It has become an annual ritual in Manitoba — mid-winter thoughts turn to the spring melt and whether land and communities will be threatened by rising water that comes from rivers as far away as the Rocky Mountains and South Dakota.
A social media app geared towards the outdoor lives of Inuit launched on Wednesday, December, 2019, with features that tie traditional knowledge to smartphone technology.
Residents of Churchill crowded around a bonfire during a street party to celebrate the return of rail service and a visit by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to the northern Manitoba town.
News of a deal to sell and repair a Manitoba town's broken rail line means more than just a return to reasonably priced groceries and easier access for visitors to the polar bear capital of Canada.
Inuit whose families were forcibly removed from their traditional lands in the 1950s and starved as a result have reached a compensation deal with the federal government.