A new study says birds are likely dying in Alberta oilsands tailings ponds at a rate that is at least 30 times higher than that suggested by the oil industry.
B.C. could learn a lot from the massive earthquake that damaged 100,000 buildings in Christchurch, New Zealand, over the weekend, a local researcher says.
An Indonesian volcano shot a towering cloud of black ash high into the air Tuesday, dusting villages 25 kilometres away in its most powerful eruption since awakening last week from four centuries of dormancy.
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Oil industry lowballs bird deaths: study
07. Sep 2010 21:12A new study says birds are likely dying in Alberta oilsands tailings ponds at a rate that is at least 30 times higher than that suggested by the oil industry.
Climate change tied to bee pollination decline
07. Sep 2010 15:38A 17-year study in a pristine mountain environment has found a 50 per cent decline in bee pollination, and suggests climate change may be to blame.
Electric car ends coast-to-coast trip
07. Sep 2010 23:55A 21-year-old engineering student is claiming to be the first person to cross mainland Canada in an electric car.
HP sues former CEO
07. Sep 2010 15:41Hewlett-Packard Co. is suing former CEO Mark Hurd to stop him from taking a job at rival Oracle Corp.
Purported Franklin Expedition records found
07. Sep 2010 23:44An Inuit family says a box that was hidden for over 80 years in the Arctic contains logbooks linked to the doomed Franklin Expedition.
VIDEO: New Zealand quake holds lessons for B.C.
07. Sep 2010 10:01B.C. could learn a lot from the massive earthquake that damaged 100,000 buildings in Christchurch, New Zealand, over the weekend, a local researcher says.
Indonesian volcano erupts again
07. Sep 2010 05:47An Indonesian volcano shot a towering cloud of black ash high into the air Tuesday, dusting villages 25 kilometres away in its most powerful eruption since awakening last week from four centuries of dormancy.
Sockeye fishermen call for longer season
06. Sep 2010 19:23B.C. commercial fishermen were out in full force Monday, hoping it would not be the last full day of the 2010 sockeye fishery.
B.C. video game designer dies in collision
06. Sep 2010 21:35A North Vancouver video game developer has died in a head-on collision in which three people were killed, police in Washington state say.
VIDEO: Astronauts' exercise slows aging
06. Sep 2010 22:48Hitting the gym helps slow the aging process in space, as well as on Earth, Canadian scientists have found.