Polar Bears

• Manitoba researchers look at potential impact of wildfires on polar bear denning habitat

  Some Manitoba researchers are looking into the potential impact and overlap of wildfires with polar bear denning habitat. 

  Canada

  Jul 14
  
• The Saskatoon Forestry Farm is hoping to expand

  Big ideas are in talks at the Saskatoon Forestry Farm to expand the bear exhibit and bring more animals like polar bears to the zoo.

  Environment

  May 20
  
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• Polar bears in the spotlight for annual celebration at Winnipeg zoo

  The 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.

  Environment

  Feb 20
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• Tory candidate won’t apologize for joking that polar bears could deal with homeless

  A 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.

  Politics

  Feb 7
• 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.

  Canada

  Nov 30, 2024
• 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
• Rough play led to Baffin the polar bear’s drowning death, Calgary Zoo officials say

  Calgary zoo officials say one of their polar bears died by drowning after his throat was crushed by a fellow bear in rough play.

  Canada

  Jul 23, 2024
• Marine area bigger than Lake Superior could soon be protected off Ontario’s shores

  A vast marine area home to beluga whales and threatened polar bears off Ontario's northern shores is a step closer to protected status.

  Environment

  Feb 21, 2024
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• Calgary’s polar bears, penguins enjoying Arctic temps, ski hills shut down

  Polar bears at the Wilder Institute Calgary Zoo are one of the creatures who feel at home among the Arctic temperatures hitting the city.

  Weather

  Jan 11, 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