What is ball lightning? Rare weather phenomenon caught on camera in Alberta
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What is ball lightning? Rare weather phenomenon caught on camera in Alberta
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UBC study warns about clear-cutting and catastrophic flooding
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Global BC Curious Minds: Monitoring and testing Metro Vancouver’s drinking water
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Calls for more action to ensure recovery of southern resident orca population
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Some B.C. highrises will be able to withstand a big earthquake
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Rare Bryde’s whale found dead on Vancouver Island
02:01 | May 16, 2025
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Armstrong resident hopeful about ALS clinical trials
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Report warns major earthquake could cause catastrophic flooding on West Coast
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What is ball lightning? Rare weather phenomenon caught on camera in Alberta
Description
July 9, 2025
A rare and mysterious weather event was caught on camera in Alberta last week. As Kristi Gordon explains, ball lightning is a natural event that scientists are still trying to understand and of which only a handful of occurrences have been captured on camera.
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What is ball lightning? Rare weather phenomenon caught on camera in Alberta02:11 | July 9, 2025 -
Global BC Curious Minds: Mapping wildfire risk with drones01:56 | August 22, 2025 -
New MRI simulator offers comfort for young Victoria patients01:57 | August 18, 2025 -
Global BC Curious Minds: New robotic hand avatar01:54 | August 15, 2025 -
Global BC Curious Minds: How waste heat is used to create energy in a Vancouver neighbourhood01:59 | August 8, 2025 -
AEDs and Naloxone required in B.C. schools by September 202601:56 | August 7, 2025 -
MS could begin earlier than first thought, UBC study finds02:13 | August 6, 2025 -
Mystery of sea star deaths solved01:35 | August 5, 2025 -
New virus clue in mass oyster die-offs in farmed Pacific oysters01:26 | August 5, 2025 -
Global BC Curious Minds: Inside Canada’s leading particle accelerator centre01:39 | July 31, 2025 -
What causes earthquakes in North America? The science behind the shaking05:21 | July 30, 2025 -
UBC study warns about clear-cutting and catastrophic flooding02:04 | July 28, 2025 -
Global BC Curious Minds: Monitoring and testing Metro Vancouver’s drinking water02:05 | July 23, 2025 -
Calls for more action to ensure recovery of southern resident orca population00:39 | July 8, 2025 -
Using LEGO to tell the story of space exploration04:43 | July 5, 2025 -
B.C. teens develop brain control interface to help with paralysis06:05 | June 23, 2025 -
B.C. teens invent device to help paralyzed people01:58 | June 22, 2025 -
New report calls on forestry sector to help mitigate wildfire risk05:12 | June 20, 2025 -
Calls for B.C. shingles vaccine coverage02:07 | June 18, 2025 -
Fundraising campaign aims to transform cancer care in B.C.04:49 | June 18, 2025 -
New UBC research shows threat to rivers, oceans from wildfires02:01 | June 17, 2025 -
Health Matters: New miscarriage care guidelines06:12 | June 17, 2025 -
Canadian tech start-ups come out swinging at VivaTech 202504:02 | June 16, 2025 -
BC Conservatives question top mental health advisor’s salary03:42 | June 5, 2025 -
Whale protection program expanded01:52 | June 2, 2025 -
Vancouver Island fossil hunters have specimen named after them02:09 | May 23, 2025 -
Some B.C. highrises will be able to withstand a big earthquake01:30 | May 19, 2025 -
Rare Bryde’s whale found dead on Vancouver Island02:01 | May 16, 2025 -
Armstrong resident hopeful about ALS clinical trials01:57 | May 5, 2025 -
Report warns major earthquake could cause catastrophic flooding on West Coast05:41 | May 2, 2025 -
UBC researchers claim breakthrough in inflammatory bowel disease01:43 | May 1, 2025 -
B.C. companies working on a drone that could help in wildfire fight02:00 | April 18, 2025
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What is ball lightning? Rare weather phenomenon caught on camera in Alberta02:11 | July 9, 2025
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Global BC Curious Minds: Mapping wildfire risk with drones01:56 | August 22, 2025
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New MRI simulator offers comfort for young Victoria patients01:57 | August 18, 2025
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Global BC Curious Minds: New robotic hand avatar01:54 | August 15, 2025
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Global BC Curious Minds: How waste heat is used to create energy in a Vancouver neighbourhood01:59 | August 8, 2025
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AEDs and Naloxone required in B.C. schools by September 202601:56 | August 7, 2025
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MS could begin earlier than first thought, UBC study finds02:13 | August 6, 2025
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Mystery of sea star deaths solved01:35 | August 5, 2025
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New virus clue in mass oyster die-offs in farmed Pacific oysters01:26 | August 5, 2025
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Global BC Curious Minds: Inside Canada’s leading particle accelerator centre01:39 | July 31, 2025
-
What causes earthquakes in North America? The science behind the shaking05:21 | July 30, 2025
-
UBC study warns about clear-cutting and catastrophic flooding02:04 | July 28, 2025
-
Global BC Curious Minds: Monitoring and testing Metro Vancouver’s drinking water02:05 | July 23, 2025
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Calls for more action to ensure recovery of southern resident orca population00:39 | July 8, 2025
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Using LEGO to tell the story of space exploration04:43 | July 5, 2025
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B.C. teens develop brain control interface to help with paralysis06:05 | June 23, 2025
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B.C. teens invent device to help paralyzed people01:58 | June 22, 2025
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New report calls on forestry sector to help mitigate wildfire risk05:12 | June 20, 2025
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Calls for B.C. shingles vaccine coverage02:07 | June 18, 2025
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Fundraising campaign aims to transform cancer care in B.C.04:49 | June 18, 2025
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New UBC research shows threat to rivers, oceans from wildfires02:01 | June 17, 2025
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Health Matters: New miscarriage care guidelines06:12 | June 17, 2025
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Canadian tech start-ups come out swinging at VivaTech 202504:02 | June 16, 2025
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BC Conservatives question top mental health advisor’s salary03:42 | June 5, 2025
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Whale protection program expanded01:52 | June 2, 2025
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Vancouver Island fossil hunters have specimen named after them02:09 | May 23, 2025
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Some B.C. highrises will be able to withstand a big earthquake01:30 | May 19, 2025
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Rare Bryde’s whale found dead on Vancouver Island02:01 | May 16, 2025
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Armstrong resident hopeful about ALS clinical trials01:57 | May 5, 2025
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Report warns major earthquake could cause catastrophic flooding on West Coast05:41 | May 2, 2025
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UBC researchers claim breakthrough in inflammatory bowel disease01:43 | May 1, 2025
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B.C. companies working on a drone that could help in wildfire fight02:00 | April 18, 2025
What is ball lightning? Rare weather phenomenon caught on camera in Alberta
Description
July 9, 2025
A rare and mysterious weather event was caught on camera in Alberta last week. As Kristi Gordon explains, ball lightning is a natural event that scientists are still trying to understand and of which only a handful of occurrences have been captured on camera.
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