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Now tourists are exploring the Manitoba’s train- a lifeline for many towns

October 11, 2024176 Views

The setting sun backlights a pristine panoply of pines of different sizes and species. Far northern Canadian countryside rolls by at a leisurely pace of a train ride, viewed through an upper deck glass-enclosed of a special observation car. Waves of green and brown in slightly varying shades sweep by. There’s no working Wi-Fi to interrupt with emails or social media demanding attention. It’s mesmerizing and calming. Two or three hours pass peacefully without notice. Now repeat. Repeat again. And again. Two hours becomes two days. Passengers prepare to board a train Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Churchill, Manitoba. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel) To get between Churchill, Manitoba, Canada — the polar bear and beluga whale capital of the world and a tourist hot spot for northern adven...

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As warming threatens polar bear tourism, a Canadian town adapts and thrives

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September 11, 2024215 Views

Change has broken, remade and continues to reshape this remote town where tundra meets forest on the shore of Hudson Bay. The economic base collapsed when the military left town. Rail service and cargo ships — the lifeblood of supplies for a town not connected to the rest of the world by roads — blinked out. The weather is warming, signature animals are dwindling and even the ground is shifting. Through it all, Churchill has adapted. The town turned to tourism, luring people eager to see its plentiful polar bears. Leaders figured out ways to revitalize its port and railway. As climate change has edged into the picture, they’ve begun designing more flexible buildings and seeking to entice more varied visitors if, as scientists fear, shrinking sea ice crashes the bear population. T...

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A solar eclipse after 45 years, good reason for Burgeo to throw a party

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April 7, 2024229 Views

A Newfoundland island discovered by Captain Cook prepares to celebrate rare celestial event In the remote town of Burgeo on the east coast of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, some residents are enthusiastically waiting to view Monday's rare solar eclipse and recreate the history of an island named by Captain James Cook. British explorer Captain Cook, who was in Newfoundland in 1766 witnessed the solar eclipse of Aug. 5 while conducting astronomical observations and called the place Eclipse Island. The seaside town of Burgeo, Newfoundland, Canada is seen two days before a total solar eclipse April 6, 2024. Michael Ward/Handout via REUTERS On Monday, the residents of the fishing town near the now uninhabited Eclipse Island will gather to celebrate the celestia...

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Niagara region declares state of emergency out of caution

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March 30, 2024430 Views

A million enthusiasts expected at Niagara Falls to witness rare solar eclipse Canada's Niagara region has proactively declared a state of emergency ahead of a rare total solar eclipse on April 8 that is expected to gather massive crowds to areas in and around the region's popular waterfalls. From vintage train rides costing almost $4,000 per person to hotel rooms listed at $1,600 a night, businesses in and around majestic Niagara Falls are preparing to cash in on the April 8 total solar eclipse - with around a million visitors expected. ourists view mist rising from the Horseshoe Falls while visiting Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada March 22, 2024. REUTERS/Wa Lone The dramatic waterfall, situated along the Canadian-U.S. border, is in the path of the eclipse, and many people are ...

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World’s largest natural ice rink reopens in Canada

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January 21, 2024603 Views

Canada's renowned Rideau Canal Skateway, the world's largest natural ice skating rink, will open for skating on Sunday morning for the first time in two years, the National Capital Commission (NCC) said. The 7.8-km (4.9-mile) Rideau Canal Skateway, which first opened over 50 years ago, opens new tab, is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Canada's capital city Ottawa and is also a top attraction for skating enthusiasts seeking outdoor thrills during Canada's usually biting cold winters. The frozen 7.8-km (4.9-mile) Rideau Canal Skateway, the world's largest natural ice skating rink, lies empty on the eve of its re-opening for skating for the first time in two years, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada January 20, 2024. REUTERS/Ismail Shakil The canal did not open to skating last...

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Canada on track for its worst-ever wildfire season

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June 6, 2023805 Views

Canada is on track for its worst-ever year of wildfire destruction as warm and dry conditions are forecast to persist through to the end of the summer after an unprecedented start to the fire season, officials said on Monday. Blazes are burning in nearly all Canadian provinces and territories, and federal government officials said their modeling shows increased wildfire risk in most of Canada through August. Smoke billows upwards from a planned ignition by firefighters tackling the Donnie Creek Complex wildfire south of Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada June 3, 2023. B.C. Wildfire Service/Handout via REUTERS. "The distribution of fires from coast to coast this year is unusual. At this time of the year, fires usually occur only on one side of the country at a time, most often ...

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Montreal bike festival heralds release from grip of COVID

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May 15, 2023451 Views

If the 21-story Leonard Cohen mural that commands Montreal’s skyline could talk, it might tell you what this city’s crackling cultural life was like when the pandemic hit and everyone hunkered down. To borrow from his lyrics, it was a cold and a broken hallelujah. The party’s back on. The first weekend in June, Montrealers will line sidewalks and porches, toot horns and shout “bonne journee” or just plain “go!” as swarms of cyclists wend their way through the iconic urban spaces of this bicycle-mad city. FILE PHOTO: Cyclists in the Go Bike Montreal Festival capture the exuberance of the Tour de l’ile, Sunday, June 5, 2022. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP) The Go Bike Montreal Festival is traditionally and once more the kickoff to a spring and summer season of music, o...

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Fire and floods across western Canada force evacuations

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May 6, 2023840 Views

A week of record hot weather in western Canada has forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes, as wildfires rage in parts of Alberta and rapid snow melt triggers flooding across interior British Columbia. By Friday, more than 13,000 people were under evacuation orders in Alberta, as 78 fires burned. Among the worst-hit areas was the territory of the Little Red River Cree Nation, which comprises three communities in the north of the province, where the 1,458-hectare (3609-acre) Fox Lake fire consumed 20 homes and the police station. The entire 7,000-strong population of Drayton Valley, 140 km (87 miles) west of the provincial capital Edmonton, was also ordered to evacuate late on Thursday night. A smoke column rises from wildfire EWF031 near Lodgepole, Alberta, Canada May ...

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Polar bears near ‘bear capital’ dying at fast rate

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December 23, 2022994 Views

Polar bears in Canada’s Western Hudson Bay — on the southern edge of the Arctic — are continuing to die in high numbers, a new government survey of the land carnivore has found. Females and bear cubs are having an especially hard time. Researchers surveyed Western Hudson Bay — home to Churchill, the town called ‘the Polar Bear Capital of the World,’ — by air in 2021 and estimated there were 618 bears, compared to the 842 in 2016, when they were last surveyed. A mother polar bear huddles with her two cubs near Churchill, Canada, in this undated handout photo. Dick Beck/Polar Bears International/Handout via REUTERS “The actual decline is a lot larger than I would have expected,” said Andrew Derocher, a biology professor at the University of Alberta who has studied Hudson Bay polar ...

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Faithful mates, hot tempers form primal life for gannets

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November 16, 2022652 Views

Northern gannets share two maxims familiar to humans: “home sweet home” and “don’t tread on me.” They pack together on a Bonaventure Island plateau like New York commuters jamming a subway, only they’re louder. They are devoted parents and could teach humans a thing or two about loyalty in marriage. Year after year, gannet pairs come separately from distant, scattered Atlantic waters to reunite, mate again and raise new chicks on the precise nesting spots they called home before heading south for the winter. A northern gannet is visible on Bonaventure Island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence off the coast of Quebec, Canada's Gaspe Peninsula, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) The island just off Quebec’s Gaspe Peninsula offers remarkable insights into the northern ga...