Abandoned LNG project in Nova Scotia reimagined as floating barge
The company responsible for an abandoned LNG project in Nova Scotia has put a new plan on the table — a floating barge off the coast of Guysborough County.
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Montreal police use of surveillance cameras to fight crime worries community groups
Montreal police are planning to install nine more security cameras across the city in response to a rise in violent crime, but community groups are questioning whether the technology works to deter crime or is a waste of money.
Meet the sewage sleuths tracking Toronto’s COVID-19 levels
Students and researchers at two Toronto universities are collecting and testing samples of the city's wastewater for COVID-19, creating insight the city has started making public since individual testing was largely discarded.
Six key lifestyle changes can help avert the climate crisis, study finds
Research shows that governments and individuals making small changes can have a huge impact in reducing emissions
Ontario Tory MP Leslyn Lewis confirms second bid for party's top job
Rookie Ontario MP Leslyn Lewis is taking a second run at the Conservative leadership.
WHO Africa's 1st woman leader helps continent battle COVID
People stand when Dr. Matshidiso Moeti enters a room at the World Health Organization's Africa headquarters in the Republic of Congo and they listen intently to what she says.
Top lawmakers agree on Ukraine aid, $1.5T spending
Congressional leaders reached a bipartisan deal early on Wednesday, March 9, 2022, providing $13.6 billion to help Ukraine and European allies plus billions more to battle the pandemic as part of an overdue $1.5 trillion measure financing federal agencies for the rest of this year.
Bottles, cans, batteries: octopuses found using litter on seabed
Creatures seen using discarded items for shelter or to lay eggs, highlighing ‘extreme ability to adapt’
Deep-sea mining could begin next year. Here’s why ocean experts are calling for a moratorium.
The risks vastly outweigh the potential benefits, they argue.
Ontario revises science curriculum, destreams Grade 9
The Ontario government is combining applied and advanced science classes in Grade 9 and introducing a revised science curriculum across elementary grades that emphasizes hands-on learning, the engineering design process, coding and other emerging technology.
Canada to sanction 10 more Russians over Ukraine
Canada poked Russia in the eye on Monday, March 7, 2022, by sanctioning 10 people identified by Vladimir Putin's top domestic opponent as the federal government works with allies to hammer Russia's economy in response to that country's invasion of Ukraine.
B.C. adds conditions for Trans Mountain expansion
British Columbia has amended the conditions of its environmental assessment certificate for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and told the federal government it still has concerns about its response to potential marine oil spills.
Shell will stop buying Russian oil, natural gas
Energy giant Shell said on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, that it will stop buying Russian oil and natural gas and shut down its service stations, aviation fuels and other operations in the country amid international pressure for companies to sever ties over the invasion of Ukraine.
Arctic co-operation must continue despite invasion of Ukraine: U.S. envoy
A top United States government official says there are plenty of issues to keep like-minded Arctic nations together after Russia's invasion of Ukraine forced seven of them to pause their participation in the international body that looks after the region.
Fines handed out after plane with Russian nationals on board grounded in Yellowknife
Transport Canada says a plane carrying two Russian nationals that was grounded in Yellowknife last week broke airspace restrictions.