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Amazon launches first batch of Kuiper internet satellites to compete with SpaceX's Starlink April 29, 2025 - 10:39 AM

Amazon's first batch of internet satellites rocketed into orbit on Monday might, the latest entry in the mega constellation market currently dominated by SpaceX's thousands of Starlinks.
Scientists skeptical about recent claims that signs of life were possibly detected on exoplanet April 29, 2025 - 4:00 AM

Remember those claims that signs of life may have been detected on an exoplanet? Scientists have been skeptical about the claim, and now new, independent research is adding to that skepticism.
Did Roman gladiators really fight animals? This one has the bite marks to prove it April 28, 2025 - 6:32 PM

Ancient texts and modern movies alike depict the Roman Empire as a society that pitted men against animals for bloodsport. But remains unearthed in England are the first physical evidence of human-animal combat in ancient Rome.
High levels of DDT found in N.B. brook trout decades after spraying April 28, 2025 - 5:00 AM

A pesticide sprayed on New Brunswick forests more than 55 years ago can still be found in some fish in the province, according to a new study.
These ravioli-shaped baits are key in vaccinating raccoons against rabies April 28, 2025 - 4:00 AM

Quebec’s Wildlife Ministry dropped about 75,000 vaccine baits around towns near the U.S. border in April. It has confirmed 16 cases of rabies in raccoons since the beginning of 2025.
Researchers want public’s help to monitor St. Lawrence River with DNA found in water samples April 27, 2025 - 12:00 PM

Espace pour la vie and Génome Québec are teaming up for the community science project. They’re asking people near Tadoussac, Cacouna, Rimouski and La Malbaie to collect water samples which they’ll use to check the health of organisms in the St. Lawrence River.
Meet Root, the turtle with a mobility aid made of Lego April 27, 2025 - 5:00 AM

The wood turtle is missing his right front foot, so his shell was getting damaged from scraping on the floor at the Museum of Natural History in Halifax.
'Curiously isolated' butterfly species discovered in Waterton Lakes National Park April 25, 2025 - 5:00 AM

Hidden away in an area of Waterton Lakes National Park, little greyish brown butterflies are now being recognized as a new species known as Satyrium curiosolus, or the curiously isolated hairstreak.
I mourn the decline of Atlantic salmon. I need politicians who get what's at stake April 25, 2025 - 4:00 AM

Roger Jenkins has grown up eating and fishing salmon. Now, as a retiree, he refuses to fish this species of special concern. In this federal election, he’s looking for a political party that understands what’s at stake if the Atlantic salmon disappear for good.
The finish line was in Spain. How did this racing pigeon end up in Nova Scotia? April 24, 2025 - 5:00 AM

The young homing pigeon was supposed to fly to Majorca from Ibiza. Instead, it landed on Sable Island, a windswept sandbar some 300 kilometres off the Nova Scotia coast.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the week of April 28. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at

$5M for wind machines, heaters to protect tree fruit in Okanagan, Kootenays
Following some extremely challenging years for B.C. farmers the provincial government has allocated $5 million for tree fruit growers in the Okanagan and Kootenay regions so there can be more local fruit for everyone to enjoy. “Earlie

UBCO, TRU study finds cannabis use helps in recovery from hard drugs
A new study from UBC Okanagan and Thompson Rivers University has found that cannabis use can offer benefits to people undergoing treatment for substance use. People living in a residential recovery facility were given supervised amounts of

Penticton company building 60 tiny homes for Kelowna's homeless
One of Penticton’s longstanding construction contractors has landed the contract to build 60 “tiny homes” to house the homeless in Kelowna. Greyback Construction Ltd. landed the contract with the City of Kelowna and BC Hou

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