Energy Minister Mike Holland says he doesn't yet know how to make sure people in the Sussex area want fracking to resume in the area. Green Party Leader David Coon said the idea of only needing consent from one area of the province is in itself

Episode 2: Meet the scientists and researchers trying to save the right whales

Oct 17th, 2017 12m 2s

Moira Brown and Philip Hamilton are two of the many scientists and researchers dedicated to learning more about North Atlantic right whales, documenting their lives and trying to save the species.

Episode 5: Trying to save the North Atlantic right whale

Oct 17th, 2017 15m 48s

After a deadly summer for the endangered North Atlantic right whale, the federal government has been trying to find ways to keep these gentle giants alive. Some steps were taken, such as ending the snow crab season early. What will happen next?

Episode 6: Saving the species from extinction

Oct 17th, 2017 16m 14s

Researchers say the North American right whale is “teetering on the brink of extinction." So what can be done to prevent another deadly year for the right whales and what is being done to understand the more complex problems threatening its exi

Episode 1: What is happening to the endangered North Atlantic right whale?

Oct 17th, 2017 7m 12s

In the summer of 2017, a stunning 15 North Atlantic right whales were found dead in the Gulf of St. Lawrence or along the U.S. east coast. It has been called an “unusual mortality event.” That’s accurate, but it doesn’t reflect the urgency of w

Episode 3: ‘It’s cracked my heart open’: The death of whale rescuer Joe Howlett

Oct 17th, 2017 18m 10s

Fisherman Joe Howlett, the co-founder of the Campobello Whale Rescue team, made it his mission to save entangled whales. In July, he was whisked off to another whale entanglement in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It would turn out to be his last res

Episode 4: The investigators: Searching for answers

Oct 17th, 2017 14m 46s

Whenever a dead North Atlantic right whale washes ashore, scientists are dispatched to the location to immediately begin necropsies. The giant whales are studied from head to tail, as scientists try to understand how they died.

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