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Places
Green’s Creek: Making room for green spaces
How a small stream in Ottawa provides a refuge for people and wildlife alike
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People & Culture
In the North, ‘the wealth does not stay’
Northerners are raising concerns about planned federal megaprojects in the Northwest Territories
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- 7 minutes
Exploration
Capturing lost historic shipwrecks in extraordinary detail
How the Heroic Age Expedition digitally reconstructed the wrecks of Quest and Terra Nova
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- 2 minutes
People & Culture
A mother-daughter escape to Elora, champagne included
At the Kat Florence Hotel and its private riverside reserve, a luxurious getaway reveals a hometown passion for preserving history and nature
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- 10 minutes
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History
A half-baked plan, a failed herd, and the price Newfoundland still pays
In an excerpt from her new book, Reindeer: A Tale of Nature and Survival in a Changing North, historian Nancy Langston shares the story of a disastrous reindeer herding experiment on Canada’s Atlantic coast
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Science & Tech
Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk launches on long-term mission to International Space Station
Months after Jeremy Hansen flew to the moon on the Artemis II mission, another Canadian astronaut has achieved his spaceflight dream
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People & Culture
The lone ranger and the quiet crisis in British Columbia’s parks
With B.C. Parks stretched thin, Ming Neil’s career in Princess Louisa Inlet shows the limits of love for the land — and what happens when community fills the funding gap
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History
The untold story of the Hudson’s Bay Company
A look back at the early years of the 350-year-old institution that once claimed a vast portion of the globe
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- 18 minutes
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People & Culture
Race against time: Tuktoyaktuk’s fight for survival
As climate change dramatically reshapes their community, residents of Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T. face difficult choices
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- 15 minutes
Places
A journey into the “microverse” of New Brunswick’s Mount Carleton Provincial Park
The smallest inhabitants of New Brunswick’s Mount Carleton Provincial Park are its biggest asset
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People & Culture
Constellations of memory
A daughter looks to the stars above Fundy National Park Dark-Sky preserve for the strength to navigate her father’s dementia and what comes next
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- 12 minutes
People & Culture
One more bridge to cross
How the disputed Gordie Howe International Bridge could transform Canada-U.S. trade
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People & Culture
After oil: Founded for the purpose of oil and gas extraction, these Alberta towns are now contemplating a future without it
Built to fuel Canada’s petroleum industry, communities like Swan Hills and Fox Creek are balancing today’s livelihoods with the uncertainty of tomorrow.
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Discovery Language
People & Culture
Pitewey and cookies: a Mi’kmaw auntie’s fight to revitalize her language
Katrina Clair is teaching Mi’kmaw to ensure kids like her children always have access to the language
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- 4 minutes
People & Culture
Inuktuusuunguvit? (Do you speak Inuktut?)
Ottawa is home to a booming Inuit community reclaiming their language and culture
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People & Culture
Unspoken: The Cree code talkers of the prairies
nêhiyawak soldiers bent their language to help secure the Allied victory in the Second World War, but their service is often forgotten
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People & Culture
The birth of a language speaker
In the first part of Canadian Geographic’s Discovery Language series, one Kanyen’kehá:ka family shares what it takes to raise a language speaker
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Our places, our voices
Our Country - Notre Pays
For nearly 15 years, Canadian Geographic has been asking notable Canadians to share their favourite place in Canada. From lakeside family retreats to urban hideaways, the grandeur of the Rocky Mountains to the endless horizon of the Arctic tundra, the rocky shores of Newfoundland to the windswept beaches of western Vancouver Island, their answers highlight the geographic diversity of Canada and the love that unites us. These are our places. This is our country,
Recent Podcast Episodes
Exploration
Quest: Shackleton’s last ship, with John Geiger
Episode 136
The Heroic Age Expedition leader reflects on the discovery of Quest and its surprising Canadian connections, his latest book and more
- 48 minutes
People & Culture
Alan Doyle: Songs, stories and The Smiling Land
Episode 135
The Great Big Sea musician and author shares his love for the landscapes, communities and characters that define his home province, Newfoundland and Labrador
- 60 minutes
People & Culture
What black bears taught bestselling author Trina Moyles about coexistence
Episode 134
The environmental journalist reflects on sharing a remote Alberta landscape with a mother bear and her cubs and how the experience altered her understanding of family and survival
- 51 minutes
People & Culture
The places that change us with Eric Weiner
Episode 133
The New York Times bestselling author, former foreign correspondent and public speaker talks about travelling with purpose, the impact of smartphones and more
- 63 minutes
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