ᐊᖏᔫᖏᑦᑐᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᒻᒥ ᑎᑭᑕᐅᓴᕋᐃᖏᑦᑐᒥ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒥ ᓯᔾᔭᖅᐸᓯᐊᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑑᓂᖓᓂ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓂᐱᖏᑦ ᓴᖏᓪᓕᕙᓪᓕᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᑭᕋᖅᑐᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓂᐱᖁᖅᑐᔪᒻᒪᕆᖕᓂᒃ ᑐᓴᖅᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᖃᑕᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕈᑎᓕᖕᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᑕᕆᐅᖏᓐᓂᒃ − ᓱᕈᐃᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖅᓯᐅᑎᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᖕᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑕᕆᐅᕐᒦᑦᑐᓂᒃ...

In the tiny, remote towns dotting the Baffin Island coast in the Canadian Arctic, Inuit voices are rising in opposition to seismic testing — a destructive preliminary stage in the scramble for offshore oil — in the marine ecosystem...

It is time for Ocean Lovers worldwide to celebrate! After years of political foot-dragging, and four hectic days of   negotiations   at the United Nations, a   breakthrough   came in the wee hours of Saturday morning, 24 January:...

One week in to 2015, and even though some New Year’s resolutions will already have fallen by the wayside, we all need to urgently think about one more resolution:  The resolution to protect the oceans and all its beautiful whales,...

This month we're talking garbage...San Francisco, the city beside Silicon Valley, is cutting edge in the world of garbage. It was the first US city to require food composting for residents and businesses. SFdiverts the most waste of...

License   Some rights reserved  by  Bart Fields  photo credit:  bart fields We’ve made our list. We’ve checked it twice. Now, it’s time to find out which Canadians will be getting a stocking full of eco-friendly goodies and...

Inspired by the touching stories of the small low impact fishers around the globe being impacted by monster boats, I recently decided to look into the definition of environmental justice. While I discovered that there is no...

There’s an environment myth which claims  that  Ahmed Zaki Yamani, Saudi Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources from the 1960s to the 80s apparently said, that rather than discovering oil, he wish his country had found water. ...

Early this year, Greenpeace was tipped off that Canada was being used as a trade route for endangered fin whales . We learned that about a dozen containers of fin whale meat in Iceland’s commercial hunt had landed in the Port of...

Exactly one year ago I was privileged to attended the congress of European fishers using fishing gear with a low impact on marine life, and their brand new association L.I.F.E. (Low Impact Fishers of Europe) was officially...

One thing I’ve noticed about big environmental issues is they often sound so benign. Fracking? Sounds like something you do at a party with a bunch of pals. Clear cutting? Sounds like a bad haircut. Deep sea mining? Sounds like a...

This week, the federal government informed the CBC that the western population of Atlantic bluefin tuna could support a moderate increase, suggesting that they may be pushing for an increase in quota this year. Since bluefin tuna is...

If you’re looking for a Halloween fright, you’d be surprised to learn where gore and terror might be lurking in your everyday life. The canned tuna aisle is rife with creepy, hidden secrets. And your shopping cart could be too. The way...

Why is tuna served in every cafeteria and at every buffet?   Joanna Solotoff    tells us how this happened  (spoiler alert: not an accident ) and creates one of those early dishes.  For way more about how tuna became the 'go to'...