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Technology & Science With the COVID-19 crisis as the backdrop, fraudsters appear to be redoubling their efforts to steal information or money from unsuspecting users, sending fake emails and text messages as bait, in a scheme known as phishing. According to one analysis, the number of active websites used for …

Opinion Now that community spread of the virus has taken hold in Canada, scarce resources are better allocated to address the COVID-19 public health crisis directly, writes Christian Leuprecht. Ontario sent an alert about COVID-19 to phones, TVs and radios in the province Friday. A number of countries have gone …

Technology & Science Air pollution from nitrogen dioxide has fallen by an estimated 40 per cent in three European cities, according to new satellite data released by the European Space Agency (ESA), coinciding with a widespread lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus. New <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NO2?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NO2</a> map available for …

Quirks & Quarks·Analysis Bob McDonald's science blog: A neutron star merger 100 million years ago may be the source of Earth’s gold Scientists think a violent neutron star merger 100 million years ago gave rise to all the gold on Earth.(AFP via Getty Images) Take a look at the gold …

The Nature of Things·Point of View The most difficult challenge is learning to see our place in the world differently so we can make changes in our behaviour. David Suzuki, sitting outside(David Suzuki Foundation) I'm sure in today's COVID-19 lockdown, despite all of the technologies we have to occupy us, …

Technology & Science The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday abruptly waived enforcement on a range of legally mandated public-health and environmental protections, saying industries could have trouble complying with them during the coronavirus pandemic. The Dave Johnson coal-fired power plant is silhouetted against the morning sun in Glenrock, Wyo., …

World The continued existence of wildlife markets, which are considered potential breeding grounds for the spread of harmful viruses, means it's just a matter of time before the world is hit with another deadly pandemic, some scientists suggest. A bat is stretched out by a vendor at a market in …

British Columbia A wolf that lived alone for years on a tiny island near Victoria B.C., was shot and killed by a trophy hunter this week. The B.C. Conservation Officer Service said an 'investigation is ongoing and further details will be released as they become available.'(Cheryl Alexander) A wolf that …

British Columbia A wolf that lived alone for years on a tiny island near Victoria was shot and killed by a hunter on Vancouver Island this week. The B.C. Conservation Officer Service said an 'investigation is ongoing and further details will be released as they become available.'(Cheryl Alexander) A wolf …

Technology & Science·What on Earth? In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at how COVID-19 shutdowns are affecting animals, the role horses can play in protecting the permafrost and how measures to heal the ozone layer have also benefited the jet stream. (Sködt McNalty/CBC) Hello, people! This …