Calgary floods spotlight cities' costly failure to plan for climate change

Many Canadian cities and towns are ill-prepared for the rising frequency of catastrophic weather events like the southern Alberta floods, and it's a problem that taxpayers will ultimately end up paying for, climate change experts say. "There are other...

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Canada's tiny space telecope marks 10th anniversary

One of this country's most notable achievements will be spending Canada Day weekend marking its own milestone anniversary in a unique place, floating up in space. After 10 years in the ether, several times farther from Earth than the International Space...

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Big Brother's power is building, warns George Orwell biographer

Earlier this month, the most talked about novelist in the English language wasn't Dan Brown, Stephen King or George R. R. Martin and his Game of Thrones series. It was George Orwell, whose most famous novel, 1984, saw its sales spike by a reported 7,000...

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Calgary floods spotlight cities' costly failure to plan for climate change

Many Canadian cities and towns are ill-prepared for the rising frequency of catastrophic weather events like the southern Alberta floods, and it's a problem that taxpayers will ultimately end up paying for, climate change experts say. "There are other...

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Canadian ePassports arrive July 1

Come Canada Day, Canadian travellers will have a more high-tech and high-priced passport. Starting July 1, Canadians will receive a redesigned ePassport featuring several new security and anti-counterfeiting measures, including an electronic chip that...

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Space shuttle Atlantis to go on display in Florida

Tourists will soon be able to view the retired U.S. space shuttle Atlantis, which is part of a new $100-million exhibit at NASA's centre in Cape Canaveral, Fla. CBC's David Common talks to astronauts with ties to the shuttle program and gets a preview...

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BlackBerry shares open 25% lower on TSX

BlackBerry, based in Waterloo, Ont., reported a first-quarter net loss of $84 million US on Friday, compared to a $518-million net loss a year ago, but short of expectations. (Jonathan Hayward/Canadian Press) Shares in BlackBerry were down by as much...

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Is using Google Maps while driving a crime?

Nova Scotia brought in its cellphone ban in April 2008. (CBC) The case of a Nova Scotia woman first acquitted and then found guilty of using her phone as a navigation tool sheds light on the problem of prosecuting offences involving smartphones. Texting...

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Calgary floods spotlight cities' costly failure to plan for climate change

Many Canadian cities and towns are ill-prepared for the rising frequency of catastrophic weather events like the southern Alberta floods, and it's a problem that taxpayers will ultimately end up paying for, climate change experts say. "There are other...

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Ancient Yukon horse yields oldest genome ever

A 700,000-year-old horse bone found in the permafrost of a Yukon gold mine has yielded a complete genetic profile, breaking scientific records and revealing many new insights about the evolution of horses. The analysis of the ancient genome suggests...

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5 Google Reader alternatives

When Google Reader shuts down on July 1, which RSS reader can you use in its place? Google announced the demise of its popular reader in March. The seven-year-old free service allows people to manage and read RSS feeds, keeping them updated about new...

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Space junk armour tested by UNB scientists

New Brunswick scientists are firing special guns to test armour that could eventually protect airplanes, military equipment and even spacecrafts. The Planetary and Space Science Centre at the University of New Brunswick is using large guns to fire objects...

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Ouya console a nice idea, but deeply flawed

If there's one thing to be learned from the recent controversy over Microsoft's Xbox One console, it's that the business of video games is due for a major upending. At the core of the issue was the price of games. Typically around $70, modern titles...

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Parks Canada hoping to resume Franklin search in high Arctic this summer

Before chemist Ron Martin took a close look at the bones of the British sailors who died during the 19th-century Franklin expedition to find the Northwest Passage, he figured their demise was the result of the widely circulated theory that they died...

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Possible Verizon bid for Wind Mobile slams Canadian telecoms

Shares in Canadian telecom giants Rogers, Telus and Bell fell sharply after a report in the Globe and Mail that the largest U.S. cellular company is ready to dip its toe into the Canadian market by buying Wind Mobile. Citing two unnamed sources familiar...

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'Supermoon' arrives early Sunday

A "supermoon" rises this weekend. The biggest and brightest full moon of the year graces the sky early Sunday as our celestial neighbour swings closer to Earth than usual. While the moon will appear 14 per cent larger than normal, most sky watchers...

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Charity crowdfunding site launched by Toronto firm

Three Toronto-based entrepreneurs have launched a new startup crowdfunding website, Giveffect, to raise money for charities by encouraging members of the millennial generation to donate. Toronto-based Giveffect is a crowfunding service publicly launched...

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Prairie dogs' language decoded by scientists

Did that prairie dog just call you fat? Quite possibly. On The Current Friday, biologist Con Slobodchikoff described how he learned to understand what prairie dogs are saying to one another and discovered how eloquent they can be. Slobodchikoff, a professor...

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'Supermoon' arrives early Sunday

A "supermoon" rises this weekend. The biggest and brightest full moon of the year graces the sky early Sunday as our celestial neighbour swings closer to Earth than usual. While the moon will appear 14 per cent larger than normal, most sky watchers...

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Charity crowdfunding site launched by Toronto firm

Three Toronto-based entrepreneurs have launched a new startup crowdfunding website, Giveffect, to raise money for charities by encouraging members of the millennial generation to donate. Toronto-based Giveffect is a crowfunding service publicly launched...

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Prairie dogs' language decoded by scientists

Did that prairie dog just call you fat? Quite possibly. On The Current Friday, biologist Con Slobodchikoff described how he learned to understand what prairie dogs are saying to one another and discovered how eloquent they can be. Slobodchikoff, a professor...

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Scientists fool veggies into being more nutritious

Researchers have found they can boost levels of nutritious, cancer-fighting compounds in vegetables such as cabbage by fooling the vegetables into thinking it's a certain time of day. Janet Braam, a biologist at Rice University in Houston, Texas, and...

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