B.C. First Nations have long hoped to see salmon return to the upper Columbia River but face cross-border challenges in the ...

The song of a male red-winged blackbird takes on a visible form as it stakes out its territory on a cold spring morning. (Photo: Stanley Bysshe) Our planet has a soundtrack. There are the birds, of ...

Maps have long played a critical role in video games, whether as the main user interface, a reference guide, or both. As games become more sophisticated, so too does the cartography that underpins ...

As Canada embarks on a process of reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, the Métis are still without territory to call their own Historian Arthur J. Ray wrote* that many of Canada’s Indigenous people ...

At exactly 6 a.m., the sky above the Caribbean Sea shifts from violet to pale blue, almost as if someone has flipped a switch above the terrace of my hotel room on the island of Basse-Terre. Mourning ...

It’s a sultry June evening in La Malbaie, a quaint town on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec’s Charlevoix region. On Richelieu Street, I’m several stops into Overture des Terrasses, ...

Over the last few weeks I’ve been sharing a selection of my favourite stats and feats from my new book Canadian Geographic Biggest and Best of Canada: 1000 Facts & Figures. If you enjoy trivia, ...

In the case of what happened to the people of Délı̨nę, the Moral Awakening film calls for an awakening in the form of a call to action As the world marks the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings of ...

Most international borders adhere to some sort of logic. They follow coastlines or rivers, watersheds or natural barriers. They make sense. Not so the 49th parallel. The border from the Lake of the ...

Built by Swiss guides high on the Continental Divide, a storied refuge will be dismantled just months ahead of its 100th birthday, a casualty of our warming planet “The rains descended, and the floods ...

Lightning strikes during a thunderstorm in central Saskatchewan. (Photo: Shannon Bileski/Can Geo Photo Club) 1. As far as countries go, Canada is pretty much the coolest — literally. It vies with ...

An enchanting and evocative look at the unique relationship between a solitary, island-dwelling wolf and a renowned wildlife photographer Cheryl Alexander has been documenting and studing a lone wolf ...