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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.
The federal government is moving to shore up a historically weak summer job market for students – even as one economist argues tough employment prospects for young people suggest broader softness in the job market.Statistics Canada shone a light on the difficult employment prospects for students heading back to school this fall in its May jobs report last Friday.
June 11, 2025 - 07:45 | Craig Lord | The Globe and Mail
On Monday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he will appoint new members to the scientific group that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about vaccination.
June 11, 2025 - 07:43 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
Canadian doctors and scientists say Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s firing of an immunization advisory committee south of the border is worrisome. On Monday, the U.S. health and human services secretary – a longtime anti-vaccine advocate – said he will appoint new members to the scientific group that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about vaccination.
June 11, 2025 - 07:26 | Nicole Ireland | The Globe and Mail
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