Squaring — multiplying a number by itself — seems harmless, but repeat it long enough and it becomes a mathematical explosion. What begins as 2² quickly turns into 2⁴, 2⁸, 2¹⁶ — racing past the limits ...

Salty black water laden with contaminants erupted from an orphaned well in West Texas in February — the latest in a series of deserted oil and gas wells leaking toxic water in a threat to groundwater.

Homeless people and their advocates on Vancouver Island and B.C.'s Sunshine Coast say there is more to meets the eye when it comes to recent reports that show fewer unhoused people in their ...