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What on Earth?
Meet a guy who converts gas-guzzling cars into electric vehicles
In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we speak to a Toronto entrepreneur who converts gas-guzzling cars into electric vehicles and learn about climate communication from Canadian scientist and 'Champion of the Earth' Katharine Hayhoe.
Technology & Science ||
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YouTube now recommends fewer conspiracies — and less Canadian political content
YouTube’s recommendation algorithm seems to be trying to actively steer users away from political content, towards more viral or popular videos, an in-depth CBC analysis of over 20,000 recommendations shows.
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Jeff Yates
Technology & Science ||
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Marketplace
How we got inside an overseas tech support scam targeting Canadians
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David Common
World ||
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Comet from another star system is on its way in, and astronomers say to expect more
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Nicole Mortillaro
Technology & Science ||
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Japanese spacecraft releases rover to explore asteroid
Technology & Science ||
Tropical turtle found 'cold-stunned' in B.C. waters
Canada -British Columbia ||
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The problem with Ontario's plan to ban food waste from landfills
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Taylor Logan
Technology & Science ||
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Analysis
Yes, computers really are taking jobs from humans — especially in banking: Don Pittis
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Don Pittis
Business ||
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A closer look at the arsenal China paraded to stir pride at home — and unnerve rivals abroad
Thomas Daigle
Technology & Science |
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Tidal energy companies join forces for Bay of Fundy project
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Emma Davie
Canada -Nova Scotia ||
From pipelines to fibre optics: How drilling technology is reshaping the urban landscape
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Ariel Fournier
Canada -Edmonton ||
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Analysis
Scheer says British Columbia's carbon tax hasn't worked. Expert studies say it has
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Aaron Wherry
Politics ||
Growing Vegan
Vegan pet food is out there, but is a plant-based diet good for your animals?
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Lien Yeung
Canada -British Columbia ||
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Baby elephant nursed back to health at Myanmar sanctuary
World ||
What really happens to the organic waste you put in your compost bin
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Taylor Logan
Technology & Science ||
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Mint's new glow-in-the-dark coin features Canada's most famous UFO
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Michael MacDonald
Canada -Nova Scotia ||
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'Wrecked forever': Unique geological formation near Yellowknife almost gone
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Walter Strong
Canada -North ||
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Updated
Why did the female orgasm evolve? Experiment supports theory
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Emily Chung
Technology & Science ||
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'It's not a pipe dream': Oilsands company developing project to wipe out its emissions
Kyle Bakx
Business ||
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Over 1,650 killed this monsoon season in India
World ||
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Liberal promise to end open-pen salmon farms in B.C. making waves on East Coast
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Paul Withers
Canada -Nova Scotia ||
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Big telecom companies win court battle in ongoing war with CRTC over wholesale internet rates
Business |
'Beefier barley' researcher says her work does not promote positives of climate change
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Tanara McLean
Canada -Edmonton ||