The federal funding that supported most university-based weather and climate research for the past decade has almost run out, and there is no sign it will be renewed.

A chemistry teacher and three Grade 11 girls have suffered minor injuries in a chemical explosion in a science lab at Brennan Catholic High School in Windsor, Ont.

An Ottawa-based space technology company has won an $11.5-million contract to build a lunar rover prototype for the Canadian Space Agency.

Dell has introduced the Inspiron duo convertible tablet, a hybrid tablet and netbook with a full keyboard.

Its processor works 1,000 times slower than that of the Apple iPad, but Apple's first computer has sold for 425 times the price.

Tim Hortons says it will begin accepting Interac debit cards as a payment option across the country starting this month after an extended test period in Western Canada.

Officials from the 13 countries where tigers live in the wild signed a declaration Tuesday aimed at saving the iconic cats from extinction.

Moviegoers can soon use smartphones to buy tickets at Cineplex Entertainment theatres.

Hewlett-Packard Co.'s net income rose five per cent and revenue rose eight per cent in the quarter ended Oct. 31, topping Wall Street's forecasts and driven by strong corporate spending that offset weak consumer demand.

Emissions cuts pledged by countries in a nonbinding climate accord last year fall short of what's needed to avoid the worst consequences of global warming, the UN environment agency says.

Canadians may create, store and manage their health information on a new, secure portal for consumers, a technology company says.

A new auction of wireless spectrum is expected by 2012, Industry Minister Tony Clement says.

Fruit-eating bats living in the tropics can slurp copious amounts of alcohol without appearing drunk.

The federal government along with Alberta are working to weaken climate policies in the U.S. and in Europe in order to support the oilsands, according to environmental group Climate Action Network Canada.

An operating system update for the iPad will provide it with new abilities such as multitasking and streaming movies to Apple TV.

A fireball spotted in the sky above Nova Scotia's South Shore that triggered fears of a plane crash was probably just a meteor, officials say.

Giant prehistoric flying reptiles took off by vaulting themselves into the air with their arms, U.S. and British researchers propose.

The president of Calgary-based Shaw Communications denied Friday that CEO Jim Shaw's early resignation came about because of belligerent behaviour he is reported to have displayed before investors at a lunch meeting a week earlier.

A Calgary oil and gas company has been fined $125,000 in connection to an oil leak that killed about 300 birds.

The Competition Bureau is seeking a penalty of $10 million against Rogers Communications Inc. for ads claiming that its discount cellphone and text service, Chatr, has fewer dropped calls than its new competitors.