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Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he wants to ensure the some 400 people employed at the current Ontario Science Centre will continue to have jobs at the new site at Ontario Place, despite the smaller space. Ford made the comments during an unrelated press conference in Scarborough on Thursday. The …
Read More »Mallorytown, Ont., craft beer brewery operating on solar power – Kingston
A small craft beer brewery in Mallorytown, Ont., has combined the owner’s love of science and beer. “I’m a bit of a science geek,” said the owner of Arbru, Phil Audet. A graduate of St. Lawrence College, Audet has taken his passion for science and beer to another level. Last …
Read More »Parts of Canada treated to stunning display of northern lights
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Aurora borealis put on quite the show Tuesday night. While most of Canada was tucked in bed, a vivid aurora borealis sent teal, green, purple and pink hues shimmering across the sky. Read more: Another spectacular aurora borealis lights up Alberta sky: …
Read More »How electric vehicles are ‘fuelling’ the economy of the future
In a nondescript workshop next to a giant service garage in Burnaby, B.C., the next generation of students and instructors is learning the ins and outs of servicing and repairing electric vehicles. You might associate automotive work with grease, spare parts and noise. But here, the work is quiet – …
Read More »‘It’s beautiful’: Hoar frost covers southern Manitoba – Winnipeg
Southern Manitobans have been treated to beautiful scenes since the weekend as hoar frost turned the outdoors into a winter wonderland. Environment Canada Senior Climatologist David Phillips compares the frost to “snowflakes attached together.” “It’s a kind of feathery frost,” he said. “It’s light, it’s picturesque, I mean, it’s a …
Read More »Dealing with ‘erasure’: The role of Indigenous knowledge in drawing maps of Canada
It’s early spring on the South Coast of B.C. – not exactly swimming weather. But some “citizen scientists” are taking the plunge: snorkeling in the frigid waters of Howe Sound, or Átl’ḵa7tsem (pronounced ‘Atkatsim’ in the Squamish language). They’re looking for a minuscule but all-important fish – herring. The presence …
Read More »Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to trio of scientists for ‘pioneering’ work in quantum science
Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on quantum information science, it was announced Tuesday at a ceremony in Stockholm. Aspect is from France, Clauser the United States and Zeilinger is Austrian. The scientist were honoured for “experiments with entangled …
Read More »Science table says Ontario needs new approach as COVID-19 burden set to fall on primary care
The burden of COVID-19 going forward will sit on the shoulders of primary care doctors and nurses if no new variant emerges, but the way that medical care is delivered must be reconsidered, Ontario’s now-defunct science table said Monday in its final bit of advice to the province. The Ontario …
Read More »Naturopaths ‘not bound by science,’ lawyer argues in B.C. hearing on fecal transplants for autism
The lawyer for a Fraser Valley naturopath facing investigation for his business selling fecal microbiota transplants to families of autistic children argued in a B.C. courtroom Tuesday that his client isn’t obligated to follow scientific evidence. Naturopath Jason Klop was in B.C. Supreme Court petitioning for a judge to order …
Read More »What’s a derecho and why is it so destructive? The science behind this powerful storm
When Canadian tornado expert David Sills studied the forecast on Saturday morning, he never expected the line of storms headed for Windsor, Ont., would soon strengthen into Canada’s first derecho in decades, wreaking havoc across southern Ontario and Quebec. Sills, who is the executive director of the Northern Tornadoes Project …
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