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Avalanche!
Travelling at speeds of more than 280 kilometres per hour and weighing up to 100,000 tonnes, these massive snow slides can be deadly. The inside story on the experts protecting us from danger.
Online Exclusives:
• Videos: The experts in preventing avalanches
• How avalanches are controlled
• Writer Heather Lea’s insights on creating the story
Endangered zones
Charting the challenges encountered by some of our most-threatened species on their continental journeys. The second in a three-part series.
Online Exclusives:
• Leatherback Sea Turtle: Endangered Species
• Tracking sea turtles
• Orca: Endangered Species
• The sounds of orcas
Boreal truce
Poised to deliver big results, the nearly four-year-old Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement continues to rely on the co-operation of former foes
Online Exclusive: How the CBFA balances forest industry and environmentalists’ interests
RCGS annual celebration
Canadian graphic novelist features First Nations culture with his latest work
Award winners
Celebrating the achievements of the 2013 Royal Canadian Geographical Society award recipients
Online Exclusives:
• 2013 Massey Medal winner: David Ley
• 2013 3M Environmental Innovation Award winner: Jeff Golfman
• 2013 Sir Christopher Ondaatje Medal for Exploration winner: Jill Heinerth
• 2013 Innovation in Geography Teaching Award winner : Andrew Young
• 2013 Martin Bergmann Medal winner: David Hik
• 2013 Camsell Medal Winner: Sir Christopher Ondaatje
• 2013 Gold Medal winners: NRCAN, Mapping Information Branch
• 2013 Gold Medal winner: Robert Bateman
• 2013 Gold Medal winner: Michael Palin
• 2013 Geographic Literacy Award winner: Anne Smith Mansfield
28th Canadian Geographic Annual Photo Contest
Presenting the winners of the 28th Canadian Geographic Annual Photo Contest
David Schindler
One of the nation’s most famous scientists reflects on a life of scientific achievements and lessons learned
Judging a snowboarding event
How slopestyle will be judged at the Olympics
Online Exclusive: Video: Watch Mark McMorris land a triple cork
Gecko feet inspire new adhesives
Canadian professor uses gecko as inspiration for new adhesives
Moose changing ecosystem in Gros Morne
The effect moose have on the Gros Morne National Park ecosystem
Controversial bear hunt
Proposed spring bear hunt divides activists and hunters
Protecting bats
Fighting white nose syndrome in bats
Sea star die-offs
Are massive deaths part of a re-balancing act?
Cracking down on carp
The threat this fish poses to the Great Lakes
First map of Hudson Bay
Henry Hudson’s final voyage helped open North America’s interior, but it was a journey with disastrous consequences
Canada at War
A look back at the nation 100 years ago, in honour of the First World War’s centennial
Hogan’s Alley remembered
Hogan’s Alley, once the lively focal point for Vancouver’s black community, is long gone, but not forgotten
Your Society
News from The Royal Canadian Geographical Society
Editor’s notebook
Hard results
On the map
Mapping Calgary’s wasted heat — and wasted dollars
Our Country: Clara Hughes
Mental-health advocate and former Olympian Clara Hughes on a landscape of inspiration
Online Exclusive: An interactive map of favourite places in Canada
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