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With better soil, farmers can fight climate change and make agriculture more sustainable

Regenerative farming not only could improve the business of agriculture but help fields pull more carbon out of the atmosphere. The emphasis is on taking steps to cultivate stronger, healthier soil.

Technology & Science August 14

Hundreds of baby turtles begin to hatch at Ontario 'turtle nursery'

Canada Kitchener-Waterloo August 16

How cutting speed limits could slow climate change

Technology & Science August 14

That's no seal: Makkovik man accidentally nets shark

Canada Nfld. & Labrador August 14

Google stops responding directly to data requests from Hong Kong government

Alphabet Inc.'s Google has said it will no longer provide data in response to requests from Hong Kong authorities following the enactment of a new national security law imposed by China.

Technology & Science August 14

Golden eagles breed at Scottish estate for 1st time in decades thanks to an artificial nest

Trees for Life, a Scottish conservation charity, announced that the eagle chick flew from the nest for the first time recently at their Dundreggan rewilding estate, located in the Scottish Highlands.

Radio As It Happens August 13

Fortnite developer Epic Games sues Apple, Google after removal of video game from App Store

Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.'s Google have removed popular video game Fortnite from their app stores for violating the companies' in-app payment guidelines, prompting developer Epic Games to file federal antitrust lawsuits challenging the two companies' rules.

Technology & Science August 15

Lethal bacterial disease found in bighorn sheep herd in B.C.'s South Okanagan

Canada British Columbia August 13

Ship in Mauritius oil spill emptied of fuel, but heavy damage for island

World August 13

Misconceptions persist about effectiveness and privacy of Canada's COVID Alert app

Technology & Science August 13

Canadian tech group spends $100K on billboards to lure anxious tech workers from U.S.

Paula Duhatschek

Canada Kitchener-Waterloo August 13

How spotting right whales from space could help save them

Canada Nova Scotia August 12

Broken cable damages giant radio telescope in Puerto Rico

Technology & Science August 12

Mauritius seeks compensation as oil spill cleanup continues

World August 12

Firefox owner Mozilla laying off 250 staff, including some in Canada

Business August 12

'Quite dire': Fraser River sockeye salmon run expected to be worst ever recorded

Canada British Columbia August 12

Dwarf planet Ceres is an 'ocean world,' NASA finds

Technology & Science August 11

Russia approves coronavirus vaccine before final clinical trials are completed

Health August 11

Ontario mining company 1st to try new mobile test that diagnoses COVID-19 in as little as an hour

Canada August 11

Singapore crushes ivory from nearly 300 elephants to deter illegal trade

World August 11

Nunavut greenhouse could teach scientists how to grow food in outer space

Canada North August 11

Yukon First Nation, hunting groups at odds over moose hunting

Canada North August 11

Early sightings of Atlantic salmon in Fundy National Park an encouraging sign

Canada New Brunswick August 11

Russian Indigenous groups call on Elon Musk to boycott company behind Arctic environmental disasters

Canada North August 10

Showdown between Split Lip and The Boss, 2 of Banff's most notorious grizzlies, caught on camera

Canada Calgary August 12

Russian Indigenous groups call on Elon Musk to boycott company behind Arctic environmental disasters

Canada North August 10

Annual Perseid meteor shower peaks this week: How you can catch some 'shooting stars'

Nicole Mortillaro

Technology & Science August 9

Girl, 7, stung by Portuguese man-of-war at Lawrencetown Beach

Canada Nova Scotia August 10

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