The pair came to Calgary from the polar bear enclosure at the Assiniboine Park Zoo in Winnipeg. They were chosen because they ...

Summertime is also when the bears share the area with more than 60,000 beluga whales—who come to feed, mate, and give birth in the shallow waters—as well as a wide variety of other wildlife. Fuel your ...

It all started with bears. A polar bear named Debby lived in Winnipeg’s Assiniboine Park Zoo. In 1996, Barteski started visiting Debby every week, sometimes twice, to sketch her. Barteski ...