“One thing that stood out this year was that a lot of journalists died covering combat and conflict,” said Elana Beiser, editorial director of the Committee to Protect Journalists and one of the authors of the report. “The most dangerous beat was war.”

Clare Demerse says Canadians had a positive reaction to Canada’s new national climate and clean growth plan.

The LINK Online, with Lynn Desjardins, Terry Haig and Marc Montgomery this week.

Prof. Scott Forbes found embryos determine morning sickness based on their need for iodine.

Anne Innis Daag overcame stubborn obstacles to become the first person to study giraffes and other wild animals in Africa.

Jeffrey Deems says lidar systems can provide precise measurements to help determine how much snow there is on mountain terrain.

Fort McKay Chief Jim Boucher says his community was pushed to embrace the oilpatch by the ill-advised anti-fur campaign in the early 1980s that destroyed their traditional self-sustaining fur trapping economy. Now, Fort McKay is one of the most prosperous First Nations communities in Canada, with zero unemployment and an average annual income of $120,000 per year.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery received an early holiday present when Auguste Rodin’s monumental sculpture The Thinker arrived in early December.

The Arctic is already experiencing the effects of climate change with extremely alarming statistics on temperature rise and lack of sea ice that require urgent global action, says David Miller, president and CEO of World Wildlife Fund – Canada

“As ice melts in the circumpolar north, archaeologists are scrambling in many jurisdictions to try and record the fragile artefacts that are being exposed before they’re lost,” says Tom Andrews, archaeologist with the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.