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Dwindling gyrfalcon populations
Gyrfalcons in the Yukon could face a difficult future
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Gyrfalcons in the Yukon could face a difficult future
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Ice fishing during an extreme cold warning on the wind-whipped south shore of Lake Winnipeg may not sound like a fun time, but editor Aaron Kylie thinks otherwise
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RAW:churchill offers a taste of the fur trader's existence – both literally and figuratively
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The trail started with a vision to link Canada coast to coast to coast. Now fully connected, it’s charting an ambitious course for the future.
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When Mud Hero comes to town, everyone comes out to play
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The interactive map is helping local health authorities see the city differently, including charting diabetes neighbourhood by neighbourhood
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Mapping
Phase One of Trans Canada Trail accessibility mapping project complete thanks to para athletic power
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Exploring a year of cartographic beauty at Canadian Geographic
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The Climate Atlas of Canada shows users what trends to expect in their communities as a result of climate change
Environment
Ten years after the release of her seminal book Sea Sick, Alanna Mitchell again plumbs the depths of the latest research on the health of the world’s oceans — and comes up gasping
Wildlife
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have found evidence that bowhead whales exfoliate their skin by rubbing against large rocks
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The plastic problem on Haida Gwaii felt like witnessing a second wave of colonization
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Following a deadly summer for the endangered whales, Fisheries and Oceans Canada is tightening regulations for crab fishers in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
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How people are trying to save Manitoba's waterways
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Photographer David Lipnowski showcases the wide – and perhaps unexpected – diversity within Manitoba
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Upper Fort Garry Heritage Provincial Park aims to bring history to life with new technological installation
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In their own words, two organizers discuss what makes this Riding Mountain National Park festival so special
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Thompson, Manitoba is trying to gain some international wildlife recognition
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A beautiful panoramic map offers a bird's-eye view of what Winnipeg, Manitoba would have looked like in 1881
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The little-known story of the 1918 Spanish Flu and how we're preparing for the next great pandemic
History
L’histoire méconnue de la grippe espagnole de 1918 et notre état de préparation à la prochaine grande pandémie
People & Culture
George Hunter made it his lifelong mission to show Canadians their country. Now, his iconic images have been compiled into a book.
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The Bay department store in downtown Winnipeg will close in early 2021
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With the 100th Grey Cup set to kick off this November, the Canadian Football League and its rough-around-the-edges charm is winning converts
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Depending on whom you ask, the North’s sentinel species is either on the edge of extinction or an environmental success story. An in-depth look at the complicated, contradictory and controversial science behind the sound bites
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Reflecting on 20 years of Canada's newest territory, Nunavut
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In The Haida Gwaii Lesson: A Strategic Playbook for Indigenous Sovereignty, award-winning journalist Mark Dowie explores Haida Gwaii and the people who call it home. Below is an excerpt from the book.
Environment
The planet is in the midst of drastic biodiversity loss that some experts think may be the next great species die-off. How did we get here and what can be done about it?
Environment
Fire activity in the Brazilian Amazon surged this week; here are some key things to know about the situation
Wildlife
International grassroots organizations unite over turtle conservation
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The fastest animal in the world almost ran out of time in Canada, but a chemical ban helped bring them back to our skies
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New technology is helping researchers understand how birds time their migrations when the seasons send mixed signals
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Science & Tech
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Plus: Marathon hare migrations, increasingly efficient wolves, wandering basking sharks and homemaking bees
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David McGuffin shares insights from his daily log during his summer 2018 expedition retracing a legendary trek on the Yukon’s Peel River
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These urban centres really know how to heat up the chilly months
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Inspired by age-old travelways, a new canoe route knits together the Trans Canada Trail
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See photos that will inspire you to put Baffin Island on your list of summer getaways, and read a review of the camera equipment (provided by Vistek and Nikon Canada) used to capture them.
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Spread your wings with birdwatching’s elite guard in south Texas
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An insider’s account of the modern-day gold rush
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Bring it … and leave it all on the mountain
People & Culture
For the next two months, works by 50 Indigenous female artists will be displayed on 174 billboards across Canada
Exploration
We came to retrace an ancestor’s 1905 map-making expedition of the Peel River watershed. We left with a new-found appreciation of what this ancient land means to the people who live there.
Mapping
This online map platform displays hundreds of stories on ecological farming issues from around the world
People & Culture
On the 175th anniversary of Canada’s first telegraph message, a pioneering telegrapher recalls her exciting career
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Why Canada’s cougars are on the rise — and what that means for us
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Exploring the passion of creator Jean Daum with a look behind the scenes
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Showcasing the top shots in the 2021 CanGeo x Nikon #ShotOnNikon Photo Contest
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What better way to celebrate the nation’s sesquentennial than getting lost in a field of corn?
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These dirigibles might be the solution to transportation challenges in the changing North
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The story of how a critically endangered Indigenous language can be saved
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The goal was simply to get home. Except, there was nothing simple about it.
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#MuseumSelfie trended on Twitter January 20th as people the world over shared their snaps.
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Canadian Paralympians and Para athletes join the mission to increase trail accessibility across Canada
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Kids
In spite of school closures due to COVID-19, classrooms found creative ways to complete the 16 challenges focused on helping students become more energy-conscious
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Highlights from day three of Canada’s Coolest School Trip
History
On April 1, 1999, Canada’s youngest population took control of its largest territory. Here’s how Canadian Geographic covered the story.
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Wildlife
Jon Gerrard and Elston Dzus lead a now 50-year study of a thriving population of bald eagles in northern boreal Saskatchewan. Here they talk about the longevity of the research, key discoveries, the challenges of climbing trees and more.
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One of the last major steps in the long Rock Bay cleanup project in Victoria recently finished, leaving the Victoria Upper Harbour cleaner than it's been half a century
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Algonquin wolves face an uncertain future primarily because they can be legally shot and trapped in many parts of Ontario
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Whales are beginning to return to B.C. waters — but will they find a safe haven?
Environment
Wrapping paper, packaging, plastic plates and cutlery — it all adds up. Here are some easy ways to avoid a nightmare around Christmas.
Science & Tech
Wildlife
After more than a million years on Earth, the caribou is under threat of global extinction. The precipitous decline of the once mighty herds is a tragedy that is hard to watch — and even harder to reverse.
Environment
Now there's a way to visualize exactly what a record warm year globally meant in your city
Wildlife