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Excavation of the large Kuukpak sod house, nearing completion. In the foreground, Letitia Pokiak excavates the rear alcove. (Photo: Max Friesen)

History

Q and A with Max Friesen

The University of Toronto professor talks about the discovery of an ancient Inuit house

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Banff National Park, photographed here at Baker Lake in July 2010, contains hot springs. These springs form when groundwater, running deep underground, is heated by the Earth and flows back to the surface. (Davin Martinson/CG Photo Club)

Environment

Groundwater guide

Tips and resources to help you protect your groundwater

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While much of CBC's Arctic Air was shot in Vancouver, the crew went to Yellowknife as well, authentically capturing the north’s landscapes, wildlife and people. (Courtesy Omnifilm Entertainment Ltd./Kharen Hill and Ed Araquel)

People & Culture

9 TV shows that highlight Canadian geography

From Arctic Air to the Littlest Hobo, here are the shows that unintentionally taught us about Canada

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A seasonal migrant workers waits in a school bus, on his way to the Sunday mass. (Photo: Rodolphe Poulin)

People & Culture

Photo essay: Quebec’s diverse vegetable industry

Rodolphe Poulin photographs the migrant workers picking vegetables in la belle province

Mapping

Remembering PEI’s first modern cartographer

In 1764-65, surveyor Samuel Holland, on orders from the British Crown, created the first truly modern, accurate map of Prince Edward Island

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Wildlife

Fundraising for more hydrophones in Great Bear Sea

Conservation group Pacific Wild hopes to raise money for hydrophone network in Great Bear Sea

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Wildlife

A carbon sink on the Prairies

Kerri Finlay started a post-doctoral fellowship with Peter Leavitt, a biology professor and Canada Research Chair at the University of Regina, to help him with his research on…

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Patrick Moldowan overlooking Mauritius. (Photo: Gabby Salazar)

Wildlife

Canada’s “New Noah”

This year Patrick Moldowan has been selected to be Wildlife Preservation Canada’s “New Noah”.

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The blackpoll warbler. (Photo: Vermont Center for EcoStudies)

Wildlife

The “fly-or-die” migration of the blackpoll warbler

Meet the blackpoll warbler, the unassuming songbird that makes what may be the longest overwater migration of any land bird.

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