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Business Some politicians and business leaders say that climate change presents a binary choice between preserving jobs or the environment. But a lot of working-class people don't see it that way. A study by Clean Energy Canada found that the clean-energy sector was growing at a faster rate than the …

Technology & Science There are nearly three billion fewer birds in Canada and the United States than there were half a century ago, a new study estimates. A new study has found that there are 2.9 billion fewer birds in Canada and the U.S. than there were in 1970. That …

Technology & Science Scientists say they've deciphered features of the skull and some other details of a mysterious, extinct cousin of Neanderthals by analyzing its DNA. This image provided by Hebrew University of Jerusalem shows a statue reconstruction of a juvenile female Denisovan based on a skeletal profile reconstructed from …

Calgary·New Politicians like to deliver “goodies” during campaigns, not lectures about how voters need to change their lives. What are we willing to hear from the parties, and what are we not? Several hundred students gather on Parliament Hill in Ottawa as they protest climate change last March. (Adrian Wyld/The …

Nfld. & Labrador Wildlife observers with little to no experience and no background in biology are being deployed to monitor the environmental impact of oil exploration off Newfoundland. Marine mammal and seabird observers on seismic ships off the coast of Newfoundland are responsible for identifying and protecting threatened and endangered …

Technology & Science Roughly 466 million years ago, an asteroid broke apart almost half a billion kilometres from Earth. And according to a new study published in Science Advances on Wednesday, that event may have played a vital role in shaping life on our planet. This is an illustration of …

Politics·Analysis Green Party Leader Elizabeth May has been using the language of war and the example of Winston Churchill to motivate Canadians to support efforts to cut Canada's carbon emissions. But her martial metaphors may be underplaying the difficulty involved in fighting climate change. People walk next to a shattered …

Saskatoon A Saskatchewan nurse's appeal of a $26,000 penalty is being heard at Saskatchewan's Court of Appeal on Tuesday morning. Carolyn Strom arrives at the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal in Regina on Tuesday. Strom was found guilty of professional misconduct by the Saskatchewan Registered Nurses Association in 2016 and handed …

PEI·CLIMATE CHANGE Researchers with the UPEI Climate Lab are using drone technology to get a rare glimpse from high above the devastation caused by Dorian. The UPEI Climate Lab and Parks Canada are using drones to capture footage of the damage done by post-tropical storm Dorian.(UPEI Climate Lab) Researchers with …

Technology & Science Scientists have discovered a new species of giant salamander and concluded that the largest amphibian ever recorded was a member of that species. Through genetic analysis, scientists have found that there are three species of Chinese giant salamanders. But so far, they don't know how to tell …