Churchill

• Manitoba to examine potential marine conservation area in Hudson Bay

  Oceans North, a non-profit environmental group, says western Hudson Bay is home to about one-quarter of the world's beluga whale population.

  Environment

  Feb 3
  
• In the gateway to the Arctic, fat, ice and polar bears are crucial. All three are in trouble

  Studies have shown that even hunting on land — caribou, birds, human trash — takes so much energy that bears don't really gain any more calories than those that sit and starve.

  Environment

  Sep 24, 2024
  
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• As warming threatens polar bear tourism and the ground below, a Manitoba town adapts and thrives

  Residents, government officials and experts say the town is a model for coping with dramatic shifts and attribute it to the rural mindset that focuses on fixing, not whining.

  Canada

  Sep 10, 2024
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• Churchill Northern Studies Centre using $83K grant to improve polar-bear research

  The Churchill Northern Studies Centre says an $83,000 grant from the Canadian Polar Bear Habitat charity "will change our world."

  Environment

  Dec 31, 2023
• Manitoba RCMP investigate after man dies falling from his residence in Churchill

  Churchill RCMP say they're investigating after a man died following a fall from his residence on Bernier Street over the weekend.

  Crime

  Oct 17, 2023
• Arctic cruise ship docks in Churchill for first time in over a decade

  A cruise ship originating from Greenland has made a stop in Churchill — something the northern Manitoba town's mayor says hasn't happened in well over a decade.

  Canada

  Jul 17, 2023
• Churchill named one of “World’s Greatest Places” by TIME Magazine

  Churchill is being recognized by Time Magazine as one of 2023's "World Greatest Places".

  Trending

  Mar 16, 2023
• Voters head to the polls in municipal elections across Manitoba

  Several Manitoba communities will see new mayors elected in Wednesday's municipal elections.

  Politics

  Oct 26, 2022
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• Churchill portrait art heist: expert says Canada is a ‘soft target’

  When Winston Churchill made a wartime speech to Canada's Parliament in 1941, Yousuf Karsh was asked by then-prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King to take his portrait.

  Canada

  Aug 28, 2022
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• Rail line to Churchill, Man. receives more support through federal, provincial funding

  The two governments are promising a combined $147 million over two years to fund upgrades and the ongoing operation of the Hudson Bay Railway.

  Canada

  Aug 3, 2022