Parts of downtown Toronto were without power for a few hours Wednesday after a squirrel came into contact with a utility pole. In an email to CBC News, Hydro officials said the outage impacted about 6,500...

Lorraine Sherren says what’s holding her together as she and her husband grieve the death of their 40-year-old son is knowing he was able to donate his heart, with some out-of-the-box thinking. Robbie Sherren...

British Columbia’s chief veterinarian has issued an order making it illegal to transport boats or other watercraft without removing the drain plug to prevent the spread of whirling disease. Whirling disease, which is fatal...

On his YouTube channel, Anand Munje interviews entrepreneurs, academics and artists. He communicates with them even though his cerebral palsy makes it hard to speak, but it’s possible thanks to the software his brothers...

Tanner Borsa was working his farm near Yellow Creek, Sask., last weekend when the Global Positioning System in his tractors stopped working.   Like many farmers, Borsa pays for a premium GPS satellite signal to...

The colourful auroras that treated skywatchers across the country last weekend and the total solar eclipse last month are reminders that the Earth is in direct line of fire from activities on the surface...

Western University researchers are developing a new kind of farm that uses machine-learning algorithms and data analytics to create optimum conditions for growing food anywhere and in any season — producing bigger and better yields while using as little energy and water as possible....

For the first time since the 1990s, Quebec’s Transport Ministry and a group of experts have teamed up to relocate a nest of peregrine falcon eggs....

The Current16:06Decoding the sperm whale’s alphabet Scientists have examined thousands of hours of sperm whale calls — bursts of clicks known as codas — and discovered a kind of phonetic alphabet that the animals...

Hike up your socks and check your pets — tick season is already in full force. Rob and Kathy Bull of Cambridge, Ont., are warning others to check themselves and their pets. After the couple took...

As a farmer in rural Saskatchewan, Barry Sawchuk is used to removing rocks and weeds from his fields. But he recently discovered a two-metre wide, 40-kilogram heap of twisted, burnt metal. “My oldest son and...

The promised northern lights over the weekend did not disappoint, producing a dazzling light show across Canada and around the world. Social media platforms were filled with hues of purple, green, yellow and pink...

A new $25-million marine research centre opened Monday in Dartmouth, N.S., to co-ordinate the sophisticated underwater platforms used by Canada to gather ocean data. The Facility for Intelligent Marine Systems brings together researchers from Fisheries...

The Canadian military is weighing how many and what kind of “optionally-crewed” warships it will need in the future as drone technology and artificial intelligence change the face of naval combat, says the commander of the navy....

If you have boxwood plants in your yard or neighbourhood, there’s an invasive pest you need to be on the lookout for this spring.   The box tree moth is an invasive species that...

A cruise ship sailed into a New York City port with a 13-metre dead whale across its bow, marine authorities said. The whale, identified as an endangered sei whale, was caught on the ship’s bow...

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A series of powerful solar storms made the northern lights unusually visible far south Friday, and could dazzle again on Saturday night in Canada. Scientists expected the geomagnetic storm would lead to colourful auroras overnight not only in Canada, but the northern...

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Scientists in the U.S. and Canada are watching wastewater for early signs of H5N1 as an outbreak of bird flu among American dairy cattle keeps growing. With cases confirmed in dozens of herds across...

Before Transformers, there was the Aquatron — Dalhousie University’s dynamic and evolving superhero of a marine research centre. If it swims, floats or sinks, it may have been tested inside the Aquatron’s laboratories and tanks since it opened...