Monthly Archives: November 2025

Why Sable Island didn’t struggle with this year’s drought

While the Maritimes suffered through a long drought this year, Sable Island didn’t have the same problem. That’s because the island located 290 kilometres southeast of Halifax has a large underground supply of fresh water.

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Coastal communities help track N.S. marine life using environmental DNA

The Community-Oriented Coastal Observatory needs samples from around the province, so they’re recruiting volunteers just like them to help with this project.

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Bear encounters on the rise in B.C. community where grizzlies attacked school group, residents say

As B.C. conservation officers continued to search for the three grizzlies involved in Thursday’s attack on an elementary school group in Bella Coola, residents say the incident reflects years of rising bear encounters in the remote Central Coast community.

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After her study on trans athletes lost funding in the U.S., this Canadian researcher is starting over

Canadian-born researcher Joanna Harper has been studying the ways hormone therapy makes a difference in transgender athletes’ performance for nearly two decades. Her most recent study, which she was working on in the United States, lost its funding bringing her … Continue reading →

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Uh oh. The dreaded polar vortex may be making an appearance very soon

In 2014, the term “polar vortex” burst on the scene across Canada and the U.S. as temperatures plunged. In some places, it was colder than it was on Mars. Well, get ready to hear more about it.

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Retailers feel Black Friday pressure as Canadians expected to tighten their spending

With trade uncertainty, tariffs and rising prices, Canadian shoppers are expected to pull back this holiday season. Retailers are offering weeks-long discounts —and for some, their first Black Friday deals ever — in the hope of enticing people to spend.

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Why some young people are investing based on vibes, not research

Some millennial and Gen Z Canadians believe it’s harder to build wealth now than it was for their parents. So they’re adopting more risk-taking investment strategies. Some say it’s the only thing they think will help them get ahead financially.

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Alberta government eyes AI to write legislation for 1st time

The Alberta government is considering using AI technology to write a law for the first time, eyeing a forthcoming piece of whisky legislation as its test case.

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An unhappy booze industry asks why alcohol was left out of interprovincial trade agreement

Some in the alcohol industry say they’re perplexed and disappointed that booze was left out of a recent agreement between provinces to drop interprovincial trade barriers.

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Canada Post, union agree in principle to deal after 2 years of contentious bargaining

Canada Post and the union representing thousands of mail carriers across the country say the parties have reached agreements in principle after two years of contentious bargaining.

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