Three times a year during the pandemic, Catherine Lechman duly logged on to her computer to try to register her four-year-old son for swimming lessons. He tried the pool at his home in the Montreal district of Pierrefonds, in two nearby municipalities and through a private service. In each case, the places were filled instantly. …
The federal government proposes to use an industry-specific cap-and-trade system or a modified carbon pricing system to set a cap on emissions from the oil and gas sector and reduce them by almost 40% by the end of this decade. Both options are in a discussion paper that Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault will publish on …
Few humans have delved so deep into the great isolation of the central Arctic during the winter. Millions of square miles of thick ice, a rotating polar vortex, and incessant darkness often block humanity off the North Pole during the colder months. There is, however, a unique way to get there: take a walk on …
The basilica cathedral is one of 12 churches that will be sold to resolve claims of abuse victims. (Heather Barrett / CBC) The Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador has approved the sale of 42 properties belonging to the Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of St. John’s, including 12 churches, as dozens more sales of church …
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University of Iowa astronomers are admiring new images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) released by NASA earlier this week. On July 11, NASA unveiled the first JWST image from the distant universe. The image contains the SMACS 0723 galaxy cluster that appeared as 4.6 billion years ago. Today, this image of the distant …
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A 57-year-old man has died after a drowning incident in Witless Bay on Saturday. Police responded to a report of a body found submerged in water in a local hole near Southside Track Road shortly before 8 a.m. Saturday evening. The Witless Bay Volunteer Fire Department pulled the body out of the water. Emergency …
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A key figure in the Freedom Convoy protest has been released on bail after spending five months in jail, an Ottawa court ruled Monday. The decision on Pat King’s bail status came after a two-day bail review hearing last week. There is a ban on publishing the evidence and the reasons for the decision. King …
A small space rock has been shown to have a large effect on NASA’s newly operational deep space telescope. A micrometroid hit the James Webb Space Telescope between May 22 and 24, impacting one of the observatory’s 18 hexagonal gold mirrors. NASA revealed the micrometeoroid attack in June and noted that the debris was more …
by Jeremy Gray posted on Monday, July 18, 2022 at 10:30 EDT Today we end our deep dive series on the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope. To recap, we looked at Webb’s first deep field, an impressive look at a dying star, and a fascinating, interacting galactic quintet. The final image is …
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