How does wildfire smoke affect birds? This researcher is looking to find out
A researcher at the University of Saskatchewan wants to know how birds, particularly songbirds, are being impacted by wildfiresΒ and smoke….
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Astronomers capture 1st close-up photograph of new interstellar visitor
It’s out of this world. Or, more accurately, this solar system. On July 1, astronomers discovered an object near the…
Inside the secret plan to relocate a wayward B.C. grizzly bear
As people continue to mourn the loss of a wayward grizzly on an island off the B.C. coast, many are…
Want a big piece of Mars? It could be yours β for $4M US
For sale: aΒ 25-kilogramΒ rock. Estimated auction price: $2 million to $4 million US. Why so expensive? It’s the largest piece of…
Alberta wastewater unlocked key information about COVID-19. Could it help with measles too?
As Alberta’s measles outbreaks grow, researchers are now watching the province’s wastewater for the highly contagious virus and hoping to…
Family unearths ancient spearhead at their Paris, Ont., farm in ‘freak’ discovery
The two pieces were buried under the earth for possibly more than 12,000Β years. This summer, they wereΒ accidentally unearthedΒ on a Paris,…
#TheMoment a 'fat' marmot was spotted in a B.C. park
Taylor Borth tells The National about the moment she snapped a photo of an unusually ‘fat’ marmot while walking through…
Play on! Or not? How air quality indexes work β and how they might impact sports
Saskatchewan Roughriders fans who headed to Regina’s Mosaic stadium Friday had a rough night, sitting through rounds of delays and…
This plant peacefully houses warring ant species by giving them their own apartments
As It HappensThis plant peacefully houses warring species of ants by giving them their own little apartments When Guillaume Chomicki…
Controversial grizzly killed on island off B.C. coast, conservation officers investigating
British Columbia’s Conservation Officer Service (COS) says a grizzly bear on an island off the Sunshine Coast has been shot…