Canada boasts around 16,000 polar bears, approximately 60% of the world’s total population. With as many bears as taxpayers, Churchill, Manitoba (pop. 900), bills itself as the “polar bear ...

Since WCCO first visited Churchill in 1993, the polar bear population here has been cut in half, according to estimates shared by Polar Bears International.

A Churchill, Manitoba-area polar bear resting and waiting for the ice to freeze. Dorothy and Lowell Wenzel recently took a trip to Churchill to see the polar bears and other natural features just ...

This Canada town is a bucket list trip for visitors from around the world Churchill, Manitoba is known as the polar bear capital of the world.

Climate change has brought the Arctic predators into closer contact with humans – tourists and residents – in the town of Churchill, Canada.

Churchill’s Northern Lights Because of the far north and isolated location of Churchill, Manitoba, it has become known as a great spot to see the northern lights, also known as aurora borealis.

Polar bears flock to the tundra surrounding Churchill in Canada’s northern Manitoba as they wait for Hudson Bay to freeze over. Charlotte Brunning ...

CHURCHILL, Manitoba (AP) -- Sgt. Ian Van Nest rolls slowly through the streets of Churchill, his truck outfitted with a rifle and a barred back seat to hold anyone he has to arrest. His eyes dart ...

There are about 600 polar bears in this Western Hudson Bay population, about half what it was 40 years ago, but that's still close to one bear for every resident of Churchill.

"If you want to lock eyes with a bear, you've got to make your way to Churchill," said John Gunter, CEO of Frontiers North, a tourism company.