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How teams in the Hamilton area are fighting dog-strangling vine and other invasive species

Don’t worry. Dog-strangling vines aren’t actually strangling dogs. But Derissa Vincentini, community science co-ordinator at the Invasive Species Centre in Sault Ste.…

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Tech

Invasive peach blossom jellyfish spreading through B.C. waterways

Some time more than 30 years ago, a single Chinese peach blossom jellyfish made its way into a lake in British Columbia. Exactly how…

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Tech

Invasive zombie plant takes hold in St. John River

When aquatic botanist Meghann Bruce found an invasive species nicknamed zombie plant in the St. John River in 2015, she…

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Canada

Rapidly growing invasive plant discovered for 1st time in Canada in Leamington, Ont.

A rapidly growing invasive plant that’s prohibited in Ontario has been discovered for the first time in Canada in the…

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Canada

Invasive fish species dumped in Manitoba water bodies disrupting ‘very delicate’ ecosystems: fisheries manager

Along the banks of Hunt Lake in the south of Whiteshell Provincial Park, the largemouth bass stalks in the water, threatening…

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Nova Scotia

Dartmouth boy, 6, died from invasive group A strep

A six-year-old boy from Dartmouth, N.S., has died after contracting an invasive strep A infection and his father is now encouraging other…

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Health

Cases of invasive group A strep are rising across the country. Here’s what you need to know

Canada is experiencing a record number of cases of dangerous, fast-moving strep infections. Invasive group A strep, or iGAS, is a…

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Halifax

N.S. sees slight increase in invasive strep A infections

Nova Scotia Health is seeing an increase in the number of cases of invasive strep A infections reported across the…

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Canada

Why deadly, invasive strep A infections are surging in Canada and beyond

This story is part of CBC Health’s Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers…

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Canada

Free-roaming horses are feral and invasive, B.C. says — but biologist, First Nation argue they need protection

Wayne McCrory has been fascinated by free-roaming horses since he first began studying them in 2001. The B.C. biologist quickly learned…

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