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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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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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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Environment
Eco-friendly paper
Five eco-friendly products used around the world to create paper
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Travel
Travel
On the Street Where You Live
Doors Open Toronto celebrates its 16th edition
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Travel
Gear Review: Multi-bottle and sleeping bag
Thomas Hall review the Seattle Sports Firewater Multi-Bottle and Mountain Hardwear Lamina Z Spark sleeping bag
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Met Con Blue, Sir!
Bring it … and leave it all on the mountain
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Travel
The spell of the Yukon
An insider’s account of the modern-day gold rush
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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
Migration in the time of climate change
New technology is helping researchers understand how birds time their migrations when the seasons send mixed signals
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People & Culture
RCGS to bring educational resources to Vimy for 100th anniversary of battle
Replica biplanes, giant floor maps headed to France for Vimy Ridge centennial events
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Wildlife
How citizen scientists solved a migration mystery
No one knew golden eagles in the Yukon and Alaska migrated along the Rockies’ front ranges, until an avid birder noticed something strange
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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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People & Culture
Photographing Toronto’s diversity
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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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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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Science & Tech
Science & Tech
How artificial intelligence can help crisis managers respond during extreme weather events
Science & Tech
Weather watchers encouraged to report tornadoes in Canada this summer
Science & Tech
Testing, testing: Inuit hunters and scientists work together to ensure walrus meat safe to eat
Science & Tech
The Arctic voyages of the intrepid ringed seal
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Tracking the Greenland shark’s Arctic movements
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Inside your smartphone: analyzing the rare-earth elements
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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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Wildlife
“Whale superhighway” map marks World Whale Day
Plus: Marathon hare migrations, increasingly efficient wolves, wandering basking sharks and homemaking bees
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History
Operation Husky: Reflections on a forgotten story
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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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Wildlife
Managing the white-tailed deer population
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Wildlife
Shark tag finds its way home
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Wildlife
Bison to return to Banff National Park
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