photos
"Biopsy darting" Baffin Bay polar bears
CBC News
Posted: Oct 18, 2012 2:51 PM CT
Last Updated: Oct 18, 2012 2:49 PM CT
A major survey of polar bears on Baffin Bay in Nunavut is underway – researchers hope to provide some answers as to how many bears can be sustainably hunted by Inuit in the region.
All photos are by Paul Tukker/CBC.
Share Tools
Big Box Advertisement
Latest North News Headlines
- Boats collide, killing 77-year-old woman
- A 77-year-old woman is dead after two boats collided outside Trout Lake, N.W.T., Wednesday afternoon. more »
- Federal Court won't remove MPs over robocall allegations
- The Federal Court says it won't throw six MPs out of seats over allegations of widespread vote suppression through automated robocalls in the 2011 federal election. more »
- Fever medicine for infants, children under recall
- Quality concerns with a Chinese producer of acetaminophen have prompted a recall of four fever medications meant for infants and children. more »
- Self-harm hospitalizations higher in poorer areas
- People living in poorer neighbourhoods are at higher risk of being hospitalized for incidents of suicide and self-harm compared with those in the wealthiest neighbourhoods. more »
Must Watch
Top News Headlines
- Toronto Mayor Rob Ford fires chief of staff
- A week after bombshell allegations that Toronto Mayor Rob ford was videotaped smoking crack, the mayor's chief of staff was fired and Ford is continuing to stonewall reporters. more »
- Federal Court won't remove MPs over robocall allegations
- The Federal Court says it won't throw six MPs out of seats over allegations of widespread vote suppression through automated robocalls in the 2011 federal election. more »
- 2nd suspect in Tim Bosma murder case to plead not guilty
- The lawyer for Mark Smich says the Oakville, Ont., resident will plead not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of Tim Bosma, the Hamilton man who disappeared earlier this month after taking two men on a test drive of his truck. more »
- Canada Post campaigns against 'no flyers' mailbox signs
- Canada Post has been mailing more than 900,000 letters across the country to people to try to convince them to remove "no flyer" signs from their mailboxes. more »
- Police deem N.W.T. woman's death suspicious
- Body of missing Fort Resolution, N.W.T., woman found
- Japanese plane makes unscheduled landing in Whitehorse
- MMA fighter gets jail for assaulting ex-girlfriend
- Boats collide, killing 77-year-old woman
- Yukon couple hold record for longest marriage in country
- Iqaluit cab driver not guilty in dispute with laundromat owner
- Hunters not to blame for caribou decline, says NTI
- Yukoners knit wooly mammoth a new coat
Big Box Advertisement
