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Animals

pig taking in some rays while relaxing in his bedroom
September 2018 / Society

The Charmed Life of Esther the Wonder Pig

August 15, 2018March 31, 2020 - by Jason McBride

What one celebrity pet can tell us about our curious and complicated relationship with animals

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Illustration of a Bear being hunted
Environment / May 2018

The Value of a Bear

April 18, 2018March 27, 2020 - by Gloria Dickie

Why some Indigenous communities in BC won’t rejoice over the NDP’s decision to ban the grizzly hunt

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birds flying in front of glass building
Environment / January/February 2018

Our Obsession with Glass Is Killing Birds

December 15, 2017April 2, 2020 - by Moira Farr

We’ve designed our buildings with shiny, transparent, or mirrored ­surfaces that hundreds crash into day ­after day

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Illustration by Aimée van Drimmelen
Environment / October 2017

How Farmers Are Saving the Trumpeter Swan

September 18, 2017April 5, 2020 - by Anita Lahey

The world’s largest waterfowl has rebounded from near extinction—thanks, in part, to the people who hate them

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Photograph courtesy of the FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
Environment

How Humans Are Inadvertently Hastening the Extinction of Canada’s Whales

September 13, 2017April 5, 2020 - by Christopher Pollon

An investigation into this summer’s mysterious deaths blames our booming industries. But it isn’t too late to save the endangered mammals

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Illustration by Steven P. Hughes
Environment / September 2017

How Margaret Atwood and Graeme Gibson Built a Bird Sanctuary

August 18, 2017April 5, 2020 - by Grant Munroe

On secluded Pelee Island, the literary duo has spent decades protecting their feathered friends

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Illustration by Kinomi
June 2017 / Science

How Squirrels Took over Our Cities

May 23, 2017April 6, 2020 - by Colleen Kimmett

We imported these fluffy colonists to fill our urban parks. They’ve been getting stronger ever since

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Illustration by Justine Wong
Environment / May 2017

Kill What You Eat

April 10, 2017April 2, 2020 - by Jacob Richler

Creating a distinctive Canadian cuisine starts with a gunshot

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Illustration by Franziska Barczyk
Environment

The Case Against Eating Fish

March 31, 2017February 21, 2021 - by Laura McDonnell

As a biologist, I know what can happen to seafood before it ends up on our plates. That’s why it’s not on mine

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Illustration by Mary Sanche
Environment

In Scotland, Canada’s National Animal Is Wearing Out Its Welcome

March 1, 2017April 2, 2020 - by Lyndsie Bourgon

Reintroducing animals to their old environments seems like a good idea—until they start turning up dead

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