Bob Weber
Reporter with The Canadian Press
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Whales show brains, social interaction go together: study
The rich social interaction and highly evolved brains of some whales are linked in a kind of evolutionary feedback loop, a newly published paper suggests.
Google goes to end of the earth in new Street View of Ellesmere Island
It’s official. Google Street View has now gone to the ends of the earth.
Academics association charges conflict of interest at University of Calgary
The president of the University of Calgary was in a conflict of interest over a 2011 plan for a corporate−funded research centre at the institution.
It could change the ground rules for industry all over Alberta
Geothermal energy potential from abandoned oil and gas wells could solve many problems and help the environment.
'Where is she buried?' Government prepares database on Inuit tuberculosis graves
Jack Anawak was eight years old in 1956, the year the doctors came to his family's home in their tiny Arctic community and took his mother south to treat her tuberculosis.
U.S. museum given 'cultural repatriation' award for returning Inuit bodies
A renowned American museum and an Inuit government have received an award for returning Inuit bodies that had been dug up and taken for scientific study.
Public trust job one for head of Alberta environmental monitoring program
Fred Wrona really, really wants you to trust him.
The Franklin story has always been at the centre of a historical tug of war
Full fathom five John Franklin's ship lies and of its bones are stories made.
As Franklin's lure brings people north, Gjoa Haven seeks its share of the booty
It's cool and cloudy as Don Sessions, wearing a toque and a good, solid jacket, hops off an inflatable boat that has ferried him from his cruise ship to shore.
Where is the body of John Franklin? Inuit historian may know
The man who guided searchers to the wreck of John Franklin's flagship may have one more surprise left up his parka sleeve.