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As forests are cut down, butterflies are losing their colours www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/17/n...
As forests are cut down, butterflies are losing their colours
The insects’ brilliant hues evolved in lush ecosystems to help them survive. Now they are becoming more muted to adapt to degraded landscapes — and they are not the only things dulling down.
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exoticgoa.bsky.social @exoticgoa.bsky.social · 22h
Poilievre defends RCMP comments and denies saying Trudeau should be in jail www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/23/n...
Poilievre defends RCMP comments and denies saying Trudeau should be in jail
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre defended his comments about the RCMP on Wednesday and denied saying former prime minister Justin Trudeau should be in jail.
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NDP leadership contenders pitch their vision to party members at first forum www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/23/n...
NDP leadership contenders pitch their vision to party members at first forum
The five official candidates for the federal NDP leadership met for the first time on Wednesday night in Ottawa at a forum hosted by the Canadian Labour Congress.
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Liberals set to introduce bill with tougher bail, sentencing rules today www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/23/n...
Liberals set to introduce bill with tougher bail, sentencing rules today
The Liberal government is expected to pitch tougher bail and sentencing standards for violent crime in legislation today.
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exoticgoa.bsky.social @exoticgoa.bsky.social · 22h
Alberta students deal with stress, uncertainty as legislation looms to end teachers strike www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/23/n...
Alberta students deal with stress, uncertainty as legislation looms to end teachers strike
As legislation looms ordering striking Alberta teachers back to work, Jennifer Black is bittersweet about returning to class to teach English to dozens of anxious Grade 12 students while feeling hopel...
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exoticgoa.bsky.social @exoticgoa.bsky.social · 22h
This river pumps 500 billion microplastics into Lake Ontario each year: study www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/23/n...
This river pumps 500 billion microplastics into Lake Ontario each year: study
A new study of one of Canada's most urbanized rivers suggests it dumps the equivalent of about 18 cars worth of microplastics into Lake Ontario every year, a finding that shocked the lead author and u...
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exoticgoa.bsky.social @exoticgoa.bsky.social · 22h
Anand declares Canada is in a 'strategic partnership' with China www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/23/n...
Anand declares Canada is in a 'strategic partnership' with China
Just three years after Canada called China a "disruptive global power," Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Canada now views Beijing as a strategic partner in a dangerous world.
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In August, an entire mountainside in Alaska’s Tracy Arm fjord detached and slid into the deep ocean water beneath it. Experts say it was miraculous that no one was hurt or killed.

But scientists who study these types of landslides are anxious it could happen again.
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Parks Canada releases two reports on Jasper fire that confirm cause, development

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Parks Canada releases two reports on Jasper fire that confirm cause, development
Two new reports on last year's devastating wildfire in Jasper, Alta., confirm the blaze was caused by lightning and accelerated by "tornado-force fire-generated" winds and dry conditions.
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Nova Scotia government gives Whale Sanctuary Project green light to build coastal refuge

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Nova Scotia government gives Whale Sanctuary Project green light to build coastal refuge
Organizers behind a plan to establish North America’s first coastal refuge for captive whales say the Nova Scotia government has granted them approval to start construction on the province’s eastern s...
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Humpback calf spotted with deep gash after reported ferry strike off Vancouver

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Humpback calf spotted with deep gash after reported ferry strike off Vancouver
A group representing whale-watching operators has shared a photo of a young humpback with a deep gash in its back, which it said was likely inflicted by a ferry in waters off Vancouver last week.
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NDP leadership contenders will make their pitches to voters in first forum

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NDP leadership contenders will make their pitches to voters in first forum
The five official candidates for the federal NDP leadership will get their first chance to sell themselves to party members at a forum in Ottawa on Wednesday evening.
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You 'wouldn't want to live in' decrepit military housing, the auditor general says

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You 'wouldn't want to live in' decrepit military housing, the auditor general says
Many of the living spaces used by Canadian Armed Forces members at several bases are in "poor physical condition" and ripe for overcrowding, Auditor General Karen Hogan said in a report released on Tu...
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exoticgoa.bsky.social @exoticgoa.bsky.social · 1d
India's envoy rejects Anand's claim that Ottawa can fully staff its embassy

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India's envoy rejects Anand's claim that Ottawa can fully staff its embassy
India's new envoy to Canada rejected Foreign Minister Anita Anand's claim that New Delhi has agreed to restore Canada's full complement of diplomats.
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Tax cuts, dropping US tariffs will harm Ottawa's fiscal position: Desjardins report

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Tax cuts, dropping US tariffs will harm Ottawa's fiscal position: Desjardins report
A new analysis of federal finances ahead of the much-anticipated fall budget argues Ottawa's fiscal position was made worse by its decision to drop counter-tariffs and cut income taxes.
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exoticgoa.bsky.social @exoticgoa.bsky.social · 2d
New study shows disruption of ocean currents that stabilize the global climate www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/21/n...
New study shows disruption of ocean currents that stabilize the global climate
Clam shell growth rings contain clues about the looming potential for a tipping point into climate collapse.
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exoticgoa.bsky.social @exoticgoa.bsky.social · 2d
How common is severe climate change anxiety in Canada? Study provides a glimpse www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/21/n...
How common is severe climate change anxiety in Canada? Study provides a glimpse
Two new studies are helping to shed light on the extent Canadians feel climate change is impacting their mental health.
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exoticgoa.bsky.social @exoticgoa.bsky.social · 2d
Canada's scientific study of oceans could be vulnerable to foreign adversaries: report www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/21/n...
Canada's scientific study of oceans could be vulnerable to foreign adversaries: report
Canadian ocean research is among the scientific fields that could be vulnerable to foreign espionage, theft or misuse because people overlook its value to adversaries, says a report commissioned by th...
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Auditor general will release reports on military recruitment, cybersecurity today www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/21/n...
Auditor general will release reports on military recruitment, cybersecurity today
Canada's auditor general is taking a deep dive into military recruitment and cybersecurity as her office releases a new round of reports today.
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exoticgoa.bsky.social @exoticgoa.bsky.social · 2d
Climate transition plans are still critical despite other pressing risks: report www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/21/n...
Climate transition plans are still critical despite other pressing risks: report
Canadian businesses face all sorts of pressing challenges these days, but a new report argues climate transition plans are still crucial to their long-term success.
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exoticgoa.bsky.social @exoticgoa.bsky.social · 2d
Liberals, Greens, NDP say Poilievre should apologize over RCMP comments www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/21/n...
Liberals, Greens, NDP say Poilievre should apologize over RCMP comments
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre returned to the House of Commons on Monday afternoon to a chorus of calls from across the aisle for him to apologize over comments he made last week about the RCMP...
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exoticgoa.bsky.social @exoticgoa.bsky.social · 2d
Brazil's government approves oil drilling near mouth of Amazon River ahead of UN climate summit www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/21/n...
Brazil's government approves oil drilling near mouth of Amazon River ahead of UN climate summit
Brazil's government approved on Monday exploratory drilling by state-run oil-giant Petrobras near the mouth of the Amazon River. The decision comes only weeks before the United Nations climate confere...
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exoticgoa.bsky.social @exoticgoa.bsky.social · 2d
National chief demands federal government to deem First Nations policing essential www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/21/n...
National chief demands federal government to deem First Nations policing essential
The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations chided the federal government on Monday for failing to deliver on its promise to introduce legislation to declare First Nations policing an essentia...
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exoticgoa.bsky.social @exoticgoa.bsky.social · 3d
New study shows disruption of ocean currents that stabilize the global climate www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/21/n...
New study shows disruption of ocean currents that stabilize the global climate
Clam shell growth rings contain clues about the looming potential for a tipping point into climate collapse.
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exoticgoa.bsky.social @exoticgoa.bsky.social · 3d
Artificial intelligence is threatening to push young people out of entry-level jobs www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/20/n...
Artificial intelligence is threatening to push young people out of entry-level jobs
Throughout her university career, Jacqueline Silver assumed her computer science degree would guarantee her a job. Finding out she was wrong was a demoralizing experience.
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Ontario Indigenous advocate says Anglo American has turned 'blind eye' to De Beers issues www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/20/n...
Ontario Indigenous advocate says Anglo American has turned 'blind eye' to De Beers issues
An Indigenous advocate in northern Ontario says his community's past experience with Anglo American PLC's diamond-mining subsidiary De Beers does not inspire confidence that a proposed merger between ...
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