Category: Science & Technology

A five-month-old Australian shepherd named Vango may have had a paw in his own rescue when he alerted staff at a Gatineau, Que., pet store to his suspected dognapping. According to Yves Jodoin, a staff member and dog trainer at Read more …

Many in Alberta’s human population were struggling to find upsides to the cold snap that blanketed the province this time last week, with conditions at times that made it feel close to –40 C with the wind chill. An Alberta biologist Read more …

A strange, swirling circle of ice that appeared at a bend in the South Thompson River has attracted plenty of attention in the Kamloops, B.C., area.  The 40-metre ice disc is an example of an uncommon and fascinating natural phenomenon, said Laval University chemistry professor Normand Read more …

Privacy experts, including a University of Windsor law professor, say they’re concerned about the possibility of Windsor establishing a partnership with U.S. e-commerce giant Amazon and its Ring surveillance doorbell subsidiary.  Amazon’s Ring is a video-enabled smart doorbell that allows users to Read more …

If the eagles around Sheffield Mills could talk they would likely call Malcolm Lake the chicken man. When Lake pulls into the open Nova Scotia field with several dead chicken carcasses in buckets, dozens of large eagles can be seen Read more …

Road salt is arguably a life-saving necessity during Canadian winters, but new research shows it may also indirectly boost the mosquito population come summertime. According to a study published recently in the journal Frontiers of Ecology and Evolution, all that salt is Read more …

A Brock University professor says the amount of plastic waste found by student researchers on a St. Catharines beach is “alarming.”  Students visited Sunset Beach in St. Catharines in October 2019 as part of a geography and tourism studies class Read more …

In its annual announcement, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists will reveal the status of the Doomsday Clock at 10 a.m. Thursday morning. The clock was introduced in 1967 and is a symbolic representation of how close humanity is to Read more …

The CEO of a company that sells private jets to corporations says his clients are concerned about climate change, but ultimately they “still have to conduct their business.”  “We are still living in the 21st century and people do have to understand that,” Read more …

The world needs to prepare for millions of people being driven from their homes by the impact of climate change, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said on Tuesday. Speaking to Reuters at the World Economic Forum, Filippo Grandi Read more …