COVID sending more to hospital but most provinces say they'll manage
Hospitals across Canada are facing a resurgence of patients with COVID-19 that some health officials say will likely continue for another month.
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A quarter of Canadians have had COVID, survey suggests
Almost one in four Canadian respondents to a new online survey said they had been infected with COVID-19, while about three in four had not.
Hollywood screenplays fail to showcase climate change drama
Hollywood’s response to climate change includes donations, protests and other activism. but it’s apparently missing out on an approach close to home.
Singapore and New Zealand join forces to tackle climate change
Singapore and New Zealand will cooperate on green technologies in the fight against climate change, prime ministers from both countries said on Tuesday, April 19, 2022.
Universities urged to reject fossil fuel cash for climate research
An open letter from 500 academics likens fossil-energy funding of climate solutions to tobacco industry disinformation.
The buried pipes that will help U of T turn carbon positive
The University of Toronto wants its new geoexchange system to serve multiple purposes: help its downtown campus eventually turn carbon positive, show city officials and others that a green retrofit is worthwhile, and give faculty and staff a learning lab.
Magnificent B.C. cold-water coral garden in peril
Both marine conservationists and First Nations are calling on the DFO to issue an interim commercial fishing ban in a rare coral hot spot in Knight Inlet.
Climate activists arrested at U.K. oil tanker climate protest
Six people have been arrested after climate change activists climbed onto an oil tanker in central London to protest investments in fossil fuel, British police said on Saturday, April 16, 2022.
Patrick Brown's pitch to Conservative voters
An apology to the Tamil community, improving cricket infrastructure, and putting a visa office in Kathmandu are just some of the promises Patrick Brown has made in hopes of becoming the next leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.
Consistent feeding habits of the albatross key to its vulnerability and survival
The short-tailed albatross were creatures of habit, according to a new study that found they returned to Vancouver Island to feed for generations over a 4,200-year period before being driven to the precipice of extinction by feather hunters.
Energy transition a huge challenge that will cost hundreds of billions
From carbon capture and hydrogen development to the accelerated rollout of wind and solar power and rapid electrification of transportation systems, the federal government has laid out an ambitious roadmap to get Canada to its climate target of cutting emissions by 40 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030, and net-zero emissions by 2050.
University of Calgary students harness the sun to power this ATV
Some engineering students have figured out how to convert all-terrain vehicles to solar power and hope it will benefit Indigenous and remote communities in Canada's North.
ATCO Electric to pay $31 million penalty for overpaying First Nation
Regulated utility ATCO Electric has agreed to pay the fine after an Alberta Utilities Commission investigation found it deliberately overpaid a First Nation group for work on a new transmission line, and then failed to disclose the reasons for it when it applied to be reimbursed by ratepayers for the extra cost.
Days when I’m worn thin by the climate crisis, I try to recall the joy of Yves and Céline’s farm
Céline Caron and Yves Tessier devoted their lives to protecting soil health long before regenerative farming became mainstream.
Viruses are not always the bad guy
We can thank microbes for moving carbon to the depths of the ocean, but will our changing world mess with their good work? And should we intervene?