An Island cidery is working hard harvesting wild apples this fall, after Dorian did damage to its trees in September.  “The wild apples got really affected by Dorian,” said Sebastian Manago, owner of Double Hill Cidery in Caledonia, P.E.I. The storm caused them to lose a lot of their usual crop, so they’ve reached out to others who have wild…

Area burned in 2019 forest fires in Indonesia exceeds 2018 – official The amount of land in Indonesia consumed by fires through September this year has exceeded the amount burned during all of 2018, according to data given by a government official on Monday. Raffles Panjaitan, forest fire management acting director at the Forestry and…

Global renewable energy capacity is set to rise by 50 per cent in five years, driven by solar photovoltaic (PV) installations on homes, buildings and industry, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Total renewable-based power capacity will rise by 1.2 terawatts (TW) by 2024 from 2.5 TW last year, equivalent to the total installed…

Sunjit Lidhar was awoken by a phone call from Scotiabank last February, informing him that $3,000 had been transferred out of his savings account and was gone. “My heart pretty much dropped to my stomach,” Lidhar told Go Public from his home in Surrey, B.C. “We just assume our money’s safe.” Soon after, the cybercriminals…

Lynsay Spafford trekked through thick brush, sinking in mud and pushing back tree branches, as she made her way toward her research station near Whycocomagh, N.S., on Cape Breton Island. There, she collected images from one of 13 cameras she’s set up at various sites around the province, capturing six images per day of 300 trees.…

For generations, marketers told us one can learn a lot about a person from the car they drive. Now, it’s the cars that can tell manufacturers a lot about the people who drive them.   Many drivers may not know it, but the latest in connected car technology in their new ride isn’t just improving their comfort and safety. It may also be logging — and…