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An announcement on how many polar bears can be hunted in Nunavut's Baffin Bay region is still weeks away, following a month-long extension. The Nunavut Wildlife Management Board has granted the 30-day extension to Environment Minister Daniel Shewchuk,...
Tags: polar bears, Baffin Bay, Daniel Shewchuk, Nunavut Wildlife Management Board, Greenland, bears populations, Nuuk, Polar bear, Inuit, Scott Inlet, Baffin Island, Arctic Ocean, Nunavut, Environment
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 early...
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From Thursday's Globe and Mail November 6, 2008 at 4:42 AM EST Nunavut has decided to leave unchanged the number of polar bears it allows to be killed each year in one of the largest areas of the territory, rejecting calls for tighter restrictions on...
Tags: polar bears, Baffin Bay, bears hunt, Nunavut Wildlife Management Board, hunt quota