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Tagish Lake meteorite that fell in northern B.C. contains clues as to how life may have arisen on Earth
A team of Canadian and U.S. researchers has found a meteorite that fell in British Columbia 20 years ago may shed some light on how life could have been brought to Earth.
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Nicole Mortillaro
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Climate change turning Antarctica's snow green
Technology & Science ||
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Global CO2 emissions could drop by as much as 7% in 2020 due to pandemic, researchers suggest
Technology & Science ||
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Robots and electrostatic sprayers: Air travel industry looks to technology to bring back wary passengers
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Susan Ormiston
Technology & Science |
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Canada's new climate targets, plastics ban likely to be delayed due to pandemic
Canada's national environment agenda is the latest thing to be upended by the COVID-19 pandemic, as plans for both beefing up national climate targets and banning some plastics are likely to be delayed.
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Mia Rabson
Technology & Science |
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Facebook fined $9 million over Canadian privacy concerns
Facebook has been ordered to pay a $9-million penalty after making "false or misleading claims about the privacy of Canadians' personal information," according to a news release from the Competition Bureau.
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Jackson Weaver
Technology & Science ||
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Analysis
New advocacy group joins push for green recovery from COVID-19's economic shock
There is likely to come a time when governments will use stimulus spending to boost their wounded economies. But nearly all of the federal government’s attention is still consumed by the profound challenges of containing COVID-19 and reopening communities amid an ongoing health threat.
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Aaron Wherry
Politics ||
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India and Bangladesh brace for strong cyclone
World |
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Squirrels star in Ontario couple's elaborate backyard photo shoots
Desmond Brown
Canada -Hamilton ||
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Biden says he'd cancel Keystone XL pipeline permit if elected
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Alexander Panetta
World ||
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As life on Earth is upended, astronomers keep looking up
Rhianna Schmunk
Canada -British Columbia ||
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B.C. volcanoes will one day rumble back to life, scientist warns
Canada -British Columbia ||
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FBI blasts Apple over encryption while revealing al-Qaeda link to deadly naval base shooting
World |
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How COVID-19 has pushed health care into the virtual world, helping patients get treated at home
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Angelina King
Canada -Toronto ||
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40 years after Mount St. Helens erupted, 2 Canadians remember the day the sky went dark
Canada -British Columbia |
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Analysis
Persistent pollutants and the unintended side effects of the Montreal Protocol
Radio -Quirks & Quarks |
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A giant sloth graveyard shows how these enormous animals died - and lived
Radio -Quirks & Quarks |
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COVID-19 and scientific confusion — What we don't know and why we don't know it
Radio -Quirks & Quarks |
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Live gene bank only hope for inner Bay of Fundy salmon
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Paul Withers
Canada -Nova Scotia ||
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Why 'No Mow May' could be a boon for Toronto's bumble bee populations
Nick Boisvert
Canada -Toronto ||
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Researchers use smartphone data to determine which businesses are potential COVID-19 'super-spreaders'
Radio -Day 6 |
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Mixed messages, frustration with lockdowns fuel some skepticism about pandemic
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Nicole Mortillaro
Technology & Science ||
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Facebook buys Giphy for $400M
Business |
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Live gene bank only hope for inner Bay of Fundy salmon
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Paul Withers
Canada -Nova Scotia ||
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COVID-19 has ushered in return of a more 'positive' internet culture, says digital expert
Radio -Spark |
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What on Earth?
There's a lot of buzz about 'green' hydrogen, but actual projects are slow in coming
Technology & Science ||
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Ozone layer deal may have led to new contaminant problem, researchers say
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Bob Weber
Technology & Science ||
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The coronavirus is mutating — and that can help us track it
Technology & Science |