Fracking has induced earthquakes in northwest Alberta, some of which have lasted for months due to residual fracking fluid, according to a new study published in Science today. Scientists collected and analyzed seismic data dating back to the winter of 2015, when the first earthquake larger than a magnitude 4 was recorded in Fox Creek. Data was compiled from private and …

A video of a polar bear petting a sled dog that went viral seemed heartwarming, but a new development casts the interaction in a different light. The Dodo has updated its initial post on the incident, which took place near Churchill in Manitoba. “Conservation officers had to immobilize a bear in that area last week and move it to the …

A 14-year-old girl, known only as JS, is suffering from terminal cancer and has won a case to be cryogenically preserved in the hope of a future cure. The High Court judge ruled that the girl’s mother could decide what happened to the body. When she died in October her body was transported from London to the US where it …

Researchers and their colleagues from across the globe have made a major leap forward in understanding how the human body’s trillions of cells develop from a single genetic template, and how those genes interact with the environment. By mapping the epigenome (a series of unique chemical compounds inside each cell type that tell the genome what to do) researchers hope …

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have made progress toward a pill that lingers in the stomach and releases its contents over a span of two weeks, an advance that could boost the fight against malaria and other diseases, according to a study. Once inside the stomach, the plastic capsule springs open into a star-shaped form that contains the …

Is it Apocalypse 2016? According to reports, NASA has been preparing for an asteroid strike on Los Angeles. Other government agencies like the Federal Emergency Management Agency have also been getting ready for the 330-foot asteroid, which is expected to have a devastating effect on the planet. Four years to try to stop it—or carry out mass evacuations ahead of …

Sam Oosterhoff, 19-Year-Old Conservative, Wins Ontario Byelection. Sam Oosterhoff just became one of Ontario’s highest paid teenagers, winning a Niagara byelection and an MPP’s salary of $116,500 plus a taxpayer-funded pad in Toronto. The 19-year-old Progressive Conservative kept the wine-country riding in Tory hands while civil rights lawyer Nathalie Des Rosiers held Ottawa-Vanier for Premier Kathleen Wynne’s Liberals in Thursday’s …

Scott Foote, a Canadian military officer has been found dead in a military gymnasium in Jordan, the Department of National Defence says. Military officials say 50-year-old Major Scott Foote of Carbonear was found unconscious in a gymnasium. Attempts to revive him failed. Scott was serving in the capital of Jordan, Amman.

The US, Canada and Mexico joined Germany in releasing strategies for radically cutting their greenhouse gas emissions by mid century at UN talks in Marrakech this week. “By releasing their mid-century strategies, these countries are adding to the global momentum behind the shift to a zero-carbon future. Countries that do not take a long view risk being left behind,” said …

Speaking in front of Edmonton’s police commission, chief Rod Knecht was blunt. “At a busy intersection in the morning I’ll tell you I can write probably four tickets on my way in to work,” Knecht said. What might convince Rod Knecht is the growing number of distracted drivers that are frustrating others on the road and police. They’re too busy …

Stephen Hawking recently suggested that humans find a new planet on which to live because he believed that humanity probably has 1,000 years left on Earth. “I don’t think we will survive another 1,000 (years) without escaping beyond our fragile planet,” he said. Perhaps known as much for his groundbreaking work in theoretical physics as he is for his battle …