Churchill conservation officers dealing with summer polar bear population explosion – Winnipeg Free Press
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Churchill residents are normally eager to welcome visitors to the polar bear capital of the world; this summer, however, the somewhat unwelcome visitors are the polar bears themselves. | Provincial conservation officers have been responding to dozens more calls for help this year in the town on the shores of Hudson Bay. | Because of the early ice melt in the spring, there are currently hundreds of bears in and around town. | “We’re not even in bear season yet and we’re up to 78 calls,” said officer Chantal Maclean, adding there were fewer than 20 calls at this time last summer.
Churchill residents are normally eager to welcome visitors to the polar bear capital of the world; this summer, however, the somewhat unwelcome visitors are the polar bears themselves. Provincial cons
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Feeding Churchill with the Help of Hydroponic Farming
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Death by a thousand cuts' – Winnipeg Free Press
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For threatened polar bears, the climate change diet is a losing
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A new reality to bear? – Winnipeg Free Press
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A new reality to bear? – Winnipeg Free Press
Hope dims for orphaned polar bear cubs – Winnipeg Free Press
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Polar bear capital of the world' soon to be overrun with record
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Too much to bear – Winnipeg Free Press
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If it gets me, it gets me': the town where residents live
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A new reality to bear? – Winnipeg Free Press
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