The song of a male red-winged blackbird takes on a visible form as it stakes out its territory on a cold spring morning. (Photo: Stanley Bysshe) Our planet has a soundtrack. There are the birds, of ...

The history behind the Dundas name change and how Canadians are reckoning with place name changes across the country — from streets to provinces In some ways, there aren’t many streets like Toronto’s ...

The South Saskatchewan River is under unprecedented pressure. Now, a major irrigation project is set to expand. The South Saskatchewan River is beautiful. That’s the first thing you need to know about ...

Niigaan Sinclair, author and associate professor in the University of Manitoba's department of native studies, on why the gray jay is important to the Anishinaabe people. Gwiingwiishi has lived with ...

First Canyon in Nahanni National Park Reserve, Northwest Territories. Cave entrances can be seen high in the cliffs. The incredible karst of the park reserve is one feature which led to its ...

As Canada embarks on a process of reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, the Métis are still without territory to call their own Historian Arthur J. Ray wrote* that many of Canada’s Indigenous people ...

The Vancouver Island marmot, burrowing owl, greater sage-grouse and northern leopard frog are thriving again thanks to the zoo’s efforts Sandie Black canoes down a lake in Lakeland Provincial Park, ...

Nickel Tailings #31 (detail) forms part of Edward Burtynsky’s Mines and Tailings, a series devoted to exploring the environmental aftermath of metal mining and ...

Caribou numbers in Canada are dropping drastically — and quickly — leaving the iconic land mammal on the brink of extinction For caribou, the numbers tell the tale. The famous George River herd of ...

Dresses hung on crosses along a roadside honour the children who died at the Kamloops Indian Residential School. It was announced in July 2021 that 215 probable graves had been found on the grounds of ...

The Heritage Harbour Marina next to the Vancouver Maritime Museum. (Photo: Bill Arnott) The crows are in flight, reminders of omens and overcast skies. But this day is different, a horizon layered in ...

*It means “awake” in Beothuk, the language and people who once called present-day Newfoundland home for about 2,000 years. One young woman, believed to be the last living Beothuk, left a collection of ...