WILDLIFE
Eavesdropping on orcas
Studies of killer whales in conversation reveal that vocal and social traditions are transmitted across generations
By Bruce Obee
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In Depth: Eavesdropping on orcas

BOTANY
An itch to remember
An amateur arborist learns the hard way about the perils of poison ivy
By Dane Lanken
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THROUGH THE LENS
People of the Blood
A decade-long photographic journey into Canada's largest Indian reserve
Photography and text by George Webber
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REGIONAL PORTRAIT
A river reborn
On Quebec's long-mistreated Saint-Maurice River, mills and factories are yielding to anglers and paddlers
By Benoit Aubin with photography by Pierre St. Jacques
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The inside story
News from The Royal Canadian Geographical Society

Editor's notebook
Killer conversations, liberating a river

Contributors
Meet our writers and photographers

Reverberations
Energy surge, Tearing up the tar sands, Education, not caribou

Discovery
Valley of the dammed, Low-carb solutions, Ocean mixers, To serve and protect, The air up there, Wave of the future, Gender mapping, Reinventing polyester, Maps matter

À la carte
Meeting our celestial neighbours

Reviews
A firefighter's tale, B.C. between the covers

Re:sources
An information guide to stories in this issue

On the horizon
Backcountry adventure on the North Boundary Trail

Mosaic
Buddhist sanctuary
By Peter Bennett

Sense of place
Fire spotting
By Pearl Luke