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Trump’s plans to mine the deep ocean are untested and could cause environmental harm, say mining experts

A recent executive order from U.S. President Donald Trump to invest in deep sea mining operations could have dire environmental consequences, according to a...

Ontario is scaling back species at risk protections, worrying advocates and inviting federal intervention

Ontario's government wants to "unleash" its resources with sweeping changes to its laws on protecting species at risk aimed at speeding up environmental approvals."With...

I mourn the decline of Atlantic salmon. I need politicians who get what’s at stake 

This First Person column is the experience of Roger Jenkins, who lives in Storeytown, N.B. For more information about CBC's First Person stories, please...

‘Curiously isolated’ butterfly species discovered in Waterton Lakes National Park

Tucked away in Waterton Lakes National Park, little greyish brown butterflies — long thought to be just another population of the half-moon hairstreak butterflies...

The finish line was in Spain. How did this racing pigeon end up in Nova Scotia?

When a Spanish fancier released his eight-month-old pigeon for its very first race, the plan was for it to fly to Majorca from Ibiza,...

Most of world’s colourful corals go white in record-breaking bleaching

The world's rainbow reefs have gone ghostly white in seas around the globe.The "most intense global coral bleaching event ever" has so far struck...

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evEn IF yOU cAN UNdersTanD eVEry OnE oF tHese WORdS, HOW thiS SEntENce lOOks, MaTTeRs.  Beyond being an affront to CBC News style, a...

New evidence finds Mars may have had conditions that could have supported life

A new study led by a University of Calgary scientist has found evidence that suggests Mars once had a carbon cycle, giving further support...

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