Western Quebec goats get old Christmas trees as tasty holiday treat
Jennifer MadoreΒ and her partner Pierre FaucherΒ have a novel use for discarded Christmas trees: feeding them to hungry western QuebecΒ goats. The…
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Sask. won’t get any new wild boar farms, but expert says population still out of control
The Saskatchewan government is taking measures to stop the spread of swine fluΒ disease, cracking down on the invasive wild pig…
St. FX researchers build first-of-its-kind landfill simulator
St. Francis Xavier University researchers have built a first-of-its-kind simulation facility to test methane measurement technology for landfills. Dave Risk,…
Canada’s skies are opening to new drone rules in 2025
New government regulations can be hard to get excited about β but not if you’re a drone pilot like Ian…
Fur traps, legal in New Brunswick, sometimes catch the wrong animal
A bald eagle is recovering at the Atlantic Wildlife Institute after finding itself caught in a coyote snare β something…
Want to get a prescription for nature access in Canada? Here’s how it works
Halton Healthcare and Conservation Halton announced in early December they were partnering with a B.C.-based foundationΒ to offer nature prescriptions to…
Warming Great Lakes could lead to stronger snow storms, climate scientists say
Sarah Bauer woke up to a shaking house. She thought maybe an earthquake had struck near her home in Torrance,…
Renowned whale museum lost to fire in B.C.’s Telegraph Cove was a ‘labour of love’
Mary Borrowman is mourning the loss of the Whale Interpretive Centre in Telegraph Cove, B.C., a popular tourism attraction that…
AI and robotic arms flex new tech muscles to boost lagging home construction in Canada
Ramtin Attar is standing inside an unremarkable warehouse, in an ordinary-looking industrial park near Edmonton’s airport, looking at some robots…
Canadian contribution to private lunar lander could lead to a telescope on the moon
The first private spacecraft to softly land on the moon carries a Canadian instrument that will test the possibility of…