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Sep 25, 2026
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Jul 6, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Leyland Cecco

    Alberta’s ‘rat patrol’ ramps up operations as vermin makes inroads in province (opens the original)

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    ‘Rat-free’ Canadian province recently took a verminous hit when a dead rodent turned up in town of Bowden For more than seven decades, residents of Alberta have shared something in common with Antarctica and the high Arctic: all locations are officially free of rats. But on Thursday the Canadian province’s reputation as a firewall against rodent infestation took a hit when the town of Bowden announced the discovery of a dead rat and called on the province’s “rat patrol” to investigat

  2. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Leyland Cecco

    ‘Hope is a built-in characteristic’: Margaret Atwood on birds, conservation and optimism for the future (opens the original)

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    Canadian novelist has celebrated her late partner’s love of birds with a C$1m gift to a university to establish the Graeme Gibson chair in avian biology If she could be any bird, Margaret Atwood would transform into a raven. “They’re very smart. They’re social, playful and just a very successful bird,” she says while seated in a corner of a bird observatory in the Lake Erie Islands archipelago. “They’re quite an intelligent problem solver.” The observatory, which she set up with

  3. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · Leyland Cecco

    Canada helped save the bald eagle from near extinction in the US – does the White House know? (opens the original)

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    The White House posted a photo of bald eagle attacking a Canada goose to send a message – but it was Canada that played a critical role in the recovery of the bird in the US In late August, the White House posted a real photograph on social media of a bald eagle standing atop the limp neck of a Canada goose. The raptor presses the goose’s face into the grey winter slush. With its stark white head and brilliant yellow talons, the eagle looks victorious and defiant. As trade talks failed and t

  4. Article · Sep 1, 2026 · Leyland Cecco

    Peekaboo island: the floating forest confounding nature watchers in western Canada (opens the original)

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    A 150-metre-long island appeared from nowhere on Williston Lake, British Columbia; vanished, then reappeared 20 miles away A thickly forested island appeared mysteriously on a western Canadian lake. Nearly 150 metres (500 feet) long and 75 metres (250 feet) wide, the land mass took local people and experts by surprise. It wasn’t on any maps or navigation charts. One boater approached and took a video of the island, capturing nearly 100 trees undulating in the chop of the lake. On Monday, the isl

  5. Article · Aug 30, 2026 · Leyland Cecco

    ‘You’re at war when you get attacked’: Mark Carney shows combative nature in face-off with Trump (opens the original)

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    The Canadian PM is one of the few world leaders to stand up to the US president. Former colleagues say they are not surprised Mark Carney stood before a walnut-veneered lectern, his face drawn tight, as he announced that talks with Canada’s biggest trading partner had collapsed. “Last spring, I warned that America is trying to break us so that they can own us,” he said. “And I promised: that will never, ever happen. We are keeping that promise.” For years, the former central bank gover

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