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Across Canada, the shortage of lifeguards is causing concern for the next generation of swimmers

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. …

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Ottawa proposes to limit oil and gas emissions through an industry-specific carbon pricing system

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 …

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Riding the Transpolar Drift The Truth About Polar Bears Moving Away from the Wild Side Five Key Points of the Arctic Borders Conference “We did this:” Is there a way out of our intertwined climate and biodiversity crises?

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 …

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Court approves sale of 42 Catholic church properties to resolve abuse victims’ claims

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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Physics and astronomy Daily Iowan: UI astronomers express enthusiasm for JWST images

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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The James Webb space telescope image shows remarkable damage from the impact of micrometeoroids

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 …

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Stunning star nursery: a close look at the star formation region of the Carina Nebula

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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