Monthly Archives: November 2025

Canada’s weather warning system has changed. Here’s how

Canada’s weather warnings have changed to a new colour-coded, risk-tiered system implemented by Environment and Climate Change Canada. The three alert levels — yellow, orange and red — are based on the potential impacts of a weather event and the … Continue reading →

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Why do bridges get slippery first in cold weather?

Why are bridges first to get slippery, even before a snowfall? Watch to learn as CBC’s Riley Laychuk explains why.

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ChatGPT may help you find information faster, but you learn less

Bob McDonald’s Blog: Recent studies show that using chatbots like ChatGPT may get us information faster than ever before, but we’re not gaining much knowledge by using it.

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More Canadians are missing non-mortgage debt payments, says Equifax

Equifax Canada says the number of consumers missing a non-mortgage debt payment in the third quarter rose compared with a year ago.

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Meet the B.C. residents hosting whale detection devices on their properties

From infrared thermal cameras to hydrophones, these B.C. residents offered up space on their properties as researchers look to help safeguard marine mammals.

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Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano produces dome fountain of lava

Video captured by the U.S. Geological Survey on Nov. 23 shows the formation of a dome fountain of lava in a crater on Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano.

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Second grizzly bear captured in Bella Coola after attack, B.C. conservation officers say

B.C. conservation officers say a second grizzly bear has now been captured in Bella Coola, though it has not been established whether the animal was involved in last week’s attack on an elementary school group.

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Endangered barn owl makes ‘extremely rare’ appearance in Calgary

The barn owl, one of Canada’s most endangered owls, isn’t native to Alberta and is considered extremely rare anywhere in the province, which is why wildlife photographers were shocked when one made a surprise appearance in a Calgary park.

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San Diego Zoo’s oldest resident, a Galapagos tortoise believed to be about 141, dies

Galapagos tortoise Gramma, who was believed to be about 141 years old, has died at the San Diego Zoo, according to zoo officials. She was their oldest resident.

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Saint John bird observatory marks 30 years and 1.7 million seabirds

The Point Lepreau Bird Observatory is marking 30 years of monitoring the seabird migration in a location perfectly positioned to capture the entire migration pattern of more than 100 different species.

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