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Canadian polar bear expert Ian Stirling given lifetime award

Marc Montgomery, Radio Canada International
Posted: Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at 15:54 — Last Updated: Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at 16:04
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Ian Stirling (PhD) was awarded Ice Bear Lifetime Achievement Award Saturday by Polar Bears International, a non-profit solely focused on

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Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

Man in Arctic Canada fined for unlawfully killing polar bear

Mackenzie Scott, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, November 7, 2019 at 11:50
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A man from Inuvik, in Canada’s Northwest Territories, has been fined $1,500 for killing a polar bear last year. Justin

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Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

Man in Arctic Canada found guilty of killing polar bear without tag

Katie Toth, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, August 28, 2019 at 14:22 — Last Updated: Wednesday, August 28, 2019 at 15:53
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A man who killed a polar bear on an isolated island in Canada’s Arctic cannot claim self-defence because he got

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General 

Round-the-clock ‘bear cam 360’ goes live in Finland

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at 16:48
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For the first time, you can watch a 360-degree live webcast that puts you in the middle of a community

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Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

Trial starts for man charged with ‘unlawfully’ killing polar bear in northwestern Canada

Avery Zingel, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, June 19, 2019 at 13:42
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A man facing charges for allegedly hunting a polar bear in the Beaufort Delta region without tags is on trial

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General 

Bear brawl at garbage dump in northern Canada caught on tape

CBC News
Posted: Friday, June 7, 2019 at 15:34
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In a video posted to Facebook recently, two black bears appear to rear up in a grumpy confrontation in the

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

No photos! Put your phone down around polar bears, wildlife enforcement says

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 15:25 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 15:27
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A picture of a nearby polar bear is impressive, but it can also be dangerous to get. That’s why wildlife

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Couple in Atlantic Canada feels lucky to be alive after polar bear encounter

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at 16:18
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Carrie Dyson says both she and her husband are lucky to be alive after a “horrifying” close encounter with a

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

The garbage polar bears get into is getting into them

Katie Toth, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at 10:10
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Aluminum foil. Car keys. Candy wrappers. Half a towel. If there was a Canada Food Guide for bears, none of

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Fatal bear attack in northwestern Canada could not have been prevented, investigation finds

Paul Tukker, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, March 28, 2019 at 15:49
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An investigation into last fall’s fatal grizzly bear attack in Yukon has found that there was nothing Valé​rie Théorêt could

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

No charges against elder in Arctic Canada for killing polar bear and cub

CBC News
Posted: Monday, February 18, 2019 at 13:18 — Last Updated: Monday, February 18, 2019 at 13:25
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Nunavut’s Department of Environment won’t be charging an elder from Igloolik after he shot and killed a mother polar bear

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

Relocating bears won’t fix conflicts with humans, say environment officials in northwestern Canada

Alexandra Byers, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, December 25, 2018 at 15:00 — Last Updated: Monday, May 25, 2020 at 14:23
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Relocating problem bears cannot be seen as a solution to Yukon’s rising number of human/bear conflicts, warn conservation officers with

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Thousands of bear tags are sold each year in northwest Canada, so why are so few hunted?

Dave Croft, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at 11:48
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Hundreds of Yukoners are buying seals every year allowing them to hunt bears when they have no intention of actually

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

Scientists find hundreds of new toxins in blood of Canadian polar bears

Sara Frizzell, CBC News
Posted: Friday, December 7, 2018 at 11:06
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Hundreds of previously unknown contaminants were found in a new study of polar bear blood, published in a German chemical

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Woman, 10-month-old daughter killed by bear at remote cabin in northwest Canada

Paul Tukker, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, November 28, 2018 at 15:10 — Last Updated: Friday, November 30, 2018 at 11:43
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A Yukon woman and her 10-month-old daughter are dead after a bear attack at a remote cabin, the territory’s coroner

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