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Meteor show. Photo © NASA
14 Column Inches Science Scribe Vancouver Island Victoria Times Colonist

Watch for celestial cookie crumbs this season

By Monique Keiran 2 January 20165 December 2018

Watching the night sky from the western edge of the continent at this latitude at this time of year presents a gamble. Announcements that a full moon would light the…

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Myrtle warbler. Photo © zenbenscience, via creative commons & flickr
14 Column Inches Science Scribe Vancouver Island Victoria Times Colonist

Birds started migrating to avoid winter, not to seek better breeding grounds

By Monique Keiran 4 October 20145 December 2018

While we await the region’s autumn rains, the rest of the country prepares for winter. After last year’s ordeal, flocks of Snowbirds east of the Rockies are preparing their escape…

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Ploughing snow in Winnipeg. Photo © AJ Batac
14 Column Inches Science Scribe Vancouver Island Victoria Times Colonist

West Coast weather wimp wises up
about winter in Winnipeg

By Monique Keiran 11 January 20145 December 2018

I spent some time in Winnipeg before the holidays. While there, I had the dubious pleasure of experiencing, among other things, a goodly period of the city’s second coldest December…

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Demystifying winter weather in Alberta’s Kananaskis Country

By Monique Keiran 6 November 201221 August 2013

Although weather in Alberta's mountains can be counted on to be unpredictable, when it's sunny, it's glorious. Photo by Brian Uhreen Explore Kananaskis, Winter/Spring 1997—Covering more than 5,000 square kilometres,…

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