21+ hour, 22+ min ago   (1207+ words) The province announced in late August that landowners will no longer need approval under the Water Act to conduct "routine agricultural activities" involving temporary and seasonal wetlands on private property. The province classifies those water bodies as areas only covered…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (403+ words) The P.E.I. Watershed Alliance is looking for landowners with abandoned wells on their properties to take part in a project that’s monitoring the Island's bat population. The non-profit's project began over five years ago. It uses acoustic monitoring to track where…...

1+ day, 54+ min ago   (82+ words) In addition to providing bats with habitat, wells can also help prevent disease Image | hibernating bats in PEI Caption: The P.E.I. Watershed Alliance uses acoustic monitoring to track where bats are living in hopes of ultimately restoring their habitat. (Jordi Segers…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (905+ words) A significant number of homes around Winnipeg, Vancouver, Chatham-Kent, Ont., and Chilliwack, B.C., are located in high flood hazard areas, according to a Statistics Canada report released earlier this month. Canadians should prepare for a 5 C hotter future, report warns In…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (638+ words) Hundreds of acres of crops that are part of a high-stakes game of survival surround Manitoba's Wheat City. While the climate is changing in real time, researchers at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's research and development centre in Brandon are racing…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (124+ words) How Brandon, Man., researchers are helping create more resilient crops CBC How Brandon, Man., researchers are helping create more resilient crops Researchers at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's research and development centre in Brandon, Man., are working to breed crops that…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (723+ words) In the lead-in to a week of debate on Churchill River power development, provincial revenues and consumer electricity costs, no politician in Newfoundland and Labrador has mentioned what interim Consumer Advocate Adrienne Ding refers to as "the cliff." It's the…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (34+ words) Interesting insects: Enjoy these photos from around New Brunswick CBC Send your best snaps and video from around the province to [email protected] - Capturing the cascade: Exploring some of New Brunswick's hundreds of waterfalls...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (474+ words) For millennia, seeing the bottom of the ocean floor was reserved for deepsea divers. But that, much like the ocean itself, has changed. Through an array of cameras, the majesty of the deepsea floor has been brought to life on…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1128+ words) Most people living near Lake Erie are all-too familiar with warnings about blue-green algae blooms. Don’t swim in it. Keep your pets out of the water. And definitely don’t swallow it. Coming into contact with algae blooms can cause things…...