Category: Science & Technology

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: Zero-waste grocery shopping is tricky Read more …

A toothbrush. Human hairs caught in the bristles of a hairbrush. A fingerprint preserved in sealing wax.  Underwater archeologists from Parks Canada found these highly personal items as they recovered more than 350 artifacts during their most recent — and Read more …

A Neanderthal skeleton unearthed in an Iraqi cave already famous for fossils of these extinct cousins of our species is providing fresh evidence that they buried their dead — and intriguing clues that flowers may have been used in such rituals. Read more …

Fat Tuesday is just around the corner, a day traditionally celebrated by eating lots and lots of pancakes covered in sweet maple syrup. In Ruscom Station, in Lakeshore, syrup producer Rob Nadeau is making major changes to how he processes the Read more …

With three months having passed since Windsor council declared a “climate emergency,” the question now is — what’s the city going to do about it? On Wednesday, the city’s Environment, Transportation and Public Safety Standing Committee examined multiple reports, looking at strategies Read more …

Until now, Tim Hortons’ annual Roll Up the Rim contest encouraged customers to consume and throw out millions of disposable coffee cups for a chance to win prizes. But this year it’s rolling out a greener version of the contest. “We Read more …

The oilsands have reduced the amount of greenhouse gas they emit per barrel of oil produced but remain more carbon-intensive than the average barrel worldwide and are the fastest-growing source of emissions in Canada, according to a new report from the Pembina Institute. Read more …

Sheila Watt-Cloutier grew up riding across ice and snow on a dogsled and learning how to live off the land with her family. Now, the Inuit leader worries the safety and traditions of Indigenous people in the Arctic are under threat as Read more …

A troubled oil and gas company that has wells in the Northwest Territories has gone into receivership, and the territory’s oil and gas regulator is worried that taxpayers will be left to clean up the property. Strategic Oil and Gas Read more …

The potential launch of tens of thousands of satellites is a serious threat to astronomy, according to the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Now, it’s trying to find solutions. The announcement came just days before SpaceX launched an additional 60 of its Read more …