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A photo of Robertson Trading in northern Saskatchewan in 2023. The store served as a hub for local communities, showcasing a variety of Indigenous crafts and artworks. It burned down in a wildfire in June 2025. (Martin Weinhold)

Climate change is profoundly affecting livelihoods across Canada

Researchers highlight the experiences of workers across Canada whose livelihoods and communities have been impacted by climate change.
A sunflower sea star in Knight Inlet on the British Columbia coast. (Grant Callegari/Hakai Institute)

The bacteria killing sea stars in the Pacific: How our team uncovered a decade‑long mystery

Sea stars are vital to ocean ecosystems; however, a pathogen has been killing them in large numbers, rendering some species critically endangered.
An aerial view of Cape Town city. GettyImages

Cape Town’s sewage treatment isn’t coping: scientists are worried about what the city is telling the public

Current science communications in Cape Town are not serving the public well.
The harbour in Bonavista, Newfoundland. Major reforms could fundamentally reshape fisheries science and management in Canada. (Sally LeDrew/Wikimedia commons)

‘Making decisions closer to the wharf’ can ensure the sustainability of Canada’s fisheries and oceans

Policymaking on managing Canada’s fisheries could be improved by including provincial authorities and Indigenous stakeholders in more decision-making.
These ‘pez diablo,’ or devil fish, are actually guitarfishes that have been caught, killed, dried and carved into exotic shapes. Bryan Huerta-Beltrán

Trade in a mythical fish is threatening real species of rays that are rare and at risk

They look like devils and hence are called pez diablo in Spanish, but these demonic objects are dried and mutilated versions of living rays known as guitarfish.

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