Early Type E Botulism Activity
Type E Botulism, which has become a more or less annual event on the lower Great Lakes, causing significant avian…
A second Sowerby’s beaked whale stranding in Eastern Canada this summer
In early July, the carcass of a recently dead male Sowerby’s beaked whale (Mesoplodon bidens) was found stranded on l’Île…
Update: West Nile Virus in Ontario
An increased number of telephone reports of dead crows have been received by the CCWHC laboratory in Ontario over the…
Update: West Nile Virus in Saskatchewan and Manitoba
It is that time of the year again! Since mid-July, the CCWHC Western-Northern has diagnosed West Nile virus (WNV) in…
Rangifer Anatomy Project
Caribou and reindeer (Rangifer) are keystone species in the circumpolar north and are critical for the maintenance of healthy northern…