2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1652+ words) Welcome to our weekly newsletter where we highlight environmental trends and solutions that are moving us to a more sustainable world. Hi, it’s Bridget! As soon as I came across Urban Future Walks, I knew I wanted to write about…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (616+ words) Salmon are beginning to stage in estuaries across Vancouver Island, but people who monitor the region's rivers say their chances of successfully spawning vary depending on where and when they begin their journey upstream. B.C.'s River Forecast Centre says water…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1521+ words) Linda Marion says her mother’s dying wish in 2014 was for her neighbourhood — located steps away from the now-infamous copper smelter in Rouyn-Noranda, Que. — to have sidewalks, grass and trees. The beautification finally happened in 2021-22. One year later, the Quebec government…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (557+ words) Creston, B.C., had a relatively quiet wildfire summer in town this year. Still, wildfire sits at the top of a new assessment of the risks facing the community. The Town of Creston looked at 51 possible hazards, including floods, extreme heat, drought…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (497+ words) With the artificial intelligence boom sweeping across Canada and around the world, the federal government is making efforts it says will ensure Canadians understand what AI is, what it can do and how it will impact them. To do that,…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (128+ words) CBC He runs a secret AI slop empire from Vietnam. Here’s how we found him Ngô Anh Tân is the CEO of a company filling Facebook feeds around the world with AI-generated fake news and clickbait. CBC's visual investigations unit…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago   (218+ words) Automatic licence plate recognition cameras are in the spotlight as citizens across North America question their use by municipalities and law enforcement agencies — with some critics calling them a tool for ‘mass surveillance.’One company in particular, Flock Safety, has…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (575+ words) An Indigenous fire stewardship advocate says climate change driven wildfires are disrupting Indigenous peoples' ability to harvest traditional plants and berries. "The berry bushes are already struggling to recover and then they're getting hit with another big fire event," said…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (593+ words) City councillors in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., voted unanimously this week to impose a moratorium on large-scale data centre applications until staff can develop a municipal framework around the artificial intelligence-powered facilities. The decision came three weeks after some councillors…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (114+ words) CBC Iconic Halifax waterfront cat honoured with new statue Erik the Red served as the rodent control officer on the CSS Acadia for about 15 years on the Halifax waterfront. The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic recently installed a statue of…...