News Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
| about 1 month ago
Inuit hunters and polar bear biologists remain at odds over the true number of polar bears in Nunavut's Baffin Bay region, with opposing views at a public hearing on whether to cut hunting quotas. An influx of new immigrants and a high number of...
News Source: Uinta County News
| about 1 month ago
Hunters in Nunavut can take up to 108 polar bears in the territory's Baffin Bay region, which extends out from Baffin Island. The Nunavut government wants that quota cut, citing concerns about overhunting. (CBC) Inuit hunters and polar bear...
News Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
| about 1 month ago
A deal may be imminent that will exempt Canada from the controversial Buy American provision included in the U.S. stimulus package, CBC News has learned. Tsunami waves spawned by a powerful earthquake swept ashore on two South Pacific island chains...
News Source: Macleans
| about 1 month ago
The Nunavut government says a limit on polar bear hunting around Baffin Bay is needed to avoid international sanctions that could damage the territory's entire economy...The board is responsible for setting polar bear hunting quotas throughout the...