Connecting With Nature
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Variety is Life for Hummingbirds — Photo Gallery
2025-12-05
Here are some of the Canadian Wildlife Federation’s Photo Contest images showing Canada’s hummingbirds in their habitat.
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In late April, 10 young WILD Outside participants walked through the woods around Clair Lake in Waterloo, Ontario looking for trash.
2025-12-05
Despite the crisp and unpredictable weather of a late April weekend the youth set off with bright red plastic bags, laughing as they ducked under branches and dodged mud puddles. I attended the event in the Kitchener/Waterloo area to help clean up Clair Lake’s shoreline and to meet a few of the participants. The cleanup is intended to celebrate Earth Day and honour the birthday and memory of the late Angela Rehhorn, a victim of the 2019 Ethiopian Airline crash. Similar private events were held across Canada in 17 cities.
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Hinterland Who's Who: Get a closer look at Canadian wildlife
2025-12-05
Hinterland Who's Who celebrates with Ottawa-Gatineau on Canada Day at the Museum of History. Watch adorable video!
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What Does #GivingTuesday Mean for Wildlife (and You)?
2025-12-05
It’s #GivingTuesday. #GivingTuesday is a day when we think not of packages and bows, but of those in need this season.
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How to Clean Out a Nest Box
2025-12-05
You might be reading this with a call for 15 centimetres of snow in the forecast but winter won’t last forever. Spring is on the horizon. If you forgot to clean out the nest boxes in your backyard at the end of autumn, early spring is another great time to get this task done.
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Five must-read magazines about sustainability, all available on PressReader
2025-12-05
June is a good month to think about sustainability. There's never a bad month to think about it, of course, but June includes several days that the United Nations has designated for focusing on humanity's relationship with the natural environment.
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Hooked a Turtle? Here’s How to Help…
2025-12-05
Many people enjoy spending a day fishing on the lake. It’s a great way to get outside and possibly bring home a fish for supper. Unfortunately, unwanted animals, such as turtles, sometimes take an interest in the hook at the end of the fishing line.
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From foe to friend: How to change perceptions of 'nuisance' wildlife
2025-12-05
Some animals may get on your nerves, but they don't need to be seen as foes as they are considerable allies to you and the local environment.
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Where the Moose and the Elk Used to Roam
2025-12-05
ildlife populations in Dufferin and Caledon have come and gone over the past few centuries, most dramatically since European settlement. Some species have vanished from the landscape. Others have arrived. Now things are changing again.
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Vanier-based Campus Biodiversity Network hosts the 2023 City Nature Challenge
2025-12-05
For the second year in a row, the Vanier-based Campus Biodiversity Network (CBN) a group of educational institutions working to protect campus greenspace, is co-hosting the City Nature Challenge from April 28 to May 1, 2023, in Greater Montreal, alongside local conservation group Technoparc Oiseaux.
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