During the cold, snowy winters in much of Canada, many of us rely on furnaces, boilers and baseboard heaters to keep our homes and offices comfortable — and hope they don’t suddenly quit during a cold snap. But what if you didn’t need any heating equipment in your home? What if your community provided a greener, more…

A sperm whale that stranded and then died on a beach in Scotland had a ball of trash in its stomach heavier than most human beings. The nets, bundles of rope, plastic cups, bags, gloves, packing straps and tubing totalled about 100 kilograms,  the Scottish Marine Animal Strandings Scheme reported on its Facebook page Sunday.…

Political turmoil has come to the heart of the global movement to try to stop climate change — and for once, it has nothing to do with U.S. President Donald Trump. Just weeks ago, the location of this year’s international climate conference, COP25, was switched from Chile to Spain after an outbreak of violent demonstrations in the…

Delegates from more than 200 countries will be travelling to Madrid this week to take part in COP25, the UN’s annual climate conference.  The perceived hypocrisy of so many people flying from all corners of the globe to try to tackle the climate crisis has led some to call for an air travel ban for…

When one of Russia’s most successful filmmakers watched HBO’s acclaimed miniseries on Chornobyl, he says his heart initially sank. With his own production well underway but still more than a year and a half from release, Alexander Rodnyansky had been beaten to the punch. “We got very disappointed, of course, because we wanted to tell our own story,” said Rodnyansky.…

Canada’s foreign signals intelligence agency says it’s struggling to find Canadians to fill vacancies as it grows its presence online. The Communications Security Establishment (CSE) grew another head last year when it launched the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security. The centre leads the government’s response to cyber security events, defends Ottawa’s cyber assets and provides advice…