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Honey-hunting grizzlies are 'one of the realities' for beekeepers in Bearberry, Alta.

Sun, 10/26/2025 - 06:00

For Mountain View County beekeepers Simone and Steven Dold, bears trying to steal from their hives is just "one of the realities" of living in the rural Alberta community of Bearberry.

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Faulty culverts are harming or killing fish. N.S. environmentalists want that to change

Sun, 10/26/2025 - 05:00

A Nova Scotia man who fishes in the Minas Basin says he routinely sees the harm that faulty culverts cause fish.

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U of T creates emergency fund for researchers facing U.S. funding cuts

Sat, 10/25/2025 - 18:24

University of Toronto has created an emergency fund to support its researchers who are facing unexpected losses in funding due to cuts and policy changes at U.S. federal research agencies.

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Residents in Fort McPherson, N.W.T., urged to take precautions after 3 wolf sightings

Sat, 10/25/2025 - 16:45

Three wolves were spotted in Fort McPherson in October. One was shot and killed this week. The N.W.T. Department of Environment and Climate Change is encouraging residents to leash their pets, vaccinate their dogs, and not to store food outside.

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Father and son discover fossilized ichthyosaur skull in B.C.'s Kiskatinaw River valley

Sat, 10/25/2025 - 09:00

Local resident Kevin Geist and his 11-year-old son Andreas discovered the skull two summers ago, spotting a strange black rock along the river's shoreline in the fossil-rich Peace region.

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Magnitude 3.5 quake in Sudbury, Ont., caused by mining activities, says Earthquakes Canada

Fri, 10/24/2025 - 13:18

Earthquakes Canada has confirmed that a magnitude 3.5 earthquake felt widely across Greater Sudbury Friday morning was mining induced.

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Acadia to be home to only dedicated tick-breeding facility in Canada

Fri, 10/24/2025 - 11:00

Acadia University will soon be home to the first tick-breeding research centre in Canada. The team will test repellents and research tick-borne diseases, but it will also breed thousands of the pests to send to researchers around the world.

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Now is the perfect time to catch Comet Lemmon in the evening sky

Fri, 10/24/2025 - 04:00

There’s been a new comet in the sky over the past few weeks, but now is the prime time to see it for yourself.

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This Alberta dog could safely drive a truck and serve you beer — at least on paper

Thu, 10/23/2025 - 22:58

With over 200 different certifications to her name, Phoebe the pug could — in theory — safely drive a truck, steer a boat and operate a forklift, to name a few.

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'Remarkable' fossil footprint discovered on P.E.I. dates back around 290 million years

Thu, 10/23/2025 - 15:00

An Islander discovered a large fossil footprint along the shores of P.E.I.'s Hillsborough Bay. It's believed to date back to the Permian Period, before dinosaurs roamed the Earth, and experts say it may belong to a Pareiasaur.

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Scientists share predictions for the next 50 years. (It’s not as bad as you think)

Wed, 10/22/2025 - 09:43

CBC Radio's Quirks and Quarks asked some of Canada’s leading scientists to imagine what the next half-century might bring. The science show reached a milestone this month: 50 years on the air.

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Nova Scotia's would-be whale sanctuary is one step closer to reality

Wed, 10/22/2025 - 09:15

The Nova Scotia government has given its approval to granting a lease for more than 80 hectares of land and water on the province’s Eastern Shore to a group that wants to create North America’s first whale sanctuary.

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Giant mirrors in space to reflect sunlight at night? No thank you, astronomers say

Wed, 10/22/2025 - 04:00

A U.S. company is proposing to 'sell sunlight after dark,' saying it could help power solar farms and provide access to light in emergency situations. Astronomers are not only concerned about what this will do to the night sky, but also to wildlife.

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Calf with deep gash identified as humpback struck by ferry off Vancouver

Tue, 10/21/2025 - 20:18

"Given the seriousness of the injury, it will be important to monitor the animal’s healing progress," a DFO spokesperson said.

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No suitcases needed. Toads have poisonous sacs that help them travel the globe

Tue, 10/21/2025 - 17:31

There’s a toad invasion underfoot. No, really.  According to  a new study  that analyzed the DNA of 124 species of toads, you can now find them on six of seven continents with a colony most-recently spreading fast in East Africa.

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B.C. has seen a lake tsunami before and it could happen again. Here's why

Tue, 10/21/2025 - 17:06

In 2007, a massive landslide crashed into B.C.'s Lake Chehalis, triggering a tsunami that surged 38 metres up the shore — one of the most dramatic inland waves ever recorded. CBC’s Johanna Wagstaffe looks into how scientists were able to reconstruct the event and reveal how it unfolded — as well as what it could tell us about the next "lake tsunami."

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North Atlantic right whale population grew slightly in 2024

Tue, 10/21/2025 - 06:00

The long-endangered North Atlantic right whale saw a “modest” increase in numbers in 2024, according to a newly released estimate from the New England Aquarium, and ship strikes and entanglements are substantially down so far this year.

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Alcohol, nicotine and more — could drugs like Ozempic curb the desire for vices?

Tue, 10/21/2025 - 04:00

Studies combing through past patient data have made a similar link between drugs like Ozempic and a loss of appetite for more than just food.

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'It's disgusting': Hunters, wildlife groups react to dumping of migratory birds in Sask.

Mon, 10/20/2025 - 20:58

The bodies of 142 migratory birds, the majority of them snow geese, were found last week in a rural area south of Saskatoon near Patience Lake, Sask. Conservation officers are requesting the public's help to identify the perpetrators.

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Small nuclear reactors: Why Canada is investing billions

Mon, 10/20/2025 - 19:00

Small modular nuclear reactors are being touted as a key piece of the future of clean energy and construction is now underway in Ontario on the first of its kind in the G7. For The National, CBC’s Susan Ormiston breaks down what’s behind the hype and why some say Canada should proceed with caution.

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