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Timelapse of a British artist creating a site-specific piece for the Ulster Museum

After reviewing more than 30,000 photos, the editors of Smithsonian Magazine are proud to announce the Grand Prize Winner. #shorts

A mesmerizing 10,000-shot video captures the dramatic life cycles of several species (Owen Reiser)

Spinning tails on the moths' wingtips scramble bats' echolocation signals to keep the moths from being eaten

The noisy-but-shy bird, known as the hoiho, has earned the most votes for a second time amid threats to its survival

An A.I.-assisted study identified 303 previously unknown geoglyphs in the Peruvian desert. The art features surprising figures, like orcas holding knives

Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun discovered microRNA, tiny molecules that play a crucial role in how cells develop, paving the way for new treatments for diseases

John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton shared the award for their work on artificial neural networks and machine learning

For the second year in a row, Grazer bested the massive male named Chunk to take the crown in the single elimination online popularity contest at Katmai National Park and Preserve

David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper revealed how amino acids shape protein structure, a finding that could aid in drug discovery

Best known for "The Vegetarian," the novelist and poet was praised for her "intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life"

Breathtaking shots shine a light on the wonders of wildlife and the threats that human activities pose to the natural world

At a new park in Bosnia and Herzegovina, two dozen gardeners have spent years replicating the Dutch artist's masterpiece using the land as their canvas

Born October 30 to parents Gloria and Otto at the Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland, the hippo is already gaining popularity, following in the footsteps of viral sensation Moo Deng

Antonia, a cloned black-footed ferret at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, has produced two healthy offspring that will help build genetic diversity in their recovering population

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

The trend is a result of women deciding to have children later in life and the use of medically assisted reproduction methods

A clinical social worker explains the vital role of the old-fashioned rotary phone for those dealing with death and loss

Nellie Winters is 87. From the time she was a child, her hands and mind have been busy pursuing her love of Inuit art and craft.

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A researcher studying the rise of extremism in Atlantic Canada warns Ku Klux Klan Halloween costumes are just one example of an insidious effort by far-right groups to normalize hateful attitudes.

A Romare Bearden print served as a starting point for the American playwright's 1987 drama, which follows a Black family's struggle to decide the fate of an ancestral heirloom

N.B. Power has won approval to keep charging rates that it increased on customers by an average of 9.25 on April 1, and to repeat the increase next April, with only minor modifications.

Carleton County is getting another wind farm proposal, this time with involvement of First Nations.

The University of Regina Rams knock off their provincial rivals, the University of Saskatchewan Huskies to win their second ever Hardy Cup championship. An emotional Rams head coach, Mark McConkey talks about how his team was able to overcome a rough regular season and win the title.

CBC News reporter Sarah Law reports from Duluth, Minn., early Wednesday after Donald Trump defeated Kamala Harris to secure his second term as U.S. president.

Winnipeg police are investigating the death of a 23-year-old man who was fatally injured in Winnipeg on Friday.  

A Winnipeg business owner is suing a man she alleges swindled her out of ownership of two properties after promising financial help — the latest in a string of court proceedings against the man, whom a judge previously described as showing the signs of a "predator" who seeks out financially vulnerable clients.

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. 

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.

Our community. Our neighbourhoods. The news of our city.

The last time a snowfall was recorded at the Winnipeg airport was on April 19, making it 206 days without any snow. Normally, Winnipeggers would see the first snowfall in October.

The City of Winnipeg wants security guards at the Millennium Library to receive a living wage, but councillors recently rejected a motion that would have made a living wage mandatory for all city staff and contractors.

Mark Scheifele and Kyle Connor each scored twice, Connor Hellebuyck made 33 saves, and the Winnipeg Jets won their seventh straight, 6-3 over the New York Rangers on Tuesday night. Gabriel Vilardi and Vladislav Namestnikov also scored for the Jets, who have now won 15 of their first 16 games this NHL season.

Paris police said Sunday that 4,000 officers and 1,600 stadium staff will be deployed for a France-Israel soccer match to ensure security a week after violence against Israeli fans in Amsterdam.

Drivers are being warned to use caution on Saskatchewan's highways after five separate collisions involving moose were reported to RCMP in a 30-minute window on Friday evening.

The Regina Rams won the Hardy Cup showdown against the Saskatchewan Huskies Saturday, in the first finals clash between the two teams in 22 years.

Head coach Corey Mace, quarterback Trevor Harris and linebacker Jameer Thurman talk about coming up short in the CFL West Final. The Roughriders lost the the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 38-22 sending the Bombers to their fifth straight Grey Cup.

The final election results are in for the 2024 Saskatchewan election, which received a higher vote turnout than 2020. The NDP's April ChiefCalf won Saskatoon-Westview. And Saskatchewan Party’s Ken Cheveldayoff was re-elected in Saskatoon-Willowgrove.

Officials have issued wind and rainfall warnings for Tuesday night in several regions as another fall storm approaches southwestern B.C.

Two-time Olympian Gabrielle Daleman was victorious in Sunday's free skate to win the women's event at the 2022 Skate Canada Challenge in Regina.

A clean, fifth-place performance in Saturday's free skate was enough for Canada's Keegan Messing to hold off Russia's Andrei Mozalev for the win at figure skating's Golden Spin of Zagreb in Croatia.

That Figure Skating Show recaps the men's program at the 2022 Canadian National Championships in Ottawa and discusses who likely made the Olympic team.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.