Bears Grit Teeth At Fluoride Free Churchill
The town of Churchill, Manitoba voted yesterday by a margin of 58% -42% to end the process of artificially fluoridating it's drinking water supply. The three -year campaign by a group called Churchill No -Fluoride culminated with the victory in the town-wide...
Churchill Bear Season Up And Running
Natural Habitat guide Karen Walker didn't have to wait long for her group of travelers to see what they had come to Churchill for. On their first tour to the tundra, a night rover excursion, the group spotted a polar bear in the distance. The excitement grew during...
Wet Polar Bears and Arctic Wildlife
Southerly winds and scattered rain amongst the lowland fog accentuated the landscape out on the tundra in the Churchill wildlife Management Area. Temperatures in the mid to higher 30's C gave the air just enough crispness to enliven the sighted polar bears. A wide...
Polar Bear Season 2011
Doesn't quite seem like a year has passed since last bear season. Maybe all the bear activity this past Summer and Fall has kept them in the forefront of our thoughts..kind of like Spring or Summer training for the numbers expected for is October/November in...
Polar Bear Season Looms
As early October creeps closer, thousands of travelers from across the globe prepare for the trip of a lifetime. Many have anticipated this experience to immerse themselves in the polar bears' habitat for months if not years. This experience in the small town of...
Airships over Churchill?
What is the biggest dilemma facing Arctic and sub Arctic communities these days? Not how many cups of coffee to have, nor how many layers of caribou hide to wear on a -50c winter day...not even how to keep those big, furry polar bears in check....more importantly how...
Churchill Fluoride Vote Nearing
Churchill residents will soon have their say on the fluoride issue that has been looming for the past few months. A grass roots movement aptly dubbed Churchill No Fluoride has been vehemently advocating the removal of fluoride from the town's water supply. If the...
Churchill Summer Rolls On
The beluga whales, by the thousands, are very active thesee days as they move in and out of the Churchill river. As the Summer "heat" (insert Arctic weather joke here) begins to wane somewhat...today's temperature is around 14C...down a bit from earlier in the month....
Churchill’s Port Fate Looming- OmniTRAX Diversifying
As the debate heats up regarding the federal government's plan to introduce legislation this Fall to dissolve the Canadian Wheat board (CWB), OmiTRAX, current owner of the Port of Churchill is looking at ways to diversify itself in the Northern Arctic region. Canada's...
Aggressive Bears In Churchill
Good numbers of polar bears are showing up in and around the Churchill area....however not all of these bears are behaving very ...um..good. Or, maybe it's the people who need to check their behavioral habits in what really is a town placed smack dab in the natural...
The Town of Churchill
The Town of Churchill