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Wool producers in the Maritimes are making wool pellets to help farmers and gardeners boost food production and deal with climate change, while also offering an additional source of revenue for sheep farmers.  Pellets are being produced in Nova Scotia, P.E.I. In a former juice processing plant in Port Williams, …

The Pacific Salmon Commission and the Tŝilhqot’in National Government released updates Friday on the salmon situation in the Chilcotin River. Summer’s run is the offspring of the sockeye challenged by the 2019 Big Bar landslide. A new report is providing some early insight on how last month’s landslide into the …

Giant sea scorpions were larger apex predators, larger than humans, with powerful claws and thick exoskeletons. Now, new research suggests they were globe-trotting endurance swimmers, too. Fossils found in Australia suggest extinct apex predators made long-distance migrations. Asked to rank giant sea scorpions on a scale of one to terrifying, …

Tonight’s full moon is kind of a special one, and if you have clear skies you can enjoy the show. It’s super, it’s not really blue, but it is beautiful. Super blue moon begins its world tour Monday night The rare third of four full moons that will occur this …

They are known as crayfish if you’re in Canada. Crawfish or crawdads in the U.S. Yabbies in Australia. Whatever you call them, the lobster-like freshwater crustaceans may be closer than you think. These critters have been scuttling and spreading in Alberta waters — and in recent years have even settled …

The program helps people from vulnerable populations make purifiers that clean the air in their homes, and arms them with information about how to protect themselves in a changing climate. The DIY units cost less than $100 to make and help protect against the effects of wildfire smoke. Air purifiers …

Roughly 66 million years ago, a huge object slammed into Earth, causing a mass extinction. Now, a group of scientists believes they’ve figured out what it was — and where it came from.  A 10-km-wide asteroid from beyond Jupiter slammed into Earth 66 million years ago. Roughly 66 million years …

As of Aug. 13, fishermen in New Brunswick were forced to pull their traps and stop fishing on 35 separate occasions this year after North Atlantic right whales were spotted. But a new pilot program in the southwest is trying to keep lobster and crab boats on the water.  Fundy …

Ottawa’s public health department has been using drones capable of carrying and dispersing larvicides to kill mosquitos. It’s one of multiple tools used by the West Nile Virus Prevention Program to prevent the spread of the virus.  Ottawa Public Health putting a high-tech spin on perennial bug battle. Ottawa turns …

Sightings of Bigg’s killer whales in the Salish Sea are up significantly this year, continuing a trend that has sustained for several years, according to a whale watching industry association.  One research scientist says the population is growing, but the whales are also leaving other areas. The Pacific Whale Watch …