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In a storyline better befitting a melodrama than a popularity vote, Grazer won her second Fat Bear Contest Tuesday by defeating the male behemoth that killed her cub this summer. CBC | World News
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Online voting in Alaska’s Fat Bear Week contest starts after an attack killed 1 contestant
A dozen bears are facing off in this year’s Alaska Fat Bear Week. The contest’s 10th edition was off to a rough start after one contestant was killed earlier in the week. CBC | World News
Read More »A new agreement would limit cruise passengers in Alaska’s capital. A critic says it falls short
A new agreement between Alaska’s capital city and major cruise lines seeks to cap the daily number of cruise ship passengers arriving in Juneau starting in 2026, though a prominent critic of the cruise industry said Tuesday the planned limits do not do enough. CBC | World News
Read More »Alaska’s largest city adds to record homeless death total as winter storm drops 60 cm of snow
Four homeless people have died in Anchorage in the last week, underscoring the Alaskan city’s ongoing struggle to house a large homeless population as winter weather returns with more than 60 centimetres of snow falling within 48 hours. CBC | World News
Read More »Norwegian musher wins Alaska’s Iditarod sled dog race
It took Thomas Waerner nine days, 10 hours, 37 minutes and 47 seconds to travel nearly 1,609 kilometres across Alaska. CBC | World News
Read More »Alaska’s Fat Bear contest crowns Holly ‘Queen of Corpulence’
Holly, this rotund and furry grandma bear, has been crowned the fattest of them all. Fat Bear Week for Alaska’s grizzlies has become a national internet sensation. CBC | World News
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