Category: Science & Technology

The municipality of North Cowichan is stepping up patrols of the region’s forest reserve, after an increase in timber theft in the area, which lies 70 kilometres north of Victoria on Vancouver Island.  Since January, approximately 100 trees, including Douglas fir Read more …

The British Columbia Conservation Officer Service says it believes it has killed the cougar responsible for an attack on Tuesday that left a woman in hospital with serious injuries. The service’s predator attack team located two healthy, juvenile male cougars Read more …

The Town of Antigonish, N.S., is looking to become the first net-zero emissions community in Canada. “We are very fortunate to have a community that is very progressive and pushes us along the way,” said Mayor Laurie Boucher. “We have Read more …

SpaceX’s Starship, the rocket that CEO Elon Musk hopes will take people to the moon and eventually Mars, completed a test on Wednesday that marked the first time it successfully launched and landed. The rocket, designated SN15, lifted off from Boca Chica, Read more …

Sifting through a shovel load of dirt in a suburban backyard, Michael Raupp and Paula Shrewsbury find their quarry: a cicada nymph. And then another. And another. And four more. In maybe a third of a square foot of dirt, Read more …

A woman is in stable condition after a cougar attack in B.C.’s Fraser Valley, says the province’s conservation service.  The woman was in her yard early Tuesday morning on a rural property in the Harrison Mills area, west of Agassiz, when she was attacked Read more …

A London, Ont., woman was surprised to find a pair of ancient arrowheads, potentially dating back more than 2500 years, right in her backyard. For about seven years, Martha McIntosh has been patiently digging up a garden in her south London home. The previous Read more …

A popular campground and park in Deer Lake is getting a substantial makeover but a local family says the company behind the renovation is damaging the environment and not following the rules. Stirling Group acquired the land at the Deer Read more …

On April 29, China successfully launched a crew module for a space station that it says will be completed by the end of 2022. But the first stage of the rocket that sent that module into orbit is falling to Read more …

America’s new normal temperature is 0.5 C hotter than it was just two decades ago. Scientists have long talked about climate change — hotter temperatures, changes in rain and snowfall and more extreme weather — being the “new normal.” Data released Read more …