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The 'Super Bowl of Wildlife Art' Is All About Ducks, and It Has Protected America's Wetlands for 90 Years

Introduced in 1934, the federal duck stamp contest has raised more than $1.2 billion and protected at least 6.5 million acres across the nation. Now, an art exhibition at Connecticut’s Bruce Museum honors the competition’s history




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Coal Recovered From the Titanic and Thousands of Other Historic Shipwreck Artifacts Are Going to Auction

The Shipwreck Treasure Museum in Cornwall, England, is selling its collection, which includes items connected to nearly 150 shipwrecks




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A Prominent Italian Dealer Has Been Charged With Trafficking Thousands of Looted Artifacts

The Manhattan district attorney's office has obtained an arrest warrant for Edoardo Almagià, who has been accused of working with looters and dealing stolen artifacts for years




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Archaeologists Are Bewildered by a Skeleton Made From the Bones of at Least Eight People Who Died Thousands of Years Apart

Found in a cremation cemetery in Belgium, the skeleton includes bones dating to the Neolithic period and a Roman-era skull, according to a new study




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Chimpanzees Could Never Randomly Type the Complete Works of Shakespeare, Study Finds

While testing the "infinite monkey theorem," mathematicians found that the odds of a chimpanzee typing even a short phrase like "I chimp, therefore I am" before the death of the universe are 1 in 10 million billion billion




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Thousands of Lego Daffodils Are Blooming in Britain

The brick-built botanicals celebrate the UK’s 2017 City of Culture




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Surfer Spots an Emperor Penguin on a Beach in Australia, Thousands of Miles From Its Antarctic Home

It's not clear how the juvenile male ended up so far north, but experts suggest he was motivated by his appetite




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Volunteers Scramble to Save Thousands of Sea Turtles Following Polar Vortex in Texas

As of last Wednesday, at least 3,500 sea turtles have been rescued from freezing waters in the midst record-breaking winter storm




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Interim leader calls for end to 'self-inflicted wounds' as PC divisions remain

Interim PC Leader Glen Savoie urged members to find a common purpose rather than blame former leader Blaine Higgs.



  • News/Canada/New Brunswick

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Parents demand refunds after Thunder Bay, Ont., climbing gym locks doors

As a troubled local gym goes dark, some members and the landlord say they haven’t heard from the owner about the future of the business in Thunder Bay, Ont.



  • News/Canada/Thunder Bay

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Fort McMurray museum offers hands-on insights into the meaning of Remembrance Day

A museum in Fort McMurray is helping visitors gain a deeper understanding of Canada’s role in previous wars. The Wood Buffalo Military Museum Centre is offering a chance to get up close to military artifacts. Young visitors say seeing the remnants of conflict gives them a new understanding of Remembrance Day's meaning.




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New housing minister Myers stands firm on Charlottetown Outreach Centre: 'It's not moving'

Steven Myers, who has been Prince Edward Island's housing minister for just over a month, says the Community Outreach Centre will remain at its current location on Charlottetown's Park Street whether city councillors like it or not.



  • News/Canada/PEI

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Auditor finds federal critical minerals strategy lacking analysis of impact on climate, Indigenous people

A federal audit of Canada’s strategy to promote the extraction of critical minerals says the government isn’t giving due consideration to the potential impact of mining on the environment, biodiversity and Indigenous people.



  • News/Canada/Sudbury

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Changes loom for several city-run services in Winnipeg if work at Canada Post grinds to a halt

The City of Winnipeg is advising residents of alternative options to access several city-run services that could be disrupted by the end of this week in the event of a work stoppage at Canada Post. 



  • News/Canada/Manitoba

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StandardAero training staff through government funding as it expands Winnipeg operations

StandardAero says new funding from the provincial and federal governments will help expand its Winnipeg operations by training more specialized technicians, managers, support personnel and engineers.



  • News/Canada/Manitoba

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11,000 km from home, Hamilton peacekeeper spends 3rd Remembrance Day overseas

While people gather around the Gore Park Cenotaph in his hometown of Hamilton, Tyrell will be one of nine Canadians serving as a peacekeeper in the United Nations mission in South Sudan.



  • News/Canada/Hamilton

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With 2026 World Cup on horizon, Canadian Premier League seeks further credibility in soccer landscape

After nearly six complete seasons, the Canadian Premier League finds itself at an inflection point. Ahead of Saturday’s championship match, it appears there’s some stability — and, consequently, an opportunity to further establish the league’s place within the rapidly growing soccer landscape.



  • Sports/Soccer/CPL

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Daan Klomp finds home with Calgary's Cavalry FC in Canadian Premier League

Cavalry FC defender Daan Klomp who considered quitting soccer in the Netherlands in 2020, will go after the Canadian Premier League title Saturday against defending champion Forge FC. And his trophy case may grow a little fuller Thursday at the CPL awards show.




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Vancouver Whitecaps' season ends after 1-0 loss to LAFC in playoffs

LAFC opened the series with a narrow 2-1 victory in California and Vancouver replied with a decisive 3-0 win at home to set up a do-or-die matchup on Friday, but they failed to overcome L.A. and suffered a 1-0 defeat.



  • News/Canada/British Columbia

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These women hand-crocheted thousands of poppies

In Foxboro Green, a small retirement community in Baden, Ont., 30 women came together to create a 15-metre-long banner covered in small handmade poppies. CBC Kitchener-Waterloo's Cameron Mahler went to where they've displayed the banner ahead of Remembrance Day to find out more.




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Students become 'junior historians' for a hands-on approach to Remembrance Day learning

Some educators are giving history classes new relevance by teaching students to be junior historians: offering engaging entry points into Canada's past and inspiring connections to the world today.




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Here's what's open and closed in Windsor this Remembrance Day

Malls and transit will operate under regular hours in Windsor, Ont., while museums and libraries will be closed on Remembrance Day.



  • News/Canada/Windsor

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Windsor asked people to help tax vacant homes and the results surprised them

Windsor's push to tax people that own houses that sit empty in a city dealing with an affordable housing crunch has led to some surprising early results.



  • News/Canada/Windsor

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Windsor school board trustee says recent education cuts had 'very little' to do with resigning

Midway through her second term as a public school board trustee in Windsor-Essex, Sarah Cipkar is resigning for what she calls mainly “personal and professional” reasons.



  • News/Canada/Windsor

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For the 1st time, this Windsor theatre company is offering a show with sign language interpretation

Windsor Light Music Theatre's production of A Christmas Story: The Musical will feature sign language interpreters at the Nov. 22 show to make the entertainment accessible to those who are deaf or hard of hearing.




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Thieves use vehicle to rip door off of Windsor sporting goods store

CBC's Dalson Chen talks to Bob Reaume about a break in that resulted in an estimated $40,000 in merchandise taken just before the busy holiday season.




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Windsor-based fuel distribution company receives nearly $5M from feds in 'green shipping' money

With hundreds of vessels passing through Windsor's waterways every year, the company that fuels many of them will receive nearly $5 million in new funding to improve their infrastructure for the distribution of lower-carbon fuels — making the shipping industry more sustainable and lower emission. 



  • News/Canada/Windsor

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Residential school monument finds home at national history museum

"People actually reached out and hugged it and they told their [stories] about residential school," master carver Stanley C. Hunt says.



  • News/Canada/Ottawa


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Thousands march in far-right rally to mark Poland's Independence Day

Tens of thousands of Poles including nationalist opposition chiefs walked through Warsaw on Monday in an annual Independence Day event held by the far right, some shooting red flares and carrying anti-EU, anti-Ukraine and white supremacist banners.




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Tens of thousands declare early to avoid Toronto's vacant home tax

Toronto's redesigned vacant home tax rollout has begun, with over 59,000 people filing their paperwork in the first week. Some councillors say they were left responding to complaints about the rollout, after the city's online declaration portal experienced technical problems shortly after launch.



  • News/Canada/Toronto

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Friendship opens many doors

Ongoing practical friendship wins the trust of a family in Montenegro, opening a door of hope for their future.




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SolidWorks 3D ContentCentral 2009 Blends Social Media and Self-Publishing Into Community for Sharing Design Knowledge

Eliminates the Cost and Complexity of Maintaining Online Parts Catalogs; Improves Search, Navigation, and Communication for Engineers Seeking 3D Part Models




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DS SolidWorks Extends Support for SolidWorks 3D CAD Software

Business-Critical Solutions are Now Free to any Subscriber for an Additional Year




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DS SolidWorks Education Edition 2009 Expands Access To Advanced CAD Functionality While Boosting Performance

New Licensing, Support Programs For Certification Accompany Software Upgrades




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SolidWorks Helps Maesa Studio Create Elegant, Cost-Effective Packaging For Top Cosmetic Brands

Sharing Information Between Design and Production Eliminates Budget Overruns That Erode Customers’ Profits




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Equipois Lends Gravity-Defying Hand to Manufacturers, with Boost from SolidWorks

Zero-Gravity Arm Reduces Injuries, Saves Money, and Improves Product Quality




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Utah Design Team Uses SolidWorks to Create Skeleton Sled for Olympic Racer in Record Time and for Thousands Less Than Standard Design

World Cup Champion Noelle Pikus-Pace Turns To Local Metal Shop – And Her Husband – For Innovative New Sled




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SolidWorks extends DWGgateway publishing capability to support Adobe PDF

DWGgateway plug-in lets AutoCAD users share designs with virtually anyone




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SolidWorks expands support for SkillsUSA nationwide student competition

Both state and national high school and college winners received 3D CAD software to fuel engineering interest and prepare for professional careers




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SolidWorks extends support for nationwide TSA competitions

Technology Student Association middle and high school winners received SolidWorks 3D CAD software




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Vivid Retail gives global brands clear marketing advantage using displays designed in SOLIDWORKS

3D CAD software helps U.K. retail display company compete on creativity, time to market




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SOLIDWORKS Corporation co-founds 'The CAD Academy' to nurture future engineers

Broad-based drafting, engineering, architecture initiative combines tools and curriculum at an affordable cost






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Penn State Altoona’s women’s tennis lands four on All-AMCC Team

Head coach Mark Sapita was voted the AMCC’s co-Coach of the Year, while student-athletes Lexi Colaianni, Daniel Fulton and Abigail Morgan were all voted to places on the All-Conference team.




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Nutritional sciences researchers receive funds from McCormick Science Institute

Researchers from the Departments of Nutritional Sciences and Food Science at Penn State have recently received $420,000 in funding from the McCormick Science Institute to study the use of herbs and spices in school lunch recipes over the next two years.




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Project Namana: reaching out a hand of friendship

Starting a Christian micro-finance programme has been a long-time dream for OM Madagascar. In partnership with OM Hong Kong, this will soon become a reality.




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May 03 Bonds Commentary: Todd Colvin

Todd Colvin, Ambrosino Brothers




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May 06 Bonds Commentary: Todd Colvin

Todd Colvin, Ambrosino Brothers