±«ÓãÖ±²¥ News - wildlife /channels/news_feeds/all/term/wildlife/rss en Canada geese: What you may not know about the pesky national symbol /channels/channels/news/canada-geese-what-you-may-not-know-about-pesky-national-symbol-331006 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Many Canadians are familiar with the honking and hissing that marks the beginning of the spring season, some might be more intimately familiar with the feeling of large wings batting about the sides of their head, but one thing is for certain: most Canadians have a Canada goose story.</p> <p>Canada geese flying in their V formation are usually one of the first signs of the return of warm weather, but it also marks the return of the pesky waterfowl taking over our waterfronts, golf courses and parks. Here’s what you should know about the birds that have become a national symbol.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">12 </span><span class="month">May </span><span class="year">2021</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 12 May 2021 13:19:22 +0000 webfull 170537 at /channels Professor Murray Humphries honoured by Alma Mater /channels/news/professor-murray-humphries-honoured-alma-mater-265373 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Congratulations to Professor <strong>Murray Humphries</strong>, Department of Natural Resource Sciences, who on Thursday, January 26, 2017, received the [University of Manitoba] Faculty of Science 2017 Honoured Alumni Award for exceptional achievement in Biological Sciences.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/humphies1_thumbnail.jpg?itok=Lsmh7R1R" width="160" height="160" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">26 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2017</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 26 Jan 2017 14:44:57 +0000 webfull 124427 at /channels Humphries named ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Northern Research Chair /channels/news/humphries-named-mcgill-northern-research-chair-263888 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Today at a press conference in Quebec City, the Institut Nordique du Quebec (INQ) announced three Northern Research Chairs, as well as a newly recruited Science and Innovation Director, Louis Fortier.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">1 </span><span class="month">November </span><span class="year">2016</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 01 Nov 2016 20:22:54 +0000 webfull 122651 at /channels