarter of a million dollars to shoot 36 wolves from a helicopter in

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U.S. Commerce Department says it won't enforce ban for now, as TikTok sale deadline passes
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U.S. Commerce Department says it won’t enforce ban for now, as TikTok sale deadline passes

November 13, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The U.S. Department of Commerce has backed down from its previous order for Chinese-owned video-sharing platform TikTok to sell

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Destroyed 'murder hornet' nest near U.S.-B.C. border contained nearly 200 queens, scientists say
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Destroyed ‘murder hornet’ nest near U.S.-B.C. border contained nearly 200 queens, scientists say

November 12, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] When scientists in Washington state destroyed the first nest of so-called murder hornets found in the U.S., close to the

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Study finds climate-changing methane emissions from oilpatch twice as high as thought
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Study finds climate-changing methane emissions from oilpatch twice as high as thought

November 12, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Emissions of a potent greenhouse gas from Canada’s oilpatch are nearly twice as high as previously thought, says newly

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'I don't think I owe that:' Amherstburg senior who is visually impaired shocked by $13K cell phone bill
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‘I don’t think I owe that:’ Amherstburg senior who is visually impaired shocked by $13K cell phone bill

November 12, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Virgin Mobile says it will be substantially reducing the outstanding balance for an 80-year-old man from Amherstburg who is

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Shell gives customers option to offset their carbon emissions for two cents per litre
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Shell gives customers option to offset their carbon emissions for two cents per litre

November 12, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Shell Canada is letting carbon-conscious customers get their two cents in for the environment while filling up at one

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Biden promises science-based approach on COVID-19, announces virus advisory board
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Biden promises science-based approach on COVID-19, announces virus advisory board

November 11, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] U.S. president-elect Joe Biden on Monday said a coronavirus vaccine approval process must be guided by science so the

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Engineer who designs gels to mimic human tissues wins Canada's top science prize
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Engineer who designs gels to mimic human tissues wins Canada’s top science prize

November 11, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A Toronto chemical engineering professor has won the $1 million Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal, the country’s top science

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The Biden presidency could change the terms of the climate debate in Canada
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The Biden presidency could change the terms of the climate debate in Canada

November 11, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The significance of this year’s presidential election for U.S. climate policy came down to a basic difference between the two

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B.C. ecologist uses facial recognition software to track grizzly bears
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B.C. ecologist uses facial recognition software to track grizzly bears

November 11, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Melanie Clapham has spent the last three years snapping images of grizzly bears at Knight Inlet, on the B.C.

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University of Manitoba lab gets funding boost to take extremely close look at COVID-19
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University of Manitoba lab gets funding boost to take extremely close look at COVID-19

November 9, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A funding boost for a team of University of Manitoba researchers will cover the costs of sophisticated microscope camera technology

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Meet the 97-year-old Second World War veteran who's helping a new video game take off
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Meet the 97-year-old Second World War veteran who’s helping a new video game take off

November 9, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Walking into Hamilton’s Canadian Heritage Warplane Heritage Museum, Bob Middleton, 97, still has a spring in his step and

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Trudeau promises to connect 98% of Canadians to high-speed internet in the next few years

November 9, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The Liberal government is promising to spend more than a billion dollars to connect most Canadians to high-speed internet

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Virgin Hyperloop hosts first human ride on new transport system
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Virgin Hyperloop hosts first human ride on new transport system

November 9, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Richard Branson’s Virgin Hyperloop has completed the world’s first passenger ride on a super high-speed levitating pod system, the

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B.C. beekeepers and residents asked to keep lookout after discovery of another Asian giant hornet
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B.C. beekeepers and residents asked to keep lookout after discovery of another Asian giant hornet

November 8, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A single “murder hornet” was found in Abbotsford, B.C., on Monday and residents and beekeepers are advised to keep

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Alberta hunter shoots video of 'awesome' grizzly encounter
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Alberta hunter shoots video of ‘awesome’ grizzly encounter

November 8, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Justin Giesbrecht was jumping out of his truck to follow some deer into the bush when he saw a

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Cayman Islands, Cuba in path of Eta after hurricane kills at least 50 in Central America
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Cayman Islands, Cuba in path of Eta after hurricane kills at least 50 in Central America

November 8, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The remnants of Hurricane Eta unleashed torrential rains and catastrophic flooding on Central America, killing at least 50 people and turning

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Why some environmentalists are pushing for an end to plastic tampon applicators
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Why some environmentalists are pushing for an end to plastic tampon applicators

November 8, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] During her annual cleanups along the shores of Lake Ontario, Rochelle Byrne has come across hundreds of plastic tampon applicators.

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In the Arctic, 'everything is changing,' massive animal tracking study finds
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In the Arctic, ‘everything is changing,’ massive animal tracking study finds

November 7, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Animals across the Arctic are changing where and when they breed, migrate and forage in response to climate change,

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P.E.I. National Park announces exciting new bat discovery
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P.E.I. National Park announces exciting new bat discovery

November 7, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Six years of recording and analyzing the sounds made by bats in P.E.I. National Park has revealed more biodiversity

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20 years of living in space: What's next for the ISS?
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20 years of living in space: What’s next for the ISS?

November 7, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] This week astronauts in space and controllers on the ground celebrated twenty years of continuous occupation of the International

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India launches Earth observation satellite, others for foreign customers
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India launches Earth observation satellite, others for foreign customers

November 7, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] India’s space agency launched 10 satellites into Earth’s orbit on Saturday from its space station in southern Sriharikota Island, the

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Elusive bear cub caught attempting Canada-U.S. border crossing in northern B.C.
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Elusive bear cub caught attempting Canada-U.S. border crossing in northern B.C.

November 6, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Officers at the Canada-U.S. Border between Stewart, B.C. and Hyder, Alaska had cause to paws last Monday, as an

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Basin Head's unique Irish moss seeing growth thanks to restoration efforts
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Basin Head’s unique Irish moss seeing growth thanks to restoration efforts

November 6, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A group of researchers and conservationists in eastern P.E.I. is working to restore Basin Head’s unique Irish moss by

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What lies beneath one of Nova Scotia's most polluted sites will support aquatic life
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What lies beneath one of Nova Scotia’s most polluted sites will support aquatic life

November 6, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] One of Nova Scotia’s worst contaminated sites should be able to recover from decades of pulp mill pollution, according to

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'Window of opportunity' remains to tackle climate crisis as U.S. exits Paris deal: expert
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‘Window of opportunity’ remains to tackle climate crisis as U.S. exits Paris deal: expert

November 6, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Read Story Transcript As Americans await the results of Tuesday’s federal election, experts say the U.S. needs a president

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Reducing light pollution has numerous benefits for the environment
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Reducing light pollution has numerous benefits for the environment

November 6, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Hello, Earthlings! This is our weekly newsletter on all things environmental, where we highlight trends and solutions that are moving

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Gliding dinosaur discovery leads researchers to rethink evolution of birds, McGill prof says
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Gliding dinosaur discovery leads researchers to rethink evolution of birds, McGill prof says

November 5, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] New research has revealed that two small, tree-dwelling dinosaurs used bat-like wings to clumsily glide through the air long

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What the widespread use of outdoor heaters means for Toronto's carbon footprint this winter
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What the widespread use of outdoor heaters means for Toronto’s carbon footprint this winter

November 5, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] After a relatively busy summer at his cafe and restaurant in Toronto’s Evergreen Brick Works, Brad Long started looking

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COVID-19 outbreaks at foreign mink farms have fur breeders on high alert
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Fears of mutated coronavirus transmission from minks to humans prompts Denmark to seek cull

November 5, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Denmark’s prime minister said Wednesday that the government wants to cull all minks on Danish farms, to minimize the

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Astronomers discover likely source of strange radio bursts from space
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Astronomers discover likely source of strange radio bursts from space

November 5, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] For more than 13 years, astronomers have been trying to determine the source of extremely powerful radio bursts that

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Police turning to social media to track down stolen bikes
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Police turning to social media to track down stolen bikes

November 4, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Cindy MacBride figured she’d never get her stolen bike back. Then an Ottawa police officer who had read her

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U.S. formally exits Paris pact on climate change
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U.S. formally exits Paris pact on climate change

November 4, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The United States formally exited the Paris Agreement on Wednesday, fulfilling a years-long promise by President Donald Trump to

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Scientists find chameleon that hasn't been seen in 100 years
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Scientists find chameleon that hasn’t been seen in 100 years

November 3, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Talk about good camouflage! Scientists say they have found an elusive chameleon species that was last spotted in Madagascar

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Parks Canada plans first captive breeding program for Jasper National Park caribou
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Parks Canada plans first captive breeding program for Jasper National Park caribou

November 3, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Caribou herds in Canada’s Rocky Mountains are now so precarious that Parks Canada is preparing a plan to round

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Companies with robot workers tend to have more human workers, too, Statscan says
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Companies with robot workers tend to have more human workers, too, Statscan says

November 3, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Statistics Canada says domestic firms that invested in robots since the late 1990s have also expanded their human workforces,

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How remora 'sucker fish' use physics to surf on their whale hosts
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How remora ‘sucker fish’ use physics to surf on their whale hosts

November 2, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] New research has uncovered how remora — also known as suckerfish — are able to swim freely across the

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How Halloween pumpkins can become a tasty treat for animals
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How Halloween pumpkins can become a tasty treat for animals

November 2, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Rather than letting Halloween pumpkins rot on the front porch, some people around Nova Scotia are suggesting creative ways to

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Underwater acoustic glider hailed a 'success' for detecting right whales
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Underwater acoustic glider hailed a ‘success’ for detecting right whales

November 2, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Transport Canada says it is pleased with the results of an underwater acoustic glider used to help detect the endangered

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Here are some tips to avoid hitting a deer with your car this fall
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Here are some tips to avoid hitting a deer with your car this fall

November 2, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The leaves have changed colour, the days are cooler, and you’re out for drive. But suddenly, as if out

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Nanny McCluckin sees eggs-plosion of business as rent-a-chick takes off amid pandemic
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Nanny McCluckin sees eggs-plosion of business as rent-a-chick takes off amid pandemic

November 1, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A Calgary business that rents out chicken eggs so families can hatch them at home says the pandemic has put their

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Andy the hamster rescued from Yukon recycling depot after escaping from his cage
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Andy the hamster rescued from Yukon recycling depot after escaping from his cage

November 1, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A non-recyclable hamster named Andy is safely home, after he escaped his new cage, hid in a cardboard box, and was discovered in a

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Everything you know about so-called 'gophers' in Alberta is probably wrong
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Everything you know about so-called ‘gophers’ in Alberta is probably wrong

November 1, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] There’s a surefire way to mildly annoy zoologist and University of Lethbridge professor Gail Michener, and it involves misrepresenting the

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Canadian satellites to help combat threat of collisions in Earth orbit
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Canadian satellites to help combat threat of collisions in Earth orbit

November 1, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Humans produce a lot of garbage here on Earth. It turns out we produce a lot of it in

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Fibre optic internet expected to change life in Fort Albany, Kashechewan and Attawapiskat
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Fibre optic internet expected to change life in Fort Albany, Kashechewan and Attawapiskat

October 31, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Some of the most remote communities in northern Ontario could have some of the fastest internet by the end

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Few provinces still resisting COVID Alert app as new features under consideration
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Canada’s COVID-19 Alert app updated to include more precise exposure information

October 31, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the COVID Alert app can now provide more precise information to people who are

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Forget fake vampires and ghouls; here's a real life zombie story from nature
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Forget fake vampires and ghouls; here’s a real life zombie story from nature

October 31, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Nature at its most gruesome can rival a horror movie. A perfect example is the disturbing way the parasitoid emerald

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What's the germiest surface in a supermarket? You might be surprised
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What’s the germiest surface in a supermarket? You might be surprised

October 31, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] In light of the global COVID-19 pandemic, Canada’s biggest grocery store chains have increased their cleaning and disinfecting measures.

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Nova Scotia's plastic bag ban starts today. Here's what you should know
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Nova Scotia’s plastic bag ban starts today. Here’s what you should know

October 30, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The era of the plastic shopping bag has come to a close in Nova Scotia. A provincewide ban that

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'Otherworldly' glass sponge reefs off B.C. featured in new documentary
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‘Otherworldly’ glass sponge reefs off B.C. featured in new documentary

October 30, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] It takes an experienced deep-water diver like Hamish Tweed to reach most of the glass sponge reefs. You have to

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Halloween costs more than the Canadian space program
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Halloween costs more than the Canadian space program

October 30, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Halloween won’t be the same this year. Trick or treating will be minimal across much of the country, if it

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New coral reef taller than Eiffel Tower found off Australian coast
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New coral reef taller than Eiffel Tower found off Australian coast

October 29, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Australian scientists found a detached coral reef on the Great Barrier Reef that exceeds the height of the Empire

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New population estimate suggests only 356 North Atlantic right whales left
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New population estimate suggests only 356 North Atlantic right whales left

October 29, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] There are just 356 North Atlantic right whales left in the world, according to a newly released estimate that

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Mall real estate company collected 5 million images of shoppers, say privacy watchdogs
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Mall real estate company collected 5 million images of shoppers, say privacy watchdogs

October 29, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The real estate company behind some of Canada’s most popular shopping centres embedded cameras inside its digital information kiosks

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RCMP used covert search and surveillance powers before arresting high-level intelligence official
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RCMP used covert search and surveillance powers before arresting high-level intelligence official

October 28, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] In the RCMP’s search for a leak that ultimately led to the arrest of top intelligence official Cameron Ortis

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Satellite photos show construction at Iran nuclear site
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Satellite photos show construction at Iran nuclear site

October 28, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Iran has begun construction at its Natanz nuclear facility, satellite images released Wednesday show, just as the U.N.’s nuclear

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More ropeless fishing happening on Eastern seaboard as industry leaders meet
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More ropeless fishing happening on Eastern seaboard as industry leaders meet

October 28, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The chair of a group that brings together officials from Canada and the U.S. to help make ropeless fishing

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Cree hunters get new phone app to report harvest
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Cree hunters get new phone app to report harvest

October 28, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The association representing hunters and trappers in northern Quebec Cree communities is turning to technology to help land users

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There could be lots of water on the moon, new studies suggest
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There could be lots of water on the moon, new studies suggest

October 27, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The moon lacks oceans and lakes that are a hallmark of Earth, but scientists said on Monday lunar water

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85 live 'murder hornets' captured from tree near Canada-U.S. border
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85 live ‘murder hornets’ captured from tree near Canada-U.S. border

October 27, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A Washington state entomologist said discovering a nest of Asian giant hornets in the backyard tree of a home in Blaine was

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Western Quebec town strikes back against Facebook troll
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Western Quebec town strikes back against Facebook troll

October 27, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A small municipality in western Quebec is claiming a big victory against anonymous online defamation after unmasking a social media

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Canada, U.S. researchers gathering virtually to report on endangered right whales
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Canada, U.S. researchers gathering virtually to report on endangered right whales

October 27, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Researchers from Canada and the U.S. are gathering virtually this week for an annual conference that focuses on an endangered

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New study of medieval plagues offers insight into spread of COVID-19, researchers say
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New study of medieval plagues offers insight into spread of COVID-19, researchers say

October 25, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Plague outbreaks picked up speed between the 14th century and the 17th century, according to a new study out

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How this un-crushable beetle survives being run over by a car
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How this un-crushable beetle survives being run over by a car

October 25, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] It’s a beetle that can withstand bird pecks, animal stomps and even being rolled over by a Toyota Camry.

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Keeping buildings cool with colour
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Keeping buildings cool with colour

October 25, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A new type of exterior paint and colour changing windows hold the promise of buildings that can cool themselves

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Retiree reveals 'Alice in Wonderland world' of P.E.I. microfungi
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Retiree reveals ‘Alice in Wonderland world’ of P.E.I. microfungi

October 24, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Studying mycology just takes a microscope and a lot of patience. (D. F. McAlpine/N.B. Museum) A P.E.I. man has

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Tim Hortons, Burger King to offer reusable, returnable containers
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Tim Hortons, Burger King to offer reusable, returnable containers

October 24, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Tim Hortons and Burger King have signed a deal with TerraCycle’s Loop program to test an option that would allow customers

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Russian hackers targeting state, local networks, say U.S. officials
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Russian hackers targeting state, local networks, say U.S. officials

October 24, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] U.S. officials said Thursday that Russian hackers have targeted the networks of dozens of state and local governments in

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'Hey, crap, this bird is alive!' Driver describes how bald eagle came back to life in back seat of his van
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‘Hey, crap, this bird is alive!’ Driver describes how bald eagle came back to life in back seat of his van

October 24, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A driver who picked up what he thought was a dead bald eagle off a B.C. highway got quite

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How to have a waste-free Halloween
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How to have a waste-free Halloween

October 23, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

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The science behind why police now believe they have the right suspect in Christine Jessop's murder
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The science behind why police now believe they have the right suspect in Christine Jessop’s murder

October 23, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Calvin Hoover will never know that it was his own distant relatives who helped police label him a murderer.

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Ontario's big cities face looming landfill shortage after change to approvals process
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Ontario’s big cities face looming landfill shortage after change to approvals process

October 23, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Ontario’s large cities may be left scrambling to find space for their garbage because of new legislation that makes

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Mark Carney says smart money needs better tools to measure climate risk
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Mark Carney says smart money needs better tools to measure climate risk

October 23, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Mark Carney, the former central banker whose long list of titles includes United Nations Special Envoy on Climate Action and

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Kitchener YouTuber and engineer creates hyper-realistic lightsaber prototype
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Kitchener YouTuber and engineer creates hyper-realistic lightsaber prototype

October 22, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Kitchener YouTuber and engineer James Hobson has worked for months with his team at Hacksmith Industries to create a

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Thermal-imaging drone footage of police response to shooting at homeless camp raises privacy concerns
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Thermal-imaging drone footage of police response to shooting at homeless camp raises privacy concerns

October 22, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] It’s the type of footage never before seen from the Vancouver Police Department’s SkyRanger drone — thermal imaging captured

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PM, health officials warn Canadians against believing COVID-19 'internment camps' disinformation
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PM, health officials warn Canadians against believing COVID-19 ‘internment camps’ disinformation

October 22, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Canadians will not be forced into COVID-19 internment or containment camps, a spokesperson for Health Minister Patty Hajdu said

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Trio returns to Earth after 6 months aboard International Space Station
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Trio returns to Earth after 6 months aboard International Space Station

October 22, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A trio of space travellers safely returned to Earth on Thursday after a six-month mission on the International Space

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U.S. spacecraft touches asteroid to grab sample
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U.S. spacecraft touches asteroid to grab sample

October 21, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A NASA spacecraft descended to an asteroid Tuesday and, dodging boulders the size of buildings, momentarily touched the surface

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Canadian professor's website helps Russia spread disinformation, says U.S. State Department
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Canadian professor’s website helps Russia spread disinformation, says U.S. State Department

October 21, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] As U.S. authorities guard against dirty tricks from foreign adversaries in the run-up to the Nov. 3 presidential election,

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New study suggests fish farms raise risk of exposure to infectious disease for wild B.C. salmon
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New study suggests fish farms raise risk of exposure to infectious disease for wild B.C. salmon

October 21, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A new study suggests that the presence of active fish farms in B.C. waters can more than double the

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COVID-19 outbreaks at foreign mink farms have fur breeders on high alert
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COVID-19 outbreaks at foreign mink farms have fur breeders on high alert

October 21, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Canadian mink breeders are closely eyeing a series of coronavirus outbreaks at European and American mink farms that have

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The coronavirus could be messing with your pain perception — and that could help it spread
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The coronavirus could be messing with your pain perception — and that could help it spread

October 20, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A Canadian researcher has found that the virus that causes COVID-19 can hijack a pain receptor on our cells,

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Female moles are intersex — they have testicle-like tissue that helps them grow big and tough
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Female moles are intersex — they have testicle-like tissue that helps them grow big and tough

October 20, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Moles have a pretty tough life. They live underground, in the dark, burrowing through heavy dirt. And when faced

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Genetic genealogy technique used in Christine Jessop cold case comes with privacy concerns, warns expert
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Genetic genealogy technique used in Christine Jessop cold case comes with privacy concerns, warns expert

October 20, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A Canadian privacy expert is warning that there are risks involved in using genetic genealogy as a tool for

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Government calls on private sector to come up with compostable, recyclable pandemic gear
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Government calls on private sector to come up with compostable, recyclable pandemic gear

October 19, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Worried about the environmental damage done by growing consumption of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the pandemic, the federal government

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A closer look at Canada's homegrown COVID-19 vaccine candidates
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A closer look at Canada’s homegrown COVID-19 vaccine candidates

October 19, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] More than 100 groups around the world are racing to produce a vaccine against COVID-19, with most of the

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Apple blocks widow from honouring husband's dying wish
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Apple blocks widow from honouring husband’s dying wish

October 19, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] An Ontario widow is locked in a four-year battle with Apple over online material she already legally owns. Carol

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Got any signal up here? Nokia to build mobile network on moon
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Got any signal up here? Nokia to build mobile network on moon

October 19, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Finland’s Nokia has been selected by NASA to build the first cellular network on the moon, the company said

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Canada just signed a new moon pact — is it a good idea?
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Canada just signed a new moon pact — is it a good idea?

October 18, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A new U.S.-led moon agreement that includes Canada and six other countries, could facilitate new missions to the moon, and

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Holding back the waves on the Acadian Peninsula
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Holding back the waves on the Acadian Peninsula

October 17, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Paul-Marcel Paulin has a very precise memory: he can tell you that he bought his house in the village

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OPINION | Alberta's shift away from coal power is a climate action success story
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OPINION | Alberta’s shift away from coal power is a climate action success story

October 17, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] This column is an opinion from Andrew Leach, an energy and environmental economist at the University of Alberta, and Blake Shaffer,

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How a convicted killer's passion for math inspired him to change his life — and others'
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How a convicted killer’s passion for math inspired him to change his life — and others’

October 17, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Read Story Transcript A convicted killer who taught himself advanced math from behind bars and is now sharing his

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Facebook removes popular Quebec conspiracy theorist as part of campaign against QAnon
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Quebec conspiracy theorist kicked off YouTube for spreading COVID-19 misinformation

October 17, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Quebec’s best-known conspiracy theorist, Alexis Cossette-Trudel, lost another media platform on Thursday when YouTube shut down his account, which had more

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How to keep warm on a patio without heating the planet
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How to keep warm on a patio without heating the planet

October 16, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

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Federal government invests in small nuclear reactors to help it meet net-zero 2050 target
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Federal government invests in small nuclear reactors to help it meet net-zero 2050 target

October 16, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The federal government says it’s investing $20 million in the nuclear industry to help Canada meet its target of

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Dinosaur skeleton found by 12-year-old near Drumheller, Alta., hailed as 'significant discovery'
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Dinosaur skeleton found by 12-year-old near Drumheller, Alta., hailed as ‘significant discovery’

October 16, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Nathan Hrushkin and his father have hiked through the Drumheller, Alta., area for years.  The Calgary boy has always loved dinosaurs, so

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Looking for local appliance repair? Why you can't always trust what you find on Google Maps
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Looking for local appliance repair? Why you can’t always trust what you find on Google Maps

October 16, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] If your washing machine is on the blink and you’re looking for appliance repair, be wary — new evidence

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Russian-U.S. crew launches on fast track to the space station
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Russian-U.S. crew launches on fast track to the space station

October 15, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A trio of space travelers has launched successfully to the International Space Station, for the first time using a

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Canada joins U.S.-led Artemis Accords to send human explorers back to moon and beyond
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Canada joins U.S.-led Artemis Accords to send human explorers back to moon and beyond

October 15, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Canada has signed on to the Artemis Accords, a U.S.-led effort to establish global guidelines for sending explorers back

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Feds urged to step in to stop B.C. logging in refuge of last breeding pair of spotted owls
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Feds urged to step in to stop B.C. logging in refuge of last breeding pair of spotted owls

October 15, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Only three spotted owls are known to still live in the wild in B.C. Despite this, conservationists say the

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An Amur tiger hugging a tree and other images from this year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition
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An Amur tiger hugging a tree and other images from this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition

October 15, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] No human was present when the 2020 Wildlife Photographer of the Year’s winning image was shot. Titled The Embrace,

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Researchers hopeful bus-sized sharks will return in abundance to B.C. waters
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Researchers hopeful bus-sized sharks will return in abundance to B.C. waters

October 14, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Whenever Scott Wallace heads out on the Pacific Ocean off the coast of British Columbia, he hopes it will

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We're in a climate emergency: It's time for our leaders to start acting like it
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We’re in a climate emergency: It’s time for our leaders to start acting like it

October 14, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Not everyone wants an oil recovery, writes contributor Lori Lee Oates, who instead calls on politicians to focus on

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Chargers won't be included with new iPhones, but Apple promises greater speed, durability
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Chargers won’t be included with new iPhones, but Apple promises greater speed, durability

October 14, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Apple unveiled four new iPhones Tuesday equipped with technology for use with faster 5G wireless networks. The devices include: iPhone

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Why Twitter suspended accounts made to look as if they belonged to Black Trump supporters
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Why Twitter suspended accounts made to look as if they belonged to Black Trump supporters

October 14, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Twitter said on Tuesday it had suspended a number of accounts purportedly owned by Black supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump and his

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Sharp rise in natural disasters in last 20 years, Asia hardest hit, UN says
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Sharp rise in natural disasters in last 20 years, Asia hardest hit, UN says

October 13, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] There has been a dramatic increase in extreme weather events in the past 20 years, which are taking a

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2nd COVID-19 vaccine trial paused over unexplained illness
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2nd COVID-19 vaccine trial paused over unexplained illness

October 13, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A late-stage study of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate has been paused while the company investigates whether a

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Sick dogs trigger questions about imported pets, respected purebred Puppy List
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Sick dogs trigger questions about imported pets, respected purebred Puppy List

October 13, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] As Canada faces a surge of thousands of puppies imported from eastern Europe, where puppy mills are rampant, the

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From isolated Nunavut island to Mars: Researcher reflects on training as pandemic halts plans
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From isolated Nunavut island to Mars: Researcher reflects on training as pandemic halts plans

October 13, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The first summer Pascal Lee, an American  planetary scientist, arrived on Devon Island in Nunavut’s High Arctic, a dog

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Ship's ban on tight clothes has 'nothing to do with gender,' says director of polar research institute
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Ship’s ban on tight clothes has ‘nothing to do with gender,’ says director of polar research institute

October 11, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The director of a prominent Arctic research institute says dress codes that prohibit female participants from wearing tight-fitting clothing are not

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Dead humpback found in West Coast waters suffered blunt force trauma, researchers say
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Dead humpback found in West Coast waters suffered blunt force trauma, researchers say

October 11, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A young humpback whale who was found dead in the Strait of Juan de Fuca last week was in

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Ban on single-use plastic won't trash Alberta's recycling hub plans, Ottawa insists
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Ban on single-use plastic won’t trash Alberta’s recycling hub plans, Ottawa insists

October 11, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Ottawa’s ban on certain single-use plastics will support, not sideswipe, Alberta’s plan to establish itself as a continental plastics recycling

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Seeing the 'old Mars' in a close encounter with the Red Planet
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Seeing the ‘old Mars’ in a close encounter with the Red Planet

October 11, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] On Oct. 9, I pointed my telescope out my front door and Mars glowed in my viewfinder. The Red Planet was

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Look up: Mars will be at its brightest on Wednesday
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Look up: Mars will be at its brightest on Wednesday

October 11, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The nights are getting chillier and the leaves are beginning to fall from the trees. There’s no doubt that fall

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Hiker survives mother grizzly attack by playing dead in Kananaskis
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Hiker survives mother grizzly attack by playing dead in Kananaskis

October 10, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Playing dead may be the reason a hiker who was attacked by a female grizzly bear in Kananaskis Country last

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Nitrous oxide, more harmful to the climate than CO2, increasing in atmosphere, study finds
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Nitrous oxide, more harmful to the climate than CO2, increasing in atmosphere, study finds

October 10, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A new study published in the journal Nature suggests that nitrous oxide — a gas that is 300 times

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Facebook's actions against QAnon are overdue — and may not be enough, experts say
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Facebook’s actions against QAnon are overdue — and may not be enough, experts say

October 10, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Facebook’s announcement this week that it will remove any groups and accounts affiliated with the baseless conspiracy theory QAnon

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Hidden cameras and secret trackers reveal where Amazon returns end up
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Hidden cameras and secret trackers reveal where Amazon returns end up

October 10, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] It’s safe to say that online shoppers like the promise of easy — and even better, free — returns.

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Canadian Light Source synchrotron working towards upgrade to '2.0'
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Canadian Light Source synchrotron working towards upgrade to ‘2.0’

October 9, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Toby Bond says it’s a common misconception that the massive machine where he works in Saskatoon could create a

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Britain's Prince William recruits celebrities to launch global environment prize
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Britain’s Prince William recruits celebrities to launch global environment prize

October 9, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] With the high-profile project, William, the Queen’s grandson who is second-in-line to the throne, opened up a new chapter

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During COVID-19, there's an environmental case for taking the stairs
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During COVID-19, there’s an environmental case for taking the stairs

October 9, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Hello, Earthlings! This is our weekly newsletter on all things environmental, where we highlight trends and solutions that are moving

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Why a plastic bag ban could lead to unintended environmental consequences
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Why a plastic bag ban could lead to unintended environmental consequences

October 9, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The federal government’s plan to ban grocery store plastic bags could significantly cut down on plastic trash but also lead to

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Zoom calls and online shopping: Life on Canadian farms in 2020
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Zoom calls and online shopping: Life on Canadian farms in 2020

October 9, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Whether he’s in a field with his truck, tractor or combine, if Tom Senko has some spare time, he’s usually on

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This ecologist was told she could keep her natural garden. Here's why she's fighting city hall anyway
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This ecologist was told she could keep her natural garden. Here’s why she’s fighting city hall anyway

October 8, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] An ecologist is challenging Toronto’s long grass and weed bylaw, even though the city exempted her from having to cut down her natural

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Nobel chemistry prize awarded to 2 scientists for developing CRISPR gene editing tool
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Nobel chemistry prize awarded to 2 scientists for developing CRISPR gene editing tool

October 8, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Wednesday for developing a way of editing genes likened to “molecular

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Liberals' 2021 single-use plastic ban includes grocery bags, takeout containers
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Liberals’ 2021 single-use plastic ban includes grocery bags, takeout containers

October 8, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The end is coming for plastic grocery bags, straws and cutlery after the federal government announced today which single-use

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Facebook removes popular Quebec conspiracy theorist as part of campaign against QAnon
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Facebook removes popular Quebec conspiracy theorist as part of campaign against QAnon

October 8, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

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