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‘An odds game’: Global study pinpoints whale-ship collision hot spots

Global shipping routes overlap with 92 per cent of the of migration routes of four globe-ranging whale species, a new study has found.  The research,...

‘I love my job’: A Canadian astronaut trains (and waits) to go to space

A weightlifter, rock lover, engineer and now astronaut — at 36, Jenni Gibbons describes herself with an air of humility suited for the backup on an upcoming mission...

Metro Vancouver sewage plant looks to neutralize acidic oceans, remove CO2

Somewhere on Metro Vancouver's North Shore a toilet is flushing. The tainted water twists through a series of pipes, and as it heads downhill to the...

Vancouver natural gas leads North American cities in toxic benzene

Gas stoves in several Vancouver, B.C., homes have been found to produce the most toxic benzene emissions of 17 North American cities analyzed in a...

Failure to clean up B.C. oil wells nets company $45K fine

An Alberta-based oil company has been fined $45,000 for failing to decommission two wells in British Columbia.  In its decision, handed down April 16, 2024,...

B.C. First Nation to build biggest off-grid solar array in Canada

A First Nation in central B.C. has received more than $15.8 million in government money to build what’s expected to be the largest off-grid solar energy...

New B.C. liquor policy coming to wineries, breweries

The B.C. government has approved a series of regulatory changes it says is designed to improve the experience of people visiting wineries, breweries and distilleries...

Most Canadians back strong measures to curb plastics, poll finds

A new global poll has found widespread support to curb the production of plastics and negotiate a treaty that would force governments and corporations to...

62% of Canadians back windfall tax on fossil fuel profits, says poll

Around 62 per cent of Canadians would support a federal windfall tax on above-average profits made by oil and gas companies, a new poll has...

B.C. called on to protect caribou with logging moratorium

A Kootenay-based conservation group is calling on British Columbia to enact an interim logging moratorium in the critical habitat of endangered mountain caribou.  The call...

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