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Study finds Indigenous people cultivated hazelnuts 7,000 years ago, challenging modern assumptions
A new study indicates Indigenous peoples in what is now British Columbia have been cultivating the beaked hazelnut for thousands of years, challenging assumptions that pre-colonial Indigenous people were only hunter-gatherers.
Jon Azpiri
News Canada British Columbia November 26
Are ocean waves the future of energy? Scientists say more development needed
Catherine Zhu
Radio The Current November 25
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Sask. photographer makes epic journey to capture the Milky Way's core over waterfall
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Sightings of deer wearing high-vis jacket raise questions, quips and concerns in B.C. village
Andrew Kurjata
News Canada British Columbia November 25
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Nuclear power is making a big comeback. Here's why
Emily Chung
News Science November 24
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Mother orca with 3 offpsring in Vancouver's False Creek a sign of recovery: researcher
Andrew Kurjata
News Canada British Columbia November 26

Out on a limb: Ottawa is falling behind on its promise to plant 2 billion trees

News Politics November 24

Paleontologists discover Sask.'s 1st fossil specimens of horned centrosaurus

News Canada Saskatchewan November 23

Kids are getting ruder, teachers say. And new research backs that up

Radio The Current November 22

Why has Earth been so unusually hot for the past 2 years? Climate scientists are trying to figure that out

Nicole Mortillaro

News Science November 21

Alberta plans to build drilling site to act as testing ground for new technologies

News Canada Edmonton November 25

Burned forests in Jasper National Park showing signs of life ahead of winter freeze

News Canada Edmonton November 21

Where did COVID-19 originate? Saskatoon lab helps with genetic analysis that points to animal market

Alexandre Silberman

News Canada Saskatoon November 20

With more heat waves in our future, researchers say we need to look at clean cooling

Nicole Mortillaro

News Science November 20

Elon Musk launches Starship test flight with Donald Trump watching

News World November 20

Canadian scientists urged to end government-funded research with China in sensitive areas

News Canada Manitoba November 19

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Why is everything 'quantum' now?

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#TheMoment a meteor lit up skies over parts of Alberta

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Hikers rescue baby goat stranded on Hawaii cliff for 4 days

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2024 ‘virtually certain’ to be warmest year on record

As Japan sends a wooden satellite into space, experts say astronauts could one day live in wooden structures

News Canada British Columbia November 19

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