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2024 was record-setting year for precipitation at Toronto airport: Environment Canada

2024 was record-setting year for precipitation at Toronto airport: Environment Canada

TORONTO — Environment Canada says two massive summer storms helped catapult Toronto's Pearson International Airport to its wettest year on record.
Museum of whale skeletons, painstakingly rebuilt over years, consumed by B.C. fire

Museum of whale skeletons, painstakingly rebuilt over years, consumed by B.C. fire

It takes years to rebuild a whale. Just ask Jim Borrowman, co-founder of the Whale Interpretive Centre museum that housed numerous whale skeletons on the boardwalk of Telegraph Cove on Vancouver Island.
Finalized tax credit for cleaner hydrogen gets a cautious OK from some environmental groups

Finalized tax credit for cleaner hydrogen gets a cautious OK from some environmental groups

The Biden administration released long-awaited final rules Friday for a tax credit that will send billions of dollars to producers of cleaner hydrogen.
A double dose of nasty winter is about to smack much of the US with snow, ice and biting cold

A double dose of nasty winter is about to smack much of the US with snow, ice and biting cold

A strong snow and ice storm followed by brutally cold conditions will soon smack the eastern two-thirds of the United States as frigid air escapes the Arctic, plunging as far south as Florida, meteorologists forecast.
Case of B.C. teen with avian flu shows 'worrisome' mutation of virus

Case of B.C. teen with avian flu shows 'worrisome' mutation of virus

Infectious disease experts say the avian flu case that infected a 13-year-old in British Columbia shows “worrisome” signs that the virus could be mutating to more easily infect humans, but that the treatment approach taken can help inform future case
Bob Rae hopeful for UN development goals, despite 'intractable issues' worldwide

Bob Rae hopeful for UN development goals, despite 'intractable issues' worldwide

OTTAWA — Canada is trying to push the world's nations to stick with the goals they set to confront the planet's main challenges, despite rising geopolitical confrontation that has made the 2030 deadlines more difficult to meet.

A missing surfer in Australia is believed dead in a shark attack, police say

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A surfer missing in Australia is believed to have died in a shark attack, authorities said Friday, as they searched the waters where the man disappeared.
B.C. research suggests road salt linked to death and deformities in salmon

B.C. research suggests road salt linked to death and deformities in salmon

Researchers at the University of British Columbia have found evidence suggesting high levels of road salt in B.C.
Famous orca mother carrying body of another dead calf in act of grief: researchers

Famous orca mother carrying body of another dead calf in act of grief: researchers

A mother killer whale who famously pushed the body of her dead newborn for 17 days in 2018 has lost another calf, and researchers say she is again carrying the body in an apparent act of grief.

A missing surfer in Australia is believed dead in a shark attack, police say

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A surfer missing in Australia is believed to have died in a shark attack, authorities said Friday, as they searched the waters where the man disappeared.
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