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Canadian company's winning innovation a giant leap for drinking water on the moon

3+ hour, 41+ min ago  (854+ words) A Canadian company is developing tech to turn lunar ice into clean water which is key to a sustained human presence on the Moon, says one scientist. (May 6, 2026) MONTREAL - On the moon, access to drinking water could mean the difference…...

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Flooding across Saskatchewan, forcing highway closures and local emergencies

15+ hour, 49+ min ago  (295+ words) Pasquia Park flooding May 4. NORTH " Flooding across Saskatchewan continues to affect transportation and communities as of May 5, with multiple highway closures and updated guidance from Saskatchewan Highways and the Water Security Agency. The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency reports 24 flooding incidents…...

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Kanesatake Earth Day school clean-up crew

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (291+ words) Rotiwennak'hte Elementary School and Ratih'n: te High School students helped clean their schoolyards and other areas of Kanesatake for Earth Day. While donning gloves, staff and students - and, at the high school, some parents - accumulated dozens of garbage bags with…...

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How a Comox Valley fossil discovery forever changed paleontology in B. C.

3+ mon, 1+ day ago  (1626+ words) In late autumn 1988, Richard Hebda " then head of botany at the Royal BC Museum " stepped into the living room of a man named Mike Trask following a report of an interesting fossil find on the Puntledge River. According to Hebda,…...