The Explorer: 19th-Century Quebec In Photos
Alexander Henderson spent decades photographing the province’s dazzling landscapes and burgeoning cities. And his work was almost lost forever.
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See the best wildlife photos of the year before they arrive at the ROM
A showcase of the best works from the 58th annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards arrives at the Royal Ontario Museum this weekend
Behind the evolution of Montreal’s Biodôme
The animals that inhabit Montreal’s beloved Biodôme are at the centre of its recent overhaul
Inside the fight to save New Brunswick’s maple syrup
It’s syrup makers versus loggers in the battle over Canada’s maple forests
Whitehorse’s historic Martha Black Mayday tree is dying—but its seedlings may help it live on
Hundreds of seedlings from one doomed tree will sprout this year around Whitehorse, keeping the iconic plant’s legacy alive
B.C.’s ’southern resident’ orcas have been wandering far from home. Could this be the end?
The orca family known as J pod have been swimming far away from their Salish Sea digs. Will they return in 2022?
At the Calgary Zoo, the camels watch the people
The Calgary Zoo has a pair of resident camels—and these humped mammals love to people-watch
Dianne Whelan on finishing a six-year, solo crossing of the Trans Canada Trail
The B.C.-based filmmaker walked, hiked, paddled and snowshoed across Canada in what she calls an ’ecological and reconciliation pilgrimage’
What does it take to move a rotting whale carcass? Glute strength and Vicks VapoRub.
There is no creature more majestic than a blue whale, and few jobs less pleasant than getting rid of a deceased one that washed up on your public beach
An abandoned U.S. dam is blocking fish from B.C.’s Similkameen River—and key spawning ground
An abandoned dam in Washington state may be the only thing barring chinook and steelhead trout from the upper reaches of B.C.’s Similkameen River. If you tear it down, will they come?