Polar Bears
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Manitoba researchers look at potential impact of wildfires on polar bear denning habitatSome Manitoba researchers are looking into the potential impact and overlap of wildfires with polar bear denning habitat.CanadaJul 14, 2025
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The Saskatoon Forestry Farm is hoping to expandBig ideas are in talks at the Saskatoon Forestry Farm to expand the bear exhibit and bring more animals like polar bears to the zoo.EnvironmentMay 20, 2025
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Polar bears in the spotlight for annual celebration at Winnipeg zooThe zoo is getting an early jump on the annual celebration of all things polar bear with a serious of educational and entertaining events to be held this weekend.EnvironmentFeb 20, 2025
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Tory candidate won’t apologize for joking that polar bears could deal with homelessA candidate for leadership of the Manitoba Progressive Conservatives says he won't apologize for making a joke about tackling homelessness by letting polar bears roam free.PoliticsFeb 7, 2025
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Polar bear ‘poop’ and how it offers important clues into climate change effects"Polar bear poop," as it's come to be known, is a valuable tool for researchers at Dalhousie University, as they look for its effects on the animals health and climate change.CanadaNov 30, 2024
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In the gateway to the Arctic, fat, ice and polar bears are crucial. All three are in troubleStudies 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.EnvironmentSep 24, 2024
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Rough play led to Baffin the polar bear’s drowning death, Calgary Zoo officials sayCalgary zoo officials say one of their polar bears died by drowning after his throat was crushed by a fellow bear in rough play.CanadaJul 23, 2024
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Marine area bigger than Lake Superior could soon be protected off Ontario’s shoresA vast marine area home to beluga whales and threatened polar bears off Ontario's northern shores is a step closer to protected status.EnvironmentFeb 21, 2024
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Calgary’s polar bears, penguins enjoying Arctic temps, ski hills shut downPolar bears at the Wilder Institute Calgary Zoo are one of the creatures who feel at home among the Arctic temperatures hitting the city.WeatherJan 11, 2024
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Churchill Northern Studies Centre using $83K grant to improve polar-bear researchThe Churchill Northern Studies Centre says an $83,000 grant from the Canadian Polar Bear Habitat charity "will change our world."EnvironmentDec 31, 2023
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