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Is Canada equipped to handle Chinese EVs?

Tue, 01/27/2026 - 04:00

The cost of importing Chinese cars to Canada is set to drop steeply with a recent cut in tariffs. How will that impact EV sales? Are our EV charging infrastructure and our grid ready for those extra cars? Here's a closer look at the potential impact.

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Canada's icebreaker pact looked great until Trump started threatening the Arctic

Tue, 01/27/2026 - 04:00

Canada is a party to an agreement to work with U.S. and Finnish counterparts to produce icebreakers for the U.S. Coast Guard. Those ships will give the U.S. greater ability to operate in the Arctic. Will they also be used to threaten Canada's sovereignty in the North?

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Marineland gets ‘conditional approval’ from Ottawa to ship 30 belugas, 4 dolphins to U.S.

Mon, 01/26/2026 - 16:28

The Canadian government on Monday granted “conditional approval” to Marineland for the defunct amusement park in Niagara Falls, Ont., to ship 30 captive belugas and four dolphins to institutions in the United States.

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Radon gas may be giving more Canadians lung cancer. Scientists are racing to save lives

Mon, 01/26/2026 - 04:00

Radon gas, an invisible health threat that can build up in your home, is putting more Canadians at risk of deadly lung cancer. A national research team is using throwaway toenail clippings to find markers of high radon exposure, in the hope of expanding cancer screenings to save lives.

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Here’s why bald eagle sightings have soared across Alberta

Sun, 01/25/2026 - 07:00

Through conservation efforts leading to a resurgence of bald eagle numbers across the continent, the iconic raptors can be found practically anywhere in Alberta, from along the Bow River in Calgary to deep in the grasslands.

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Canada's wildfire paradox: fewer fires, greater destruction highlighted in new analysis

Sun, 01/25/2026 - 04:00

A new national analysis finds Canada is seeing fewer wildfires overall, but a growing share of damage is being driven by a smaller number of increasingly large, hard-to-control fires.

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Keeping an eye on the far side of the moon

Fri, 01/23/2026 - 18:30

While human missions to the moon will be facing Earth, on the other side of the moon, completely hidden from view, there will be a plethora of robots silently peering out to the edge of the universe and back to find out how it all began.

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OMG! People are saying it's so cold trees will explode. That viral claim may be overblown

Fri, 01/23/2026 - 14:13

We're not even one month into 2026, and with everything that's happening, now we have to deal with exploding trees? No, not entirely. But a sudden deep freeze is going to send temperatures plummeting in much of Canada and the U.S., which could cause an ear-splitting phenomenon.

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This new equipment at Canada's Smartest Kitchen in P.E.I. will help food innovators

Fri, 01/23/2026 - 08:08

Canada's Smartest Kitchen in P.E.I. purchased some new equipment to help entrepreneurs develop food and beverage products. CBC's Taylor O'Brien stopped by to learn how the tech works, and how the research team will help clients save time and money.

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Black bear ordered moved by Banff National Park leadership against wildlife experts' advice

Fri, 01/23/2026 - 07:00

A Banff National Park superintendent told Parks Canada wildlife staff — over their objections — to move a black bear due to public safety concerns at a popular resort ski resort, according to documents obtained by CBC News.

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Samples from Manitoba bird die-off test positive for H5N1, but researcher says that offers some relief

Fri, 01/23/2026 - 06:00

The highly contagious H5N1 strain of bird flu has been found in samples collected in Manitoba after a die-off, but a U of Manitoba researcher says it's reassuring to know the virus hasn't mutated into a different strain.

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Ottawa suggests opening sandhill crane hunting in northern Ontario

Fri, 01/23/2026 - 06:00

The federal government is considering putting sandhill cranes back on the menu in northern Ontario, potentially as early as this fall.

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Uncertainty looms as federal cuts hit N.S. research farm

Fri, 01/23/2026 - 05:00

Staff at an Agriculture Agri-Food Canada research farm in Nappan, N.S., were given notice of cuts on Thursday, and the federal government is offering few details on the facility's future.

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As the Gulf of St. Lawrence warms, whales are switching up the menu and may be sharing lunch

Fri, 01/23/2026 - 04:00

New Canadian research, using decades of samples from the Gulf of St. Lawrence, shows that as Arctic krill becomes scarce, fin and minke whales are eating more of the kinds of fish that humpback whales eat — but that they’re sharing these resources

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Video shows 'very fortunate' skier escaping injury in avalanche near Lake Louise ski area

Thu, 01/22/2026 - 13:39

Yesterday morning, a skier on a backcountry run called the Vortex near Lake Louise was caught in a size 2 avalanche but was uninjured in the incident.

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Can dogs actually talk to humans? Researchers put these clever canines to the test

Thu, 01/22/2026 - 11:23

The Nature of Things explores how dogs might be using human language with the help of buttons on a soundboard.

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More than 50 dump truck loads of dirt were removed from his yard. Now, he has to put them back

Wed, 01/21/2026 - 06:00

A Windsor man says he is being asked by the city to undo the repairs he made to his backyard. Robert Redmond says he took out the berm, worth 52 dump truck loads of dirt, from his backyard at about $6,700. Now, the city is asking him to put it back. But that could cost upwards of $50,000.

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#TheMoment scientists got a look inside a glacier

Tue, 01/20/2026 - 22:05

Martin Froger Silva, a videographer for the Center for Oldest Ice Exploration, tells The National about the moment he filmed the inside of a glacier in Antarctica that’s millions of years old.

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Veronika the cow has a scratching broom, and she knows how to use it

Tue, 01/20/2026 - 18:17

Veronika the brown cow's dexterous and graceful tool use upends long-held assumptions about the intelligence of cows, say scientists.

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Timelapse video shows northern lights glowing in Yukon

Tue, 01/20/2026 - 17:27

The northern lights, also known as the aurora borealis, put on a show in parts of Canada, the U.S. and Europe overnight Monday into Tuesday, with the vivid display seen much farther south than usual amid intense geomagnetic and solar radiation storms. Video that has been verified by Reuters shows shimmering green and pink hues in the sky over the Yukon hamlet of Mount Lorne.

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