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Critter Love

Edmonton fire department rescues dog floating on ice in frigid North Saskatchewan River

Critter Crimes

Why are dolphins trying to kill baby manatees? Scientists don’t have the answer

Critters vs Humans vs Critters

Alberta Mounties always get their … beaver

Critter Crimes

California man convicted of animal cruelty after capturing hawk and feeding it alcohol

Critter Love

Confused and disoriented raccoon covered in ice found wandering in field

Wimbledon champ Andy Murray rescues runaway dog

July 3, 2014

Tennis hero Andy Murray is also, it turns out, a hero to runaway dogs. The Wimbledon champ was on his way to practice when…

Astronaut Chris Hadfield’s critter-filled song about Canada

July 2, 2014

We admit this post is only tangentially related to animals. Yes, there are dogs – lots of dogs – a scurrying pig, loon calls,…

Happy Canada Day! A photo gallery of our fave Canadian critters

July 1, 2014

It’s Canada Day up here and the likelihood that some critter somewhere in this amazing country of ours is going to do something remarkable…

Moose attacks man, man then attacks moose

July 1, 2014

It takes balls of steel to confront a moose. But the gambit paid off for a Swedish man after a moose charged at him…

Chester the kitten lost by Air Canada returns home to Vancouver

June 30, 2014

Chester, a seven-month-old Scottish Fold kitten, has returned home after being lost for almost a month after escaping at the Montreal airport. Chester was enroute…

What did the fox say? Turns out, thank you for saving us during a flood

June 29, 2014

This is amazing. Possibly stupid, but mostly amazing. And, for now, we’re totally buying this story. Two guys in Saskatchewan swam through flood waters…

Polar bear POV: stunning and startling

June 28, 2014

In the award-winning 2013 documentary Ice Bear, cameras capture never before seen images of polar bears in the Canadian Arctic. Some of the most beautiful…

See what happens when bears and wolves don’t think we’re watching

June 28, 2014

The Bow Valley Parkway is a scenic 48-kilometre highway that meanders through a swath of Banff National Park in Alberta. This secondary route, which parallels…

Bear crashes through skylight to lick frosting off birthday cupcakes

June 26, 2014

Best story today! An birthday guest crashed, literally, an infant’s birthday party in order to get at cupcakes. A bear came crashing through the…

Hudson the dachshund gets himself caught in beaver trap

June 26, 2014

Little Hudson the dachshund was wondering along a trail near his owners’ acreage when he was caught in a beaver trap. His owner Kevin…