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Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Researchers say there’s been a dramatic rise in the number of people going on medications to …

LISTEN | New study reveals effects of city life on raccoons : The Current17:59Raccoons: Pests or Pets When most people think of raccoons, they picture city dwellers. The mid-sized, furry animals with distinctive, mask-like markings and ringed tails are infamous for slipping out after dusk to rummage through garbage bins.  …

Leading AI assistants misrepresent news content in nearly half their responses, according to new research published on Wednesday by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the BBC. The international research studied 3,000 responses to questions about the news from leading artificial intelligence assistants — software applications that use AI to …

Many countries, including Canada, are counting on some kind of underground carbon storage to keep planet-warming greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere and avoid the most catastrophic climate projections. But a study published this week in the journal Nature is raising a new issue with what is already a mostly unproven …

Dozens of Chinese graduate students are accusing Ottawa of discrimination because their study permit applications have been left in limbo for months, preventing them from beginning their advanced degrees at Canadian universities. “It’s already [done] very serious damage to my life,” Yixin Cheng, a 27-year-old would-be PhD student in computer …

Note: This is the first story in a two-part look at the proposed East-West Canadian Energy Corridor project. CBC Sudbury’s followup story will look into environmental concerns from Indigenous leaders and scientists.  Ontario’s recent announcement it’s requesting proposals to study the feasibility of a new east-west energy corridor has sparked sharp …

Girls and boys who were exclusively breastfed during their first four to six months showed a reduced risk of early puberty, according to a large new study from South Korea that Canadian doctors say could apply here.  The study, published in Monday’s issue of JAMA Network Open, looked back at the …

Ashley Clouthier says she hoped her first child would be a boy, so when he was, she was ecstatic. Clouthier, 39, of Almonte, Ont., grew up with an older brother, and wanted the same experience for the large family she was planning with her husband. And when their next child was …

The House of Commons transport committee agreed on Monday to launch a study into the $1-billion loan B.C. Ferries received from the Canada Infrastructure Bank to finance the purchase of four new electric-diesel ships from a Chinese shipbuilder. B.C. Ferries announced last month that it had hired China Merchants Industry Weihai …

Jared Towers was in his research vessel on two separate occasions watching killer whales off the coast of Vancouver Island when the orcas dropped their prey directly in front of him and his colleagues. The encounters he describes as “rare” and awe-inspiring have led to a new study published in …