But their study says that could have “severe consequences” for potential prey whales such as belugas, narwhals and bowheads, that lead researcher Colin Garroway called “slow, chubby and delicious.”

Garroway, an evolutionary geneticist at the University of Manitoba, said in an interview that the situation was complex — the Arctic orcas have the potential to upend ecosystems as apex predators, even as they merit conservation concern.

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This year marks the fourth-longest period of days without snow in Winnipeg.

Alex Crawford, an assistant professor at the University of Manitoba environment and geography department, said the dusting of snow early Wednesday means the record of 215 days in a row without the white stuff, which was set in 1998, still stands.

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