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A New Brunswick non-profit is making it easier to track monarch butterfly migration.
Nature N-B is using Bluetooth-enabled tags on the butterflies for the first time this season.
Previously, insect lovers would have to find a tiny sticker on the butterfly’s wing and report it.
The new tags are attached with a dab of eyelash glue.
Anybody with Bluetooth on their phone will automatically log a data point if they come within 100 metres of a tagged monarch. (The Canadian Press)
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Police in Newfoundland are asking for help as they investigate a Corner Brook crash that killed an Ontario woman.
The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary says the two-vehicle collision happened Friday around 1 p-m on the Trans-Canada Highway.
A transport truck and a sedan were involved, with a 62-year-old woman passenger in the sedan pronounced dead at the scene.
Police are seeking witnesses or anybody who may have footage. (The Canadian Press)
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Halifax Regional Police are warning the public after a pair of sudden deaths.
Police said in a news release Friday night that they had been called to two sudden deaths and another incident where a person was taken to hospital over the previous 24 hours.
The medical examiner’s service is conducting autopsies to determine the causes of death.
They say the investigation is in the early stages, but are reminding the public that illicit drugs can contain other substances such as opioids or fentanyl. (The Canadian Press)
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Some fishers in Newfoundland and Labrador say it’s time to increase the number of lobster licenses in the province as climate change drives more crustaceans north into its waters.
Fisheries and Oceans Canada data show the province’s reported lobster landings have more than doubled in the last decade.
The province’s fisheries union says existing lobster fishers worry that adding new participants would hurt the value of their existing licences.
The union also says the province doesn’t currently have enough lobster pounds, live holding capacity, or air freight connections to handle a significantly larger lobster catch. (The Canadian Press)
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An unusual shark sighting drew crowds in Bedford, Nova Scotia, on Friday night.
A basking shark was spotted swimming near the Bedford Basin Yacht Club, with people pulling over, pointing and filming.
The Marine Animal Response Society said the massive fish was swimming freely and in good condition.
It had not been seen in the harbour again as of Saturday. (CTV News)
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