Bob Weber
Reporter with The Canadian Press
About Bob Weber
Poll suggests Canadian trust in science falling, scientists thought 'elitist'
A survey suggests that the trust Canadians place in science may be eroding.
Even the sparrows: Extensive new study finds three-billion-bird decline
An extensive study of hundreds of bird species across decades worth of data has for the first time estimated how badly numbers of even the most common birds have shrunk.
Alberta ending separate climate, environment offices
Alberta's United Conservative government plans to eliminate its stand-alone offices for climate change policy and environmental monitoring, a move some say will damage the province's standing and its ability to make science-based plans.
'Strong and consistent effect:' Research links common insecticide to bird harm
Newly published research is providing more compelling evidence that a common insecticide is harming migratory birds.
'Staring at me:' Oldest known spider ancestor found in Burgess Shale
Tiny eyes blinking at him from the rockface of the Burgess Shale drew Jean-Bernard Caron to the fossil of the oldest known ancestor of today's spiders and scorpions.
New federal Arctic policy focuses on human health, environment, infrastructure
The federal government has released its long-awaited policy on developing the Canadian Arctic in a changing environmental and political world.
Use of fake social media bots in Alberta election coming in federal vote: experts
A federal report confirming the use of false social media posts to try to manipulate last spring's Alberta election points to dangers for the upcoming federal vote, political scientists say.
'A solemn space': first interior shots of Franklin's HMS Terror released
It remains, despite nearly two centuries beneath the Arctic seas, amazingly shipshape.
'What our ancestors meant:' Canada, First Nations create new park reserve
A deal on a vast new national park reserve in the North is being called a model for future relationships between First Nations and Canada.
Hotter, larger fires turning boreal forest into carbon source: research
Bigger, hotter wildfires are turning Canada's vast boreal forest into a significant new source of climate-changing greenhouse gases, scientists say.