
Scientists were recently greeted with a most unexpected surprise when a polar bear mother and her cub were walking near Churchill in mid-November when scientists witnessed the mother adopt a second cub, marking just the 13th such case of cub adoption within the western Hudson Bay study population of northeastern Manitoba.
December 17, 2025 - 06:00 | | CBC News - Canada
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December 17, 2025 - 05:00 | Doug Menary, Ottawa Citizen | Ottawa Sun
Under the watchful eye of nuns, Annabelle Cloutier learned to play piano in a convent in the eastern townships. Read More
December 17, 2025 - 04:00 | Ben Andrews | Ottawa Citizen
Two swatches of NCC land on both sides of the Rideau River could be rezoned as "development reserve" — and that has both nature-lovers and poetry buffs worried about the future of greenspace as the city overhauls zoning bylaws. Read More
December 17, 2025 - 04:00 | Joanne Laucius | Ottawa Citizen
All I want for Christmas is a decent tree canopy. Instead, all I’ve got is this rotten Yuletide tale of how the capital city of a country known around the world for its forests, a nation whose symbol is the maple leaf, can’t plant trees without tripping over red tape. Even Charles Dickens couldn’t make that make sense. Read More
December 17, 2025 - 04:00 | Aaron Hutchins | Ottawa Citizen
Canada's tax agency says it doesn't expect Canadians who hold simple trusts, known as bare trusts, to file required tax forms this coming tax season — but legislative changes currently before the House of Commons means the requirements will likely be there in 2027.
December 17, 2025 - 04:00 | | CBC News - Canada



