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WOLVERINE! SNOW REMOVAL RIDING ALONG WITH MONTREAL’S PLOW CREWS COFFEE NEWS HOW ONE COMMUNITY PAPER SHOWED UP ACROSS THE COUNTRY A NEW SOLUTION FOR RECYCLING PLASTIC TRACKING CANADA’S MOST ELUSIVE ANIMAL + TRACKING SPACE JUNK, THE LAST RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL, ANCIENT BEAVER BEHAVIOUR, ELIZABETH MAY, AND MUCH MORE! MAPPING THE CITIES WITHIN TORONTO A TRIBUTE TO GEOGRAPHY CHAMPION ALEX TREBEK 5 CANGEO.CA TOP: PETER MATHER; BOTTOM: CHRISTIAN FLEURY CONTENTS JANUARY/ FEBRUARY 2021 ON THE COVER Whitehorse-based photographer Peter Mather spent years documenting the world of wolverines in Yukon and Alaska. Photo by Peter Mather 62 THE PUZZLE OF PLASTIC Ambitious environmental entrepreneur Miranda Wang turns to science to seek proitable solutions to the problem of what to do with our mountains of plastic waste By Susan Nerberg 42 WOLVERINE Tracking the elusive trickster Photography by Peter Mather with text by Ossie Michelin 42 SNOW REMOVAL How Montreal wages a $166-million battle against snow every single year to keep its streets and sidewalks clear By Tracey Lindeman with photography by Christian Fleury 55 BY POPULAR DEMAND Behind the scenes at Coffee News, the upbeat Canadian community paper with staying power By Rob Csernyik 32 32 6 CANADIAN GEOGRAPHIC JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2021 CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: BILL WILLIAMS; COLIN ROWE/CAN GEO; MICAELA DAWN; LIAM MCGUIRE; COLIN BRUCE; VDOS GLOBAL LLC (THOMAS SEITZ), LGL LIMITED (BILL KOSKI), FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA (STEVE FERGUSON), WWF-CANADA, UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AND PANGNIRTUNG HTO 12 17 12 BIG PICTURE Celebrating Canada’s grandeur 14 EXPOSURE Showcasing our photo community 15 IN A SNAP Sharing Can Geo via Instagram 30 ON THE MAP An urban geographer maps the 10 distinct “cities” within the greater metropolis of Toronto 73 YOUR SOCIETY News from The Royal Canadian Geographical Society 76 COMING UP In March/April 2021, Can Geo honours the 100th anniversary of Bluenose through a feature and poster map, and more 78 OUR COUNTRY Green Party MP Elizabeth May explains how Margaree Harbour, N.S., feeds her soul 17 INTERVIEW Honouring the life of Jeopardy! host and longtime geography supporter Alex Trebek 20 WILDLIFE Good news for bowheads, weighing dinosours, ancient beaver behaviour and more 23 PLACE Twenty-ive years ago, Gordon’s Indian Residential School closed down. Its legacy persists today. 26 HISTORY Sketches detail construction of Ottawa’s Rideau Canal dam that almost thwarted engineers 28 INFOGRAPHIC Tracking where all that space junk ends up — in orbit and in the sea DEPARTMENTS 20 DISCOVERY 78 14 30 8 CANADIAN GEOGRAPHIC JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2021 DIGITAL CONTENTS WATCH ON ‘BORDER LINES’ (JULY/AUGUST) I read with much interest the article “Border lines” in which Stephen Harper comprehen- sively covered the establish- ments and changes of Canada’s provincial and territorial boundaries throughout our history. Most of the text covers central and western Canada. After New Brunswick was separated from Nova Scotia in 1784, its borders were roughly set to extend from the Isthmus of Chignecto to the Gaspé Peninsula and as far west as the St. Croix River. If New Brunswick had won all of its points in the treaty negotiations, it would have gained 40,000 square kilometres — or 54 per cent of its present size. This statistic does not include the results of disputes between Canada/Britain and the United States over sovereignty of eight islands — mainly Grand Manan — situated in the Bay of Fundy. Such negotiations started in 1783 and continue today with the sovereignty of Machias Seal Island still unresolved. Throughout its history, New Brunswick has had its borders change at a least six times; more than any other Canadian province or territory. J. Peter Jolly Rothesay, New Brunswick ON ‘NATURAL POWERS’ (JULY/AUGUST) I was confused upon reading the infographic in your July/August issue. Why have governments needed convincing that the preservation of the natural world is vital to the planet’s survival? Earth is a complex living organism. Would those same people need to be convinced that if we were to drain a human’s blood and mutilate its anatomy, that human would die? Our disregard for nature is bewildering. Here’s hoping we hear many more stories like “Land of the ancestors” (July/ August). More governments should realise that Indigenous wisdom is an invaluable ally in the struggle for global survival. Matthew Haigh Manchester, England COMMENT LONG WAY UP Electric travel, sustainability and post-pandemic plans — it’s all here in an exclusive Q&A with Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman, of Apple TV+’s Long Way Up. More than a decade after the pair’s last on-screen adventures, Long Way Up reminds us of the adventures waiting in the real world. cangeo.ca/jf21/longwayup 9 CANGEO.CA CLOCKWISE FROM OPPOSITE, TOP: APPLE TV+; SIXTIES SCOOP NETWORK; TOURISM AUSTRALIA; COVERS: PETER MATHER soundcloud.com/cangeo facebook.com/cangeo CONNECT WITH US ONLINE @CanGeo youtube.com/canadiangeographic @CanGeo TRAVEL SPOTLIGHT: AUSTRALIA’S KIMBERLEYS Travelling western Australia’s infamous Gibb River Road leads to glorious outback landscapes and telling insights into the nation’s First Peoples. cangeotravel.ca/jf21/imintji #CAPTIONTHIS READ SOCIAL Can Geo Extra is Canadian Geographic’s monthly newsletter — sign up to get our latest stories and news online. @albinomuppet shared this photo with us on Instagram and we had to know what our #sharecangeo audience thought! Here are our favourite captions. “Everybody was Kung Fu ighting!” — @patep.pics “Who’s in for a Tims run?” — @born2ski4ever “Footloose, kick off your Sunday shoes … everybody cut loose!” — @eturgeon IN THEIR OWN WORDS Almost three years ago, Sixties Scoop survivor Colleen Hele-Cardinal spoke with Canadian Geographic about her dream of creating a map that would document the individual displacement stories of the Indigenous children taken from their families in the mid-20th century. Finally, the interactive map is live, with a shocking criss-cross of lines spanning the world. cangeo.ca/jf21/sixtiesscoop COVER VOTE Cue Canadian Geographic’s brand of electoral controversy. While option one garnered 46 per cent of the vote, it only narrowly bested option two at 42 per cent. That image, however, was also a favourite of numerous staffers, from our pub- lisher Gilles Gagnier to our newsstand advisor Scott Bullock. Given that fact and the close inish, we decided to have it grace our front page. As well, cover images with eye contact typically sell better. Newsstand buyers now have the inal say. 46% 42% 12% 10 CANADIAN GEOGRAPHIC JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2021 P PASSION PROJECTS To comment, please email
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