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The Perseid meteor shower is underway: How and when to catch a 'shooting star'

If you have clear skies — and hopefully smoke-free — step outside and look up over the coming days and you will likely see a few meteors streaking across the sky.

Nicole Mortillaro

Science August 6

Perfectly preserved cave lion cub found in Siberian permafrost

Science August 6

How geese came to dominate our urban landscapes

Science August 6

Indigenous cultural burning can boost biodiversity, help fight forest fires: Canadian study

Canada Kitchener-Waterloo August 6

Spurred by strong winds, aggressive fire at White Rock Lake jumps highway, burns homes

An increasingly aggressive wildfire burning northwest of Vernon, B.C., has breached a major highway, and residents from the area say they've seen their homes burning.

Canada British Columbia August 6

Fukushima struggles on 10 years after devastating earthquake and tsunami

The Tokyo Olympics were supposed to showcase Fukushima's recovery, 10 years after it was devastated by an earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident. But one resident says there's been no recovery.

Adrienne Arsenault

5 key things to watch for in the UN climate report

Scientists are finalizing a long-awaited UN report updating the scientific consensus on climate change and the increasing risks it poses across the world. Here's what to look for when it comes out on Monday.

Science August 5

This First Nation says its crucial firefighting knowledge was ignored — then it was too late

Canada British Columbia August 5

Mystery of the deep: Behaviour of J pod orcas confounds researchers

Canada British Columbia August 5

Biden, automakers aim for 50% electric vehicle sales in U.S. by 2030

Mountain town in Northern California devastated by wind-driven wildfire

Plans underway to bring salmon back to Victoria's Bowker Creek

Canada British Columbia August 8

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John Doe case in Saskatchewan solved with DNA evidence 26 years later

Canada Saskatchewan August 5

Desperate Prairie ranchers are selling cattle early amid drought, lack of feed

Bonnie Allen and Heidi Atter

Canada Saskatchewan August 5

Sackville's newest park is on the roof of town hall

Canada New Brunswick August 4

'It weighs very heavily': B.C. livestock farmers on adapting to the challenges of rising temperatures

Canada British Columbia August 5

NOAA's revised hurricane outlook sees more storms in 2021 Atlantic season

Science August 4

Injured critters get boost with opening of Manitoba's 1st wildlife veterinary hospital

Canada Manitoba August 5

Extreme heat could make Athens uninhabitable, warns city's chief heat officer

Radio The Current August 4

Melting ice imperils 98% of emperor penguin colonies by 2100

Science August 4

How extreme is this year's extreme weather? Here's a closer look

Science August 4

Laval investigates after men wearing camouflage caught draining wetland

Canada Montreal August 4

Quebec researcher studying concrete measures to cool highway heat islands

Canada Montreal August 4

Sask. has largest area of 'extreme fire risk' in country: Natural Resources Canada

Canada Saskatoon August 3

Boeing's Starliner launch to International Space Station scrubbed due to glitch

Science August 3

Coastal erosion, rising seas will lead to more conflicts over public beach access, experts say

Canada Nova Scotia August 3

Line 5 pipeline between U.S. and Canada could cause 'devastating damage' to Great Lakes, say environmentalists

Samantha Beattie

Canada Toronto August 3

Crop-destroying grasshoppers chewing away at Manitoba farmers' livelihoods

Canada Manitoba August 3

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