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How Margaret Atwood and her family helped turn Pelee Island into a migratory bird research hub
3+ hour, 45+ min ago (1770+ words) It's Saturday night on Pelee Island and the highlight of Springsong has arrived. Held every year on Mother's Day weekend, the event is billed as a three-day celebration of books and birding. Its location " a bucolic parcel of farmland surrounded…...
The Caged Bird Sings at Toronto's Tarragon is a muted echo of its 2024 premiere
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (241+ words) Mikaela Lily Davies in The Caged Bird Sings, which runs until June 28 at Toronto's Tarragon Theatre. Jae Yang/Supplied The play's premise, however, is much the same as it was two years ago. We're in a jail cell that seems…...
How peregrine falcon chicks nesting in BMO Field's rafters complicated World Cup preparations
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (1003+ words) A peregrine falcon in front of its aviary in Alton, Ont. on Thursday. Alejandro Gomez Garcia/The Globe and Mail Less than three weeks before the first World Cup game at Toronto's BMO Field, four peregrine falcon chicks were getting…...
Inside the efforts to restore B. C. s secret, ancient sea gardens
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (820+ words) Members of the Cowichan Tribes are bringing back traditions of clam bed cultivation that were nearly lost to colonization Crysta Charlie presses a pitchfork into the coarse shoreline at her feet, prying up a muddy mass of beach and seawater....
Canada to host world's premier oceans conference in 2027
1+ week, 3+ day ago (606+ words) For next year's Our Ocean Conference in Halifax, Canada has identified four priority themes, including the blue economy and ocean-dependent communities, and Indigenous and community leadership in ocean protection. Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press Canada will host the world's premier…...
Pushed by climate change, Canada's northern great lakes show signs of a biological reset
2+ week, 3+ day ago (965+ words) Great Bear Lake in the Northwest Territories is the fourth-largest body of water by surface area in North America, Kimberly L. Howland, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)/Supplied Resembling a giant amoeba on the map, Great Bear Lake is an unmistakable…...
Following the monarch butterfly's migratory journey from my garden to Mexico
3+ week, 2+ day ago (787+ words) Illustration by Alex Siklos First Person is a daily personal piece submitted by readers. Have a story to tell? See our guidelines at tgam. ca/essayguide. In the heat of the summer, the arrival of even one fiery-orange monarch butterfly…...
How birds helped Bar Fridman-Tell reimagine a Welsh myth in Honeysuckle
3+ week, 6+ day ago (569+ words) When Toronto-based author Bar Fridman-Tell stumbled across The Mabinogion, a collection of Welsh stories compiled centuries ago, it felt like coming home. Bar Fridman-Tell's new novel, written during a period when she agreed to travel with her husband so he…...
Earth Optics Expands State-of-the-Art Soil Lab Operations with New Raleigh-Durham Facility
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (159+ words) Strategically located just 20 minutes from Research Triangle Park (RTP) and Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) via I-540, near Triangle Town Center, the facility positions Earth Optics at the heart of one of the nation's most dynamic hubs for science, technology, and agricultural…...
Video: A rare sanctuary in Congo looks after baby bonobos away from poaching threat
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (408+ words) The Globe and Mail A sanctuary on the outskirts of Congo's capital of Kinshasa is the world's only sanctuary for orphaned bonobos, usually rescued from poachers. Despite legal protections, bonobos are targeted for bushmeat. Educators at the sanctuary work to…...