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British Columbia A B.C. animal rescue group is calling for better training of conservation officers after a sedated bear cub was brought in covered in ice after riding in the back of an open truck. A black bear cub, like these, arrived at Critter Care in Langley on Jan. 14.(Julie …

Health Dalhousie University professor Matthew Herder accessed hundreds of government documents to find out what really happened as Canadian scientists tried for years to get the pharmaceutical industry interested in their discovery of an Ebola vaccine. A health worker, left, injects a man with the Ebola vaccine in Conakry, Guinea, …

Technology & Science·What on Earth? In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at ways to reduce the emissions from heating and how the oil and gas industry could help access some of Alberta's lithium deposits. (Sködt McNalty/CBC) Hello, people! This is our weekly newsletter on all things …

Technology & Science The Canadian military is looking for help taking out the trash in space. The European Space Agency estimates more than 129 million pieces of space junk are circling our planet, most of them smaller than a raisin.(NASA) The Canadian military is looking for help taking out the …

Technology & Science Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it aims to remove more carbon from the atmosphere than it emits by 2030 and that by 2050, it hopes to have taken out enough to account for all the direct emissions the company has ever made. President of Microsoft Brad Smith …

Ottawa Quincy Emmons and Zackery Hodgen believe their non-toxic flame suppressamt could help douse the wildfires currently ravaging Australia. But before their product can fly anywhere, it needs the approval of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. A plane drops fire suppressant over a wildfire in Santa Paula, Calif., on Nov. …

Technology & Science Specialist firefighters have saved the world's last remaining wild stand of a prehistoric tree from wildfires that razed forests west of Sydney, officials said Thursday. A member of the specialist team of remote-area firefighters and parks staff inspects the endangered Wollemi pines for bushfire damage at Wollemi …

Calgary Even though Alberta is posting temperatures colder than those found in Antarctica, it's business as usual for local cattle, who bravely stand their ground even as the rest of us retreat indoors. These snowy cows have weathered cold snaps before. This Alberta rancher says they are designed for it.1:35 …

British Columbia A B.C. man who unknowingly went five years without paying his phone bill has been told he owes Telus more than $5,000. Steve Wright of Sechelt, B.C., was surprised to hear from Telus last year that someone else had unknowingly been paying his phone bill for five years. …

Business·Analysis Climate concessions by BlackRock, the world's largest investment management firm, proves that big business can be swayed by public outrage. A climate protester labelled BlackRock pretends to eat money at an Extinction Rebellion demonstration in London last fall. Could business finally be listening to activists' calls?(Henry Nicholls/Reuters) One of …