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Drought, not smoke, stressing out Saskatchewan trees
With the season of autumn and back to school arriving, a certain amount of stress and browning leaves on the ground is to be expected.However, trees shouldn't be shedding their leaves as early as they...
Sep 02, 2023
'We're playing baseball': 13U AA Western Baseball Championships underway in P.A. after previously being cancelled
The 13U AA Western Canadian Baseball Championships are officially underway in Prince Albert.The city wasn't supposed to host the event as it was originally planned for Kelowna, however, it was cancell...
Sep 02, 2023
Maine resident captures nature in action in N.B. as shark snacks on whale carcass
Paul Keller was sitting on the back porch of his rented cottage by the Bay of Fundy, sipping his morning coffee, when he spotted some commotion in the water. Perhaps the splash of a flipper, he figure...
Sep 02, 2023
Canada's envoy to Ukraine says Canadian support will outlast Russian invasion
OTTAWA - Canada's new ambassador to Ukraine had an eerie sense of dj vu when she reached Kyiv last month. Natalka Cmok saw so many locals with missing limbs that it reminded her of working in Ukraine ...
Sep 02, 2023
CSIS disinformation campaign leans on Soviet imagery, as Ottawa tracks 'grey media'
OTTAWA - Canada's spy agency is leaning on Soviet imagery to help prime the public against disinformation but experts say Moscow is more likely to use images that make readers think the messaging is c...
Sep 02, 2023
School boards grappling with AI use in classroom, but formal policies still elusive
Some of the largest school boards across Canada will begin the new school year without formal policies on the use of artificial intelligence in the classroom, despite concerns about how the technology...
Sep 02, 2023
Ecologists say life will return to B.C. wildfire zone, but trees may never grow back
The charred hills surrounding Lake Okanagan in the B.C. Interior will likely look very different in a year's time and beyond as life returns to the wildfire-ravaged landscape, ecologists predict. An e...
Sep 02, 2023
N.W.T. officials set to share details about lifting of Yellowknife evacuation order
YELLOWKNIFE - Residents of Yellowknife and a nearby First Nation have been told they'll be allowed home as early as Sept. 6, barring any increase in wildfire risk. The city and the Yellowknives Dene F...
Sep 02, 2023
India launches spacecraft to study the sun after successful landing near the moon's south pole
NEW DELHI (AP) - India launched its first space mission to study the sun on Saturday, less than two weeks after a successful uncrewed landing near the south polar region of the moon. The Aditya-L1 spa...
Sep 02, 2023
Toronto catcher Danny Jansen fractures finger in the Blue Jays' 13-9 win over the Rockies
DENVER (AP) - Initial X-rays showed Toronto Blue Jays catcher Danny Jansen fractured his right middle finger in a 13-9 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Friday night, manager John Schneider said. J...
Sep 01, 2023
