The chip industry is sorting through the production fallout from Tuesday’s magnitude 7.4 earthquake in Taiwan, the island’s strongest temblor in 25 years. U.S. semiconductor manufacturers remain highly reliant on Taiwan-based chip factories. Early indications suggest the damage to Taiwan-based chip factories from the earthquake were modest.
“Such a beautiful (animal) ... (Although) had to be terrifying to see him up close.”
Heavy snow created some problems in Calgary. As Meghan Cobb reports, trees were knocked down and thousands of people woke up without power.
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“Clearly, being a shark in the open ocean is not without risks.”
“When Frosty is swimming underwater, he is like this glowing white object.”
Senate Energy Committee Chair Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said he will lead a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to undo the Biden administration’s final rule on permitting announced Tuesday morning. “All the White House had to do was implement the commonsense, bipartisan permitting reforms in the Fiscal Responsibility Act, that all sides agreed upon, but once…
CALEDON, Ont. — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province plans to begin buying up land to build a highway in the Toronto area. Ford says the province will be meeting with landowners soon to buy property at a fair market value. He says fieldwork has begun on the proposed 52-kilometre highway that will run west from Highway 400 in Vaughan, Ont., through Peel Region and southwest to Highway 401 in Halton Region, west of Toronto. Ford says early construction contracts will be awarded next year. E
Meteorologist Jaclyn Whittal has the Alberta forecast details for you.
Snowfall warnings line parts of southern Alberta, as May begins with more wintry weather across the region. Brace for slower commute times and difficult travel
Scientific Alchemy A team of scientists in the United Kingdom say they have discovered a porous material that has the potential capacity to store large quantities of greenhouse gases, The Independent reports, making it one possible tool in the arsenal to fight climate change. The scientists detailed how they used computational models to develop this […]
The mayor of Whale Cove, Nunavut, says the territorial government blocked the community's request for approval to help with official search and rescue efforts last week, after a 21-year-old man went missing from Baker Lake. The man, who went missing on April 19, was believed to be heading from Baker Lake to Rankin Inlet on snowmobile. His body was found three days later, about 140 kilometres outside of Baker Lake. The Whale Cove searchers had requested what's called a "tasking number," from Nuna
A man who kicked a bison in the leg was then hurt by one of the animals in Yellowstone National Park, according to park officials. Park rangers arrested and jailed him after he was treated for minor injuries. Park rangers got a call about the man allegedly harassing a bison herd and kicking one of them about seven miles (11 kilometers) inside the park's west entrance on April 21.
It was the first reported death for this type of sea creature in the San Francisco Bay Area so far this year, experts say.
A spring storm is hitting parts of Alberta, with up to 25 centimetres of snow possible for some regions.Environment and Climate Change Canada issued a special weather statement for a swath of the province — from Jasper south to Banff and Canmore, east to Calgary, and down to Pincher Creek and Cardston — with significant snowfall expected to continue all week.Areas along the foothills were expected to see heavy, wet snowfall starting this evening and continuing through Wednesday, with 10 to 25 ce
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Researchers forced to cut short an annual survey of wildlife on a remote Lake Superior island this winter due to unusually warm weather announced Tuesday that they managed to gather data that shows the wolf population is stable. Isle Royale is a 134,000-acre (54,200-hectare) island situated in far western Lake Superior between Grand Marais, Minnesota, and Thunder Bay, Canada. Researchers typically conduct aerial surveys of the island to develop population estimates and observe animal behavior.
The river animal has a “slender,” striped body, photos show.
May will kick off with a significant shot of wintry weather in parts of Alberta, likely to make for hazardous travel amid the heavy, wet snow on Wednesday
A satellite image timelapse of one city's coastline is not enough to determine whether or not sea level rise or climate change has occurred.
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