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• Snuffleupagus, a newly described species, is an adorable little predator

  21-05-2026 23:01 via cbc.ca
  S. snuffleupagus, a newly described species of fish, is named after the beloved Sesame Street character, Mr. Snuffleupagus, to which it bears an "uncanny" resemblance.
  
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• U.S. Coast Guard launches new sail drones on Lake Erie for first time

  03-06-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  Two bright orange autonomous sail drones are floating in Lake Erie right now, part of a new U.S. Coast Guard program.
  
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• Canada endorses plan to send remaining Marineland belugas to Spain, across U.S.

  03-06-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  The Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada has endorsed a rescue plan that would see all of Marineland's remaining beluga whales split up and sent to Oceanogràfic València in Spain or one of four U.S. locations.
  
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• AI agents lag far behind human workers. Why are tech companies laying off the humans?

  03-06-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  AI-related layoffs are in full swing as tech companies invest in artificial intelligence agents they say will take over tasks traditionally done by humans. But a major AI infrastructure and software company says the agents fail to produce professionally acceptable work more than 19 times out of 20, and some analysts say the technology is overhyped and being using as an excuse for laying off workers.
  
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• Researchers call for more collaboration to stop whale strikes in B.C.

  02-06-2026 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  In San Francisco Bay, scientists, ferry operators and the public are working together to track whales, using an app and a special kind of camera.
  
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• Virus detected in invasive mosquitoes found in B.C.'s Sea-to-Sky region

  02-06-2026 02:12 via cbc.ca
  Researchers found two mosquito species that tested positive for California serogroup virus, a group of mosquito-borne viruses that can cause encephalitis and meningitis in humans.
  
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• The ancient British hillside giant with a 'real masculine vibe' is getting a makeover

  01-06-2026 23:44 via cbc.ca
  
  More than 100 volunteers with the U.K.'s National Trust are working diligently on a steep hill in the brutal summer heat to restore the Cerne Abbas Giant to his former glory.
  
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• A python was found at a Windsor sewage plant. Was it flushed?

  01-06-2026 22:03 via cbc.ca
  
  A city worker at the pollution control facility discovered the exotic pet. It is dehydrated and needs help shedding but is expected to survive, according to the local humane society.
  
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• Meteor over Massachusetts causes explosion reports, sightings from Delaware to Montreal

  31-05-2026 17:34 via cbc.ca
  
  The American Meteor Society said that the booms people heard were caused by a meteor nearly 1 meter wide entering the atmosphere around the New Hampshire border with Massachusetts, north of Boston.
  
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• Claude Lemieux's brain will be donated to Boston University's CTE Center, his family says

  31-05-2026 14:48 via cbc.ca
  
  Claude Lemieux's brain is being donated to the Boston University's CTE Center to research the long-term effects of repetitive brain injuries, his family said Saturday in a statement released by daughter Claudia Lemieux Bishop.
  
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• Forest tent caterpillars feast in Calgary as outbreak spikes population across Alberta

  31-05-2026 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Municipalities and experts are advising Albertans of soaring caterpillar populations this spring. Clusters of forest tent caterpillars are frequently seen on trees across North America, particularly during what entomologists refer to as cyclical outbreaks.
  
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• Ontario family fights to keep 'gentle giant' wolf-dog after seizure threat by province

  31-05-2026 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A Greater Sudbury family is fighting to keep their pet dog, which may be seized by Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) pending DNA testing results.
  
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• How to watch Jupiter and Venus as they join in the sky this week

  31-05-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  You may have noticed two bright "stars" in the west after sunset. Those aren't stars but rather two planets: Jupiter and Venus. And they're on their way for a beautiful meet-up in the days ahead.
  
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• More Canadians raring to scoot around on personal electric vehicles after dark

  30-05-2026 19:24 via cbc.ca
  
  Companies that operate the rental e-scooter and e-bike programs in Canada say they don't have much data on group riding, but note ridership is strong when the workday ends.
  
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• Wildfires are destroying trees faster than we are replacing them

  30-05-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Canada is losing trees faster than nature can grow them or people can plant them. A northern Manitoba tree-planting program is trying to replace trees destroyed by wildfires, but the cancellation of the federal Two Billion Trees Program is making that more challenging.
  
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• Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket explodes on launchpad at Cape Canaveral

  29-05-2026 11:52 via cbc.ca
  
  An uncrewed Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded on a Florida launchpad during a test on Thursday, in a major setback for Jeff Bezos’ space venture as it seeks to narrow the gap with Elon Musk's IPO-bound SpaceX.
  
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• Not just bad for your lungs; air pollution damages your brain, McMaster University researchers say

  29-05-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A study out of Hamilton's McMaster University looked at how exposure to common air pollutants affected the performance of about 7,000 Canadians on tests of brain health.
  
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• 8 grey whales have been found dead in B.C. this year

  29-05-2026 03:03 via cbc.ca
  
  Researchers believe the whales are starving to death as they migrate back north to their northern feeding grounds.
  
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• Lab meat: Will Canada get left behind?

  29-05-2026 01:07 via cbc.ca
  
  Cultivated meat — real protein grown directly from animal cells — is officially moving out of the lab and into commercial production. While U.S. producers are scaling up, Canada is on a much more cautious timeline. CBC News’ Johanna Wagstaffe looks into the science behind cellular agriculture and the regulatory framework that novel foods must navigate before hitting Canadian shelves.
  
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• He seemed drunk without taking a sip of alcohol. It took years to get the rare illness diagnosed

  28-05-2026 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Eric Poulin has auto-brewery syndrome, a condition caused by an imbalance of gut microorganisms.
  
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• Man killed in bear attack identified as MMA fighter Hrishikesh Koloth from India

  27-05-2026 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The man killed in a rare fatal bear attack in northern Saskatchewan on May 8 wanted to be an MMA fighter. Originally from Kerala, India, Hrishikesh Koloth, 27, was working at a uranium exploration site in northern Saskatchewan when he was attacked by the bear.
  
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• Wildlife sanctuary, neighbours in rift over potentially housing large exotic animals near Parry Sound, Ont.

  27-05-2026 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Some people living near the Aspen Valley Wildlife Sanctuary in the Parry Sound, Ont., area say a compound with lions rescued from a Quebec zoo was too close for comfort last summer. The sanctuary's executive director says she wouldn't automatically rule out accepting a lion or tiger in the future, if asked.
  
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• This tree is stinking up some Toronto neighbourhoods, and residents want them cut down

  27-05-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Every fall, the female ginkgo tree's fruit produces such a foul odor — described by arborists, city councillors and homeowners as a cross between dog poop and vomit — that residents have been asking their councillors for permission to cut them down, even though the trees are otherwise healthy.
  
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• The hot pink glow seen from space: Why these Ontario greenhouse lights still shine at night

  27-05-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The hot pink and canary-coloured hues glow so bright, astronauts can snap photos of them from space. Fixed atop the largest concentration of greenhouses in North America, the multi-coloured lights have transformed both the night sky in a pocket of southwestern Ontario and the province’s multi-billion-dollar agriculture sector.
  
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• NASA reveals first plans for a moon base

  26-05-2026 23:18 via cbc.ca
  
  NASA has provided the first look at its plans for its moon base, which include several robotic missions to the surface of the moon as early as this year.
  
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• Musk's SpaceX postpones Starship launch as mega share sale looms

  22-05-2026 04:57 via bbc.com
  It comes just a day after the firm revealed plans for a record-breaking stock market debut.
  
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• Carleton University researchers design earthquake simulator to test building preparedness

  22-05-2026 00:33 via cbc.ca
  Researchers at Carleton University have designed a tool that simulates earthquakes to test how well buildings withstand some of history's notable quakes. CBC's Stu Mills has more on what the engineering professors discovered.
  
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• Glow worms and slime moulds found in Scotland's declining rainforest

  21-05-2026 23:53 via bbc.com
  A citizen science project is aiming to document species on the Cowal Peninsula for the first time in 50 years.
  
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• How do hurricanes and typhoons form and is climate change making them stronger?

  21-05-2026 17:28 via bbc.com
  These powerful tropical storms are generally becoming more intense as the world warms.
  
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• Water campaigner cautious on using new bathing site

  21-05-2026 07:02 via bbc.com
  River Action says water quality depends on discharges upstream and says checkbefore swimming.
  
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