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Traditional Ecological Knowledge Elders say “glyphosate kills all”
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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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In the North, ‘the wealth does not stay’
Northerners are raising concerns about planned federal megaprojects in the Northwest Territories
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Return to the Heroic Age
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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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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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The cowboys of Iceberg Alley
Gawking tourists, idealistic humanitarians and the discerningly thirsty all want a piece, but the question remains: who owns the icebergs?
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Environment
El Niño is here and could reach historic intensity. What does that mean for Canada?
What do predictions of a strong El Niño event mean for Canada? Talking climate models, stats and weather predictions with the Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis.
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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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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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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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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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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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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 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,
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