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Man on the run: Making the most of Saskatoon’s recreational trails in winter
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Recreation revolution
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Five conservation experts weigh in on the future for wildlife post-COVID-19
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Arctic Inspiration Prize awards $1.5 million to improve Northern communities
Environment
How storm-watchers inspired a groundbreaking coastal safety program
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Following Greenland Sharks in Canada’s Arctic
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Wildlife
Tracking sea turtles
International grassroots organizations unite over turtle conservation
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Mapping
Mapping the causes of obesity
Three maps to help you understand the geography of obesity
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Environment
“There’s no coming back from this:” Why the global ocean crisis threatens us all
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
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The truth about polar bears
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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Enter now: Show us Your Riding Photo Competition
What does democracy look like in your community?
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People & Culture
Reclaiming Indigenous matriarchy with Sandy Ward
The latest in our Colour the Trail series
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People & Culture
Free ‘bike library’ aims to make cycling more accessible
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People & Culture
Squeezing into caves pays off with fossil find
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Wildlife
Wildlife
Catch-and-release policy to remain in effect for Maritime Atlantic salmon
Conservation groups say current catch-and-release policies are a good start to helping salmon stocks recover, but don't go far enough
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Wildlife
New research offers insight into the skin care routine of bowhead whales
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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Wildlife
Alberta app to track moose population across the province
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“Whale superhighway” map marks World Whale Day
Plus: Marathon hare migrations, increasingly efficient wolves, wandering basking sharks and homemaking bees
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Wildlife
Giants of the Broughtons
Whales are beginning to return to B.C. waters — but will they find a safe haven?
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Mapping
Mapping
Inside the intricate world of video game cartography
Maps have long played a critical role in video games, whether as the main user interface, a reference guide, or both. As games become more sophisticated, so too does the cartography that underpins them.
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Mapping
Ocean Week: Howe Sound community creates interactive map protecting ecological, economic and cultural values
The 400-layer map will connect communities, celebrate culture and share data to protect the Howe Sound ecosystem
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Mapping
Mapping project aims to make Canada’s trails more accessible
Phase One of Trans Canada Trail accessibility mapping project complete thanks to para athletic power
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Mapping
Mapping the future of sustainable agriculture
This online map platform displays hundreds of stories on ecological farming issues from around the world
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Environment
Environment
When it comes to stream health, land use and protection matter
Streams surrounded by intact forest are better at providing clean water, carbon storage and wildlife habitat
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Environment
Fisheries Minister Jonathan Wilkinson on the future of Canada’s oceans
The new Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard sits down with Canadian Geographic for an exclusive interview on a range of topics, from salmon to whales to ‘last ice’
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Environment
The Ontario Greenbelt is expanding — So what does that mean?
The expansion could offer economic, social and environmental benefits to the area
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Environment
5 ways to cut down on plastic waste this holiday season
Wrapping paper, packaging, plastic plates and cutlery — it all adds up. Here are some easy ways to avoid a nightmare around Christmas.
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Eco-friendly paper
Five eco-friendly products used around the world to create paper
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The Arctic voyages of the intrepid ringed seal
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Testing, testing: Inuit hunters and scientists work together to ensure walrus meat safe to eat
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Weather watchers encouraged to report tornadoes in Canada this summer
Physical distancing requirements to slow the spread of COVID-19 will make it difficult for researchers to visit suspected tornado sites this year, so the team behind the Northern Tornadoes Project is calling on the public to help
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How artificial intelligence can help crisis managers respond during extreme weather events
Artificial intelligence combines with social-media analysis to inform first responders and scientists
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Reimagining Canada’s first Japanese tea house
Eighty years after looting destroyed a storied Japanese tea house, a community is committed to redress the historical injustice
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Wildlife
Bighorn sheep genome sequenced
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Wildlife
Invasive Species Centre on wild parsnip
Dilhari Fernando, executive director of Canada’s Invasive Species Centre, discusses Wild Parsnip, which is classified as a noxious weed in Ontario
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Wildlife
Think like a bear: learning to coexist
Human and bears sharing more landscapes now than ever before. As we continue to invade their world, will we be able to coexist?
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People & Culture
How Canadian cities are reinventing their shopping malls
As cities grapple with the challenge of redeveloping their first suburbs, malls could become the community spaces they were originally intended to be
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People & Culture
Traditional trapping in the North
Once a traditional way of life across Canada, trapping survives and even thrives in communities throughout the North, including Colville Lake, N.W.T.
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People & Culture
Canadians share their love for museums with selfies
#MuseumSelfie trended on Twitter January 20th as people the world over shared their snaps.
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History
Operation Husky: Reflections on a forgotten story
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Wildlife
Shark tag finds its way home
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Managing the white-tailed deer population
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Bison to return to Banff National Park
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Photographing Toronto’s diversity
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Wildlife
The cat came back: Canada’s cougar comeback
Why Canada’s cougars are on the rise — and what that means for us
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Welcome to Flat Earth 101*
*Do your own research
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Environment
How much warmer than normal was your city in 2015?
Now there's a way to visualize exactly what a record warm year globally meant in your city
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People & Culture
Trans Canada Trail and AccessNow unite: New partnership creates greater accessibility
Canadian Paralympians and Para athletes join the mission to increase trail accessibility across Canada
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Wildlife
The erosion of Ontario’s Endangered Species Act threatens iconic Algonquin wolf
Algonquin wolves face an uncertain future primarily because they can be legally shot and trapped in many parts of Ontario
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Science & Tech
Inside your smartphone: analyzing the rare-earth elements
How so-called rare earth elements are powering our modern tech — and where to find them
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Environment
Fires are burning in the Amazon rainforest. Here’s what you need to know
Fire activity in the Brazilian Amazon surged this week; here are some key things to know about the situation
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Wildlife
Federal government announces new measures to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales
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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Wildlife
Caribou are vanishing at an alarming rate. Is it too late to save them?
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.
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Science & Tech
Five times drones have done more harm than good
Drones are only as helpful as the people operating them
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History
Looking for nautical clues on land
With poor conditions hampering the search on the water, Parks Canada archeologists take to the ground
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History
War of 1812 turns 200
In 2012, the Niagara region dusts off old battle sites to commemorate the war that defined our borders
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People & Culture
Natural connection
A study shows spending time in the great Canadian outdoors can help immigrants feel more at home
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Environment
Seven important things to know about wetlands
In honour of World Wetlands Day 2016, here are seven facts you may not have known about these vital ecosystems.
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Environment
Five of Canada’s most innovative green roofs
From Vancouver to Montreal, green roofs are changing the upper levels of urban centers
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Mapping
Mapping 40 years of Canadian urban expansion
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Environment
Canadian Parks Summit makes history
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Learning the land
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Mapping
Adam Fenech on P.E.I.’s rising sea levels
How a digital visualisation is showing islanders the future toll of climate change on their home
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What Defines a Tough Mudder?
Risk taking, thrill seeking, a talent for teamwork and a dash of being awesome at life
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11 species added to Canadian at-risk list
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Mist-shrouded peaks and macchiatos: A summer sojourn in the Alps
Testing Columbia Sportswear's newest gear in the birthplace of mountain climbing
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People & Culture
New film explores history of Dawson City through lost footage
Director Bill Morrison discusses Dawson City: Frozen in Time and the bizarre story of the Dawson City film collection
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Canada’s best spots to surf year-round
World-class waves and a growing community are quickly making Canada a top surfing destination
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Mapping
The maps that revolutionized how Canadians profited from the land
Before the Canada Land Inventory, farmers had to rely on instinct and chance to find the best land
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People & Culture
Coppermine 2012: Expecting the best; preparing for the worst: The bugs
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Exploration
What it’s like to walk to Canada’s three oceans
Dana Meise reflects on his seventh season of walking the Trans Canada Trail, and how it feels to be so close to completion
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Canadian Geographic’s best of summer 2013 gear list
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Churchill photo tour
Take a walk with photo editor Jessica Finn and associate editor Michela Rosano as they explore Churchill, Manitoba during polar bear season on assignment for Canadian Geographic
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People & Culture
The Great Trail nears completion, connecting Canada’s three oceans
Formerly known as the Trans Canada Trail, the Great Trail celebrates the country's natural splendour and will be nearly 24,000 kilometres when fully connected by the end of 2017
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Environment
Space invasion: Is it too late to save the Great Lakes?
How a cocktail of invasive species and global change is altering the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River ecosystem
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Trans Canada Trail celebrates 30 years of connecting Canadians
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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Three cities
Winter activities in three northern Ontario places
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Is climate change threatening B.C.’s sockeye salmon?
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Racers, Take Your Marks
The Winterlude Triathlon: Still a kid at 32
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Whitehorse’s cross-country ski culture
Whitehorse’s cross-country ski club is winning big
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Birds of the Scott Islands
Islands off of Vancouver Island with the most diverse seabird colony on the West Coast may soon become a marine national wildlife area
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People & Culture
10 surprising facts about sports and leisure
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Wildlife
Amphibians threatened by non-native fish and climate change
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Mapping
What does it take to map a cross-Canada trail?
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Wildlife
Ontario introduces new legislation to halt invasive species invasion
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Mapping
New real-time ice mapping project could save lives
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Few winter boots protect wearers from slipping on ice, say researchers
Study tests and ranks the best winter boots on wet and dry ice
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