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Upcoming festival focuses on educating students about groundwater
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (704+ words) (ANNews) " A Court of King's Bench justice has ruled in favo" A defamation lawsuit filed by the wife of Quesnel Mayor Ron Paull against the Un" Aiming to inspire the next generation to care about groundwater, the Waterloo Wellington Children's…...
Should the former Pickering Airport lands become part of the Rouge National Urban Park? Markham is pushing to make that happen
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (410+ words) The New Rouge's mission is to expand the park, connect millions of families with nature and strengthen food security. Markham is urging the federal government to preserve former Pickering Airport lands for agriculture and conservation, with a long-term goal of…...
River Institute set to open environmental DNA lab | Spare News | pentictonherald. ca
1+ week, 2+ day ago (185+ words) Trees with blocks provide habitat for fish and reduce erosion. The St. Lawrence River Institute is set to open its new environmental DNA laboratory in Cornwall in May. Dr. Jeff Ridal, Executive Director for the SLRI, and Matt Windle, Program…...
Canadian company's winning innovation a giant leap for drinking water on the moon
1+ week, 5+ day 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…...
Flooding across Saskatchewan, forcing highway closures and local emergencies
1+ week, 5+ day 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…...
Kanesatake Earth Day school clean-up crew
3+ week, 3+ 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…...
How a Comox Valley fossil discovery forever changed paleontology in B. C.
3+ mon, 1+ week 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,…...