Category: Science & Technology

A short, grainy YouTube video circulating on social media purports to show evidence of an imam claiming that if Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is re-elected, he will institute Shariah law, the legal code of Islam, based on the Qur’an. But Read more …

An online uproar over a video about decreasing beef consumption is unnecessarily pitting agricultural producers and environmentalists against each other, says a sustainable food researcher. Leading Canadian cattle producers are set to meet with The Weather Network on Monday to discuss sustainable beef Read more …

An eighteen-year-old Vancouver student has created a smartphone system that helps detect whether someone might have Alzheimer’s disease. Kai Leong, who just graduated from Killarney Secondary School, has developed an app that measures and analyzes a person’s gait — the way they move Read more …

With another country trashing Canada for allegedly sending it its waste, environmental groups are renewing their calls for the federal government to ban the practice outright. Earlier this week, Cambodia followed Malaysia and the Philippines in publicly complaining about shipping containers filled Read more …

Environmentalists are questioning whether minutes-long sparkly spectacles are worth fireworks’ long-term effects on human health and wildlife. Over the last year, Banff and Canmore have both scaled back traditional firework displays due to environmental concerns.  “They’re really beautiful and an Read more …

As the world celebrates the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, the first time humans stepped foot on the moon, the eternal debate about space exploration remains as fresh as ever: Why should we go back to the moon, and why Read more …

Saskatoon biomedical engineer Doug Campbell believes he will make it to space in his lifetime, most likely on a commercial flight, and has gone to great depths and heights to prepare himself. Campbell, 33, will graduate in August from a two-year program Read more …

Birdseye views don’t get any more authentic than the video selfie captured by a camera-snatching eagle on Haida Gwaii six weeks ago. Camera owner James Williams only recently recovered the footage thanks to a lucky twist of fate. It shows eagles flocking around a Read more …

Alberta scientists are helping us better understand the nesting behaviour of dinosaurs and how it’s evolved with other species thanks to a nesting site they helped uncover in Mongolia.  Researchers from the Royal Tyrrell Museum, the University of Calgary and several Read more …

Hello, people! This is our weekly newsletter on all things environmental, where we highlight trends and solutions that are moving us to a more sustainable world. (Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Thursday.) This week: You can help save the Read more …