Sunday, November 17, 2024

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Parts of the East Coast will be a near-miss with a bomb cyclone

As you’re reading this, a powerful low is rapidly deepening in the North Atlantic. Over the next 24 hours, the pressure will drop between...

Vancouver high school students create intelligent garbage cans to help sort waste

A pair of Vancouver high school students hope their innovation using odour sensors and artificial intelligence will help their peers divert more waste from the...

Spain’s flood disaster was its worst in recent history. Here’s what went wrong

By David Latona, Corina Pons, Pietro Lombardi and Aislinn LaingPAIPORTA, Spain (Reuters) - The water was already knee-high on the ground floor of the...

1st all-Sask. Hardy Cup in more than 2 decades set for Saturday in Saskatoon

Saskatchewan football fans will be breaking out their team gear this weekend, as two huge games loom.The Roughriders will be in Winnipeg battling for a spot...

Odd weather terms you may hear in the fall and winter

The leaves are changing colour, and there’s a chill in the air; autumn is here, which means winter is just around the corner. Just...

KKK Halloween costumes symptom of growing far-right in Atlantic Canada, researcher says

A researcher studying the rise of extremism in Atlantic Canada warns Ku Klux Klan Halloween costumes are just one example of an insidious effort by far-right...

Newfoundland waters were a U-boat hunting ground, and that legacy has not been forgotten

It's an unusually calm fall day on the Avalon Peninsula, and Neil Burgess and Ysabelle Hubert are preparing to take advantage of the mirror-like conditions...

Albania has greenlit a Trump-connected resort that could endanger bird and turtle species

"You see those white pinkish dots in front of us?" asked Xhemal Xherri, peering across a lagoon along the southern coast of Albania, across...

New immigration rules raise fears that northern B.C. will lose foreign students, workers

For years, international students have made up a large portion of the student body at the College of New Caledonia in Prince George, B.C.But...

104-year-old Yukon woman looks back on life and love in wartime

Looking back on her long life, Wanita Johnson is sure of this: kindness is key."That goes without saying," Johnson said from her home at...

High bitcoin price may have played role in Toronto crypto CEO’s kidnapping: experts

As police continue to investigate the kidnapping of the CEO of a company specializing in cryptocurrency this week, experts say such attacks are rare and...

Massive grizzly bear known as ‘The Boss’ spotted in Canmore area

The Boss snacks on some berries near a Canmore area home. (Jason Leo Bantle)Fyten added that when Parks Canada wardens have to intervene and encourage...

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