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Business Cleaning up old wells is the only growing business right now in the oilpatch in Western Canada. Still, the rise in business is somewhat limited and is just enough to help keep some small oilfield service companies in business. A rig crew works to clean up an old natural …

Technology & Science·Live NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir are set to make history on Friday when they step outside the International Space Station for the first all-women spacewalk. Watch along here. NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir are the first all-female team to walk in space0:00 Men …

Edmonton Thousands are expected at the legislature to see Greta Thunberg on Friday and police are trying plan accordingly. Greta Thunberg testifies in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 18, 2019. The outspoken climate activist is due to appear in during Edmonton's climate strike on Friday. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) Police and city …

Technology & Science·What on Earth? In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at steps being taken to make chocolate and candy more sustainable, as well as what we can do to prevent birds from crashing into glass. (Sködt McNalty/CBC) Hello, people! This is our weekly newsletter on …

Technology & Science CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday that Facebook will continue to be a platform that will carry political speech some users may find objectionable, framing his argument as a matter of free expression prevailing over censorship. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg defended his company's practices on encouraging free speech …

Technology & Science Scientists have discovered a mash-up of two feared disasters — hurricanes and earthquakes — and they're calling them "stormquakes." A 2011 NOAA satellite image shows Hurricane Irene, a Category 2 storm. According to a study published on Oct. 14, 2019, in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, scientists …

PEI The P.E.I. Potato Board, potato growers and watershed groups across the Island are teaming up on some new research on cover crops this fall. Researchers from the P.E.I. Potato Board take soil samples in a potato field planted with a cover crop of barley. (Nancy Russell/CBC) The P.E.I. Potato …

North Tallymen, or Cree land stewards, are collaborating with a non-profit in northern Quebec to identify and enhance habitat for two endangered bat species at the northern end of their range in the province. The project is also in collaboration with the Cree-run Nibiischii Wildlife Reserve. The little brown bat …

Health·New Glybera, a made-in-Canada medical breakthrough that became known as the world's most expensive drug, was abandoned after only one commercial sale in Europe. After seeing a CBC report on Glybera's fate, Canada's National Research Council decided to develop an affordable version for Canadians. Glybera, the world's first approved gene …

Business·Analysis Instead of criticizing Greta Thunberg, as Alberta's environment minister did, and pitting its economy against efforts to reduce carbon emissions, the province should be boasting about world-leading innovation in low-carbon trucking that's cheaper than diesel. The Alberta Zero-Emissions Truck Electrification Collaboration will see transport trucks hauling freight between the …