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Polar bears arrive in Churchill, Manitoba, as safety work gets under way

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Polar bears are arriving by the hundreds near Hudson Bay, waiting for the water to freeze so they can hunt seals on the ice. Polar Bear Week runs during the first seven days of November.

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B.C. premier-designate Doerkson says his government will examine the BC Ferries shipbuilding deal

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BC Ferries chose a Chinese shipyard, Weihai Shipyards, to build four new Summit-class hybrid-electric ferries, with the first delivery expected in 2029. The company has said no Canadian shipyard bid for the project.

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Kutryk says seeing Earth from his spacewalk left him disoriented and changed

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Kutryk and NASA's Anil Menon installed seven of the eight new solar panels on the International Space Station, the Canadian Space Agency said. The new panels should raise the station's power output by up to 30 per cent.

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Ottawa adds $130 million for Inuit housing

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Over five years, the federal government will give $65 million to Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., $32 million to Makivik, $16.9 million to the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation and $15.5 million to the Nunatsiavut Government.

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Ottawa calls itself a biodiversity leader at COP17, and the Bloc alleges greenwashing

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Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin said in a video from the COP17 talks in Armenia that Canada is a leader in protecting nature. She said Canada is working to protect 30 per cent of its land and waters by 2030.

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NATO commander says Canada needs a good mix of drones, AI and existing forces

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Adm. Pierre Vandier, NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, says the answer is not to replace everything with drones. Unmanned systems should protect and enhance existing capabilities, he said in an interview from Riga, Latvia.

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Tool to help courts spot AI-generated evidence is proving hard to build, researcher says

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Maura Grossman, a University of Waterloo computer science professor, co-leads a team building a free, open-source tool for courts. It combines several algorithms that vote on whether something is AI-generated.

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Edmonton's High Level Bridge will close fully in 2027 for urgent repairs

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Record rainfall in June and July caused landslides and erosion on the river valley slopes beside the bridge in Edmonton, Alberta. The city says the damage forces urgent repairs next year.