Monthly Archives: March 2026

Your go-to guide for CBC News coverage of the Artemis II mission around the moon.

Prime Minister Mark Carney announced $3.8 billion in new funding to protect nature on Tuesday, as part of the federal government’s goal to protect 30 per cent of Canada’s lands and waters by 2030.

Ruth Hasman has been repairing stuffed animals for over two decades out of her Vancouver home.

The Alberta government is revamping laws tied to the well-being of animals through the Animal Protection Amendment Act.

Humans have wondered for centuries whether we are alone in the universe — and a new study suggests that if alien civilizations have been trying to communicate with us, we mostly haven’t been listening for the right signals.

A week of negotiations has led to 40 species added on a list of protections under the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, the 15th meeting of countries that are party to a UN treaty signed … Continue reading →

Ottawa is authorizing the controlled and time-limited emergency use of strychnine to address millions of dollars worth of damage in Alberta and Saskatchewan caused by an infestation of Richardson’s ground squirrels, known colloquially as gophers.

Mountains that normally see their peak snowpack in March are brown this year, thanks to a spring heat dome that baked western U.S. for much of the second half of the month. That’s raising alarm bells for the fire season … Continue reading →

Canada’s economy saw slight growth in January, as gains in goods-producing industries like mining offset a slowdown in manufacturing, Statistics Canada said on Tuesday.

CoolIT Systems, a specialist in liquid cooling for AI data centres, is set to be acquired by U.S. company Ecolab for $4.75 billion US, in what’s being called one of the city’s biggest tech deals of all time. As part … Continue reading →