Ontario officer was 'ambushed': OPP commissioner
An Ontario Provincial Police officer who was fatally shot while responding to a call was "essentially ambushed," the commissioner of the force said on Wednesday, December 28, 2022, night.
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Revitalizing Indigenous languages in the North
From legislative chambers to classrooms, and on the radio and TV, Indigenous languages are spoken and heard every day across the North thanks to dedicated elders, teachers, translators and broadcasters.
Doubting farmers, here is proof solar panels and sheep get along just fine
The Arnprior Solar Project is one of the largest solar electricity sites in Canada, and for the past five years, it has also doubled as a summer home for hundreds of sheep.
Scientists finally get the lowdown on female snakes’ private bits
Researchers say previous studies mistook the clitoris on female snakes as scent glands or underdeveloped versions of penises
Farmers are losing the ‘arms race’ against weeds
Intensive farming is creating new super weeds that are nearly impossible to kill with herbicides. Already infamous for their impact on everything from water quality to biodiversity, the intensive approach to agriculture is making it even harder for farmers to protect their crops — and bottom lines — from tsunamis of harmful weeds, a new study suggests.
Civil society groups urge feds to ban reprocessing used nuclear fuel
Canada’s forthcoming radioactive waste policy should include a ban on plutonium reprocessing, a national alliance of civil society organizations says.
Slugs and bugs are worth saving, too
Folks may find slimy, slithery, creepy creatures repulsive, but reptiles, insects, and mollusks make up nearly a third of Canada’s species at risk and need their fair share of the conservation spotlight.
Greta’s great Twitter smackdown
Twitter lit up Wednesday morning after climate justice activist Greta Thunberg burned former professional kickboxer and social media influencer Andrew Tate online.
Quarantine rule violations cost Canadians $15 million in fines in 2022
Canadians who were caught violating federal COVID-19 quarantine rules racked up at least $15 million in fines this year, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada, but it's not clear how much of that will actually be paid.
Thousands of Canadians still without power after fierce storms
Utility crews in Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick were still working on Tuesday, December 27, 2022, to restore electricity to thousands of people in the dark days after last week's fierce winter storms knocked out their power.
Dolphins return to B.C. waters in great numbers, but some consider them 'invasive species'
After 100 years of absence, large numbers of Pacific white-sided dolphins are back in the northern part of British Columbia's Salish Sea.
Canadian oilpatch expected to slightly surpass 2022 production record
Canadian oil and gas companies are expected to increase spending in 2023, but analysts say it will be another year of modest growth and not a return to boom times.
B.C. bus crash probe to examine previous crash and icy road
British Columbia's transportation minister says investigators looking into a bus crash that claimed four lives on the Okanagan Connector road on Christmas Eve are also considering another involving the same operator days earlier.
B.C. Christmas Eve bus crash kills father with young family in India and three others
Truck driver Kalwinder Singh says he knows the Okanagan Connector well, and regards the British Columbia highway as among the worst roads in North America.