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Wait time for MRIs, imaging services have Canadians paying for their pain
Facing unbearable hip pain and more than a year-long wait list for an MRI in 2020, Judy Duchscher felt she had no choice but to pay $1,500 to get the scan done privately.
Could retrofitting dams for hydro provide a jolt for green energy?
With the era of building big dams over in the U.S., a growing number of existing dams are being modified to produce hydropower. These projects, advocates say, avoid the damaging impacts of new dams and could generate enough renewable electricity for several million homes.
Rural communities face a steep bill from climate change, but all of Canada pays the price
Rural and remote communities may be the hardest hit by wildfires, floods, droughts or thaws associated with climate change— but given these areas' pronounced importance, all of Canada stands to suffer the consequences.
RCMP turn out in force for mass arrests at Fairy Creek HQ
Police have arrested more than 500 activists camped out to protest old-growth logging at Fairy Creek. But arrests Monday morning mark the first time police have cracked down on the camp headquarters.
IPCC warns of climate breakdown, politicians warn of each other
With the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warning that Earth is warming faster than previously thought, and a federal election on the horizon, Canadian politicians of all stripes are casting themselves as the ones voters should trust with action.
A week in and Greece is still battling massive fire
Firefighters and residents battled a massive forest fire on Greece’s second largest island for a seventh day on Monday, August 8, 2021, fighting to save what they can from flames that have decimated vast tracts of pristine forest, destroyed homes and businesses and sent thousands fleeing.
Meet ‘firebows’ — the rainbow-like stacks that appear in sunny skies
But whatever you do, don’t call them rainbows.
How sustainable fishing helps protect oceans from climate change
Marine biologist Christine Stortini explains how overfishing throws ocean ecosystems out of whack and makes ocean life more susceptible to the ill effects of climate change.
Living the green dream in Edmonton
Alberta's capital has big plans for Blatchford, a high-density, low-carbon neighbourhood that's reimagining sustainable city living.