Monthly Archives: August 2025

Countries are gathering in Geneva from Aug. 5 to 14, with the hopes of passing a legally binding global agreement on plastic pollution.

A recent project by Carleton University graduate students used metal detectors attached to drones to locate unexploded bombs in the Mer Bleue bog, which was used as a practice bombing range in the Second World War.

In May, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecast an above-normal Atlantic hurricane season, but so far it’s been pretty tame. However, that could end very soon. And people had better be prepared, experts say.

Ravaging rose bushes and feasting on backyard crops, Japanese beetles are an ongoing issue for gardeners in the Halifax area, but there’s little consensus on how to best deal with them.

People under the age of 35 are more likely to believe in conspiracy theories than other age groups, according to recent research out of the University of Ottawa.

The Titan submersible imploded while diving to the Titanic wreck site, killing all 5 people on board.

Prime Minister Mark Carney vowed to use Canadian lumber to build homes and unveiled financial supports for the forestry sector as the U.S. hikes duties on the softwood industry. 

A Texas teen returned from a summer vacation to the Canadian Prairies with a story he says his pals back home probably wouldn’t believe — were it not for the fact that the 80-million year old aquatic reptile fossil he … Continue reading →

A volcano on Russia’s eastern Kamchatka Peninsula erupted overnight into Sunday for what scientists said is the first time in hundreds of years, days after a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake.

Eighty years after the first atomic bombs fell on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, experts and survivors warn that the risk of a new nuclear strike is rising.