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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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Tech

Do snitches net fishes? Scientists turn invasive carp into traitors to slow Great Lakes push

Wildlife officials across the Great Lakes are looking for spies to take on an almost impossible mission: stop the spread…

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Tech

Invasive species are costing us dearly, both in terms of dollars and biodiversity

Our planet is changing. So is our journalism. This weekly newsletter is part of a CBC News initiative entitled “Our…

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Nova Scotia

Signs of early success after pesticide used against invasive species in N.S. lake

Nearly one year after Nova Scotia’s Fisheries Department treated a lake with chemicals to eradicate invasive smallmouth bass, there are…

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Nova Scotia

Dozens attend event in Lunenburg County to tag invasive fish species

About 30 people turned out at Wentzell Lake in Lunenburg County on Saturday to help tag smallmouth bass and learn…

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Nova Scotia

‘Like seeing a friend in his doom’: Yarmouth beeches threatened by invasive species

Forty years ago, David Sollows planted a seedling that became a treasured beech tree on his estate in Yarmouth, NS.…

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