Geography of Canada

Clean energy entrepreneurs are exploring how to turn tidal power into zero-emissions electricity with very little environmental impact.

As part of an upcoming Royal Canadian Geographic Society expedition. Canadian graduate student Adam Shoalts will venture to Canada’s remote Hudson Bay Lowlands to navigate an uncharted river.

Calgary, the largest city in the Canadian province of Alberta, is carrying out massive clean up operations after major flooding. Jen Gerson, Alberta correspondent for Canada’s National Post, says the flooding also puts Calgary’s Stampede, at risk.

For the Geo Quiz we’re looking for a Canadian city with a vibrant art scene. Right now the city hosting a performing arts festival. One of the performances there requires audience members to be blindfolded and led around the city by a volunteer guide.

Prairie dogs once numbered in the billions across the prairies of the West and Mexico. Today there is a fraction of the original population left but activists are working to bring back the prairie dogs and possibly the prairie along with them.