Frozen Baby Woolly Mammoth Found in Yukon Gold Fields
An entire baby mammoth named Nun cho ga was discovered frozen in the Yukon Gold Fields. The discovery is the 2nd in the world and the first in North America. On June 21 a little after noon, a young miner was working in Yukon’s Eureka Creek and was digging up muck until he struck something. […]
FedEx Purchases 150 Electric Vans from GM
General Motors has delivered 150 electric vans called BrightDrop to FedEx. This comes after five of the vans were delivered to FedEx last December as a trial run. This trade marks BrightDrops first sizable delivery of vans. The two companies had previously announced deals for the package delivery company to purchase 2,500 BrightDrops. There are […]
Canadian Players Picked 6th & 7th in NBA Draft
Canadians Bennedict Mathurin and Shaedon Sharpe have both been drafted into the NBA. The two took very different paths to the NBA, but their pro dreams were captured just minutes apart on Thursday. Mathurin is a 20-year-old from Montreal who starred at the University of Arizona and was selected sixth by the Indiana Pacers. Moments […]
Vancouver Whitecaps on Their way to Championship Final
The Vancouver Whitecaps are headed to the Canadian Championship final after defeating York United on Wednesday. The match concluded 2-1 in favour of the Whitecaps. Striker Brian White was able to score both goals for his team on the home side. Ryan Gauld, an attacking midfielder, assisted on the second goal of the night. United’s […]
Rare Group of Planets Visible in the Morning Sky
Early risers can see Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn in the east before sunrise. The five planets are all lined up among the stars. We can normally see the solar system’s brightest planets in the night sky throughout most of the year.. However, it is not often that the planets line up in such […]
The 2021 Heat Dome in B.C. Affected Marine Life
A new study published in the journal Ecology claims last year’s heat dome over the west coast had wide-ranging impacts on marine life. The change in climate affected the ecology of beaches, bluffs, inlets & river deltas, in addition to the impact on fisheries and cultural connections from land and sea. The heat that his […]
Florida Team Finds 215 pound Burmese Python
Officials said, a group of biologists have hauled the heaviest Burmese python ever captured in Florida. The female python measured just under 5 metres and weighed 215 pounds or 98 kilograms. The conservancy of Southwest Florida said the snake had 122 developing eggs. The team was using radio transmitters transplanted in male snakes to study […]
Toronto Pearson Introducing New eGates
To help move travellers “better and faster” a new technology has been installed at Toronto Pearson Airport. eGates or electronic gates are being tested at the airport as part of a trial, according to the Canada Border Services Agency. The gates will verify travellers’ identity and submit their costumes and immigration declaration. The CSBA posted […]
Research Finds Lake Ontario is Filled with Microplastics
There are ten sea bins that have been deployed in Lake Ontario by the self-named University of Toronto Trash Team. If you manage to come across one of their baskets, there’s a high chance it’s barely staying buoyant. This is because it is being weighed down by all the contents inside. University of Toronto Environmental […]
New Brunswick Population Growing at Rate Never Seen Before
International and domestic migrants are fueling the surge in New Brunswick’s population. New Brunswick’s population tipped over 800,000 earlier this year, a new estimate shows. This years has seen record international immigration as well as a historic movement of people from Ontario. When the provinces population reached 800,000, Premier Blaine Higgs said “people across the […]