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With the decline of some caribou herds, wildlife management has become a critical -- and controversial -- issue in the Northwest Territories.(CBC.ca)
Canada Society Society (Canada) 

Wildlife Act hearings wrap up in Canada’s Northwest Territories

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, June 20, 2013 at 11:23
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Public hearings on a new Wildlife Act for Canada’s Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) have wrapped up. Last night in the community

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Enough to spare? In this 2010 photo more than 8,000 snow and Ross' geese migrate into the Bitterroot Valley near Stevensville, Montana. The Canadian Wildlife Service says Nuanvut should consider allowing a spring hunt. (Perry Backus/AP)
Canada Environment Environment (Canada) 

Nunavut, Canada considers Ross’ goose hunt

CBC News
Posted: Monday, June 17, 2013 at 10:38
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Hunters in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut could soon be firing on a once-threatened species. In the 1960s the

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A grizzly bear roaming near Beaver Lake in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo.(Jim Urquhart / AP Photo)
Canada Society Society (Canada) 

Yukon, Canada hunter calls roadside grizzly killing ‘classless’

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 at 11:37
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A  hunter in the community of Carcross in Canada’s northwestern Yukon territory has started a social media campaign to ban roadside

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James Eetoolook, vice-president of Nunavut Tunngavik, says he doesn't believe a caribou hunting quota system would work on south Baffin, and that the population will recover on its own, as it has in the past. (CBC)
Canada Environment Environment (Canada) 

Hunters not to blame for caribou decline, says Nunavut Inuit organization

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 11:13
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The caribou population of south Baffin Island is not a major concern, according to Nunavut Tunngavik (NTI), the Inuit land

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50 carcasses de caribous trouvées dans les TNO (TNO)
Canada Society Society (Canada) 

50 caribou found wasted in Canada’s Northwest Territories

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at 10:45
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Parts of more than 50 caribou were found wasted near the community of Gameti in Canada’s Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) at

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The four men were fined $80,000 for trying to take polar bear pelts out of Canada without export permits. They had to forfeit the pelts, and also narwhal tusks they had bought. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press)
Canada Society Society (Canada) 

Hunters leaving Arctic Canada fined $80K

CBC News
Posted: Monday, April 8, 2013 at 15:20
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Mexican hunters had polar bear pelts, narwhal tusks from hunt in Nunavut Some big-game hunters from Mexico were fined after

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The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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