caribou

The federal government says Agnico Eagle Mines is not doing what it has promised to protect migrating caribou at the Meadowbank gold mine in Nunavut.An order issued last month by Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada…

Before starting your day — deciding on an activity or how to dress for the elements — you might do the same thing Michael Dietze does."I pick up my phone and check the weather forecast at least once or twice a day to see what's likely to…

A new $24 million matchmaking program is aiming to help rebuild caribou populations in Jasper National Park that are too small to recover on their own.  The federal government announced Tuesday that its previously announced proposal to…

The Porcupine caribou is one of the few barren-ground herds in the circumpolar world that remains strong and healthy — and the communities who rely on it want to make sure it stays that way. This was the key takeaway from a three-day…

After decades in decline, Yukon's Finlayson caribou herd population appears to be "stabilizing or increasing," according to recent population survey data from the territorial government.The herd in southeastern Yukon is now estimated to be…

The Quebec and Canadian governments say they're now on the same page about the province's caribou population, while offering little in the way of specifics.In a statement released Monday, officials from both levels of government said "that…

The documentary Herd was made in collaboration with Inuit communities in Labrador. (David Bornish)It's a stunning sight: thousands of caribou, filmed from above, running at great speed over the Labrador landscape. The footage, recorded…

A careful kind of matchmaking will guide a last-resort effort to restore Jasper National Park's vanishing herds of woodland caribou.With the park's remaining herds considered too small to survive, Parks Canada plans to capture females —…

They are known as “gray ghosts,” roaming silently and in sparse herds through Canada’s boreal forests and mountains. They dash out of view almost as suddenly as they appear, for the few lucky enough to spot them. The animal is so beloved in…

The federal government is warning Quebec it will use a decree to impose measures to protect woodland caribou if the province fails to come up with its own plan to adequately protect the species and its natural habitat by April 20. …