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Guzoo wolves allegedly poisoned at private Alberta zoo
The owners of Guzoo are waiting for an autopsy to find out how two wolves died but suspect they were poisoned. Seven wolf pups are now being bottle fed since their parents were found dead in their pens on Tuesday morning. The private zoo near Three Hills, Alta., has been a battleground between the Gustafson [...]
Partial solar eclipse in Canada on Sunday
A celestial spectacle will trace a path across much of Canada this long weekend. Canucks living west of the St. Lawrence will be able to see a chunk of the sun blotted out by the moon on Sunday as a partial solar eclipse takes place. The event will begin across the globe in eastern Asia, [...]
SpaceX to launch 1st private rocket to space station
For the first time, a private company will launch a rocket to the International Space Station, sending it on a grocery run this weekend that could be the shape of things to come for America’s space program. If this unmanned flight and others like it succeed, commercial spacecraft could be ferrying astronauts to the orbiting [...]
Virus sparks quarantine on B.C. salmon farm
B.C.’s salmon farming industry is on high alert after the discovery of a lethal fish virus at one farm on the west coast of Vancouver Island. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has quarantined the farm at Dixon Bay, north of Tofino. Mainstream Canada, which runs the operation, says it will destroy its entire stock of [...]
A gram of salt helps treat murky water
Under certain conditions, contaminated water can be made pure enough to disinfect cheaply by simply adding salt, according to a new study that holds promise for millions of people in developing countries who have little or no access to potable water. The salt binds to contaminants in the water and clumps them together so they [...]
Budget cuts claim famed freshwater research facility
A famous research facility in Ontario that pioneered investigations into acid rain is the latest victim of federal budget cuts. The Experimental Lakes Area in northwestern Ontario is being closed at end of the fiscal year, March 2013. Sources told Investor Central that staff were told on Thursday that the Department of Fisheries and Oceans [...]
Facebook prices IPO at $38 US
Social networking giant Facebook has priced its initial public offering at $38 US a share, generating $18.4 billion for its shareholders. That makes it the largest internet IPO, the third-largest in the U.S. and the world’s seventh biggest. At that price, Facebook, which had revenue of $3.7 billion last year, will have a market value [...]
Sex exhibit at sci-tech museum causes furor
Canada’s Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa has raised the age limit for admission to a controversial sex exhibit after dozens of complaints about the content. As well, animated video informing children about masturbation has been removed. The moves followed complaints about the exhibit called Sex: A Tell-All Exhibition. “The museum has received a higher-than-expected [...]
Pinterest gets $100M from owner of Kobo Inc.
The Japanese e-commerce firm that bought e-reader company Kobo Inc. is now picking up a major stake in social media site Pinterest. Tokyo-based Rakuten Inc. will invest US$100 million into the website, which launched in 2010 but has experienced a surge in popularity this year. Pinterest is a platform that allows users share photos with [...]
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