A social media app geared toward the outdoor lives of Inuit launched Wednesday with features that tie traditional knowledge to smartphone technology.  The Siku app and web platform, named after the Inuktitut word for sea ice, allows users to trade observations about dangerous conditions, document wildlife sightings and trade hunting stories. It also integrates modern weather, sea ice…

China’s Huawei has mounted a legal challenge against the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) after the body designated the technology giant as a security threat and moved to bar it from a government subsidy program. The FCC last month voted unanimously to designate Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. and peer ZTE Corp as national security risks,…

Troves of new data from a NASA probe’s close encounters with the sun are giving scientists unique insight about the solar wind and space weather more generally as the spacecraft zooms through the outermost part of the star’s atmosphere. Researchers on Wednesday described the first published findings from the Parker Solar Probe, a spacecraft launched…

Members of two B.C. Interior snowmobile clubs will get access to parts of the province’s backcountry that were previously off limits, as provincial biologists use GPS to track the movements of the dwindling caribou herd that relies on the rugged habitat. The access will be based on maps updated daily to show which areas snowmobilers can use within the…

The eating habits of penguins may serve as a warning about climate change, says University of Saskatchewan professor William Patterson. Patterson was part of a team that spent years researching how a warming climate and the reduction of sea ice affects penguins’ food sources. The Adélie penguins and chinstrap penguins both prefer krill — small shrimp…

Ontario’s auditor general says the Ford government’s plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and battle climate change is not supported by sound evidence. Bonnie Lysysk’s 2019 report found that Ontario is overestimating the potential impact of its new environmental plan. She said the government has also miscalculated some estimates and made policy changes that could…