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Author: Chaimae Chouiekh, Ivan Semeniuk
Publication Date: May 22, 2025 - 06:00
Is this fossil a forgery? Answering that has polarized the paleontology world
May 22, 2025
The sun-scorched mines of Morocco’s Oulad Abdoun Basin are some of the richest fossil-hunting sites in the world.Laid down between 70 and 50 million years ago, the basin’s rocks are valued for their phosphate but also for preserving the remains of prehistoric marine life, including those of mosasaurs – large swimming reptiles that were contemporaries of Tyrannosaurus rex.Tens of millions of years later and thousands of kilometres away, the partial jawbone of one such creature has been the focus of a made-in-Canada dispute over whether or not the fossil is genuine.
Officials say a wildfire near Squamish, B.C., which forced the evacuation of the nearby Alice Lake Provincial Park and triggered a local state of emergency earlier this week, is now classified as being held after help from cool, cloudy weather conditions.The BC Wildfire Service announced the fire was being held, meaning the fire is expected to remain within its current perimeter based on fuel and weather conditions and resource availability, on Saturday afternoon.
June 15, 2025 - 09:37 | Nono Shen | The Globe and Mail
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is in Ottawa to meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney today before the two leaders leave for the G7 leaders’ summit in Alberta.He will meet Carney this morning in his West Block office on Parliament Hill before both leaders fly separately to Calgary.
June 15, 2025 - 09:16 | Dylan Robertson | The Globe and Mail
Two people died from carbon monoxide poisoning on Saturday in Gatineau, Que., the local fire department tells Radio-Canada.
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