A Canadian NGO is calling on the federal government to cancel its $36-million purchase of an Israeli-made civilian maritime surveillance drone over concerns about the manufacturer’s human rights record. Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) has… »
Highlights / Arctic
Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, Politics
Arctic mine expansion protests spread throughout Nunavut
Protests by Indigenous activists in Canada’s Arctic territory of Nunavut against plans to expand production at the Mary River Mine have disrupted operations at one of the world’s richest and northernmost iron ore deposits, according to the company operating the… »
Canadian fighter jets practice air-to-air refueling in the High Arctic
A pair of Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) CF-18 Hornet fighter jets practiced air-to-air refueling over the northeastern Canadian Arctic as part of their fighter training this week, Canadian Armed Forces said in a press release on Thursday. The training… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
The Arctic’s ‘last ice area’ disappearing faster than thought
A region of the high Arctic, especially the region just off the north coasts of Greenland and Canada’s Ellesmere Island, has been dubbed ‘the last ice area’. This is because scientists have determined that, as ice cover is slowly melted… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International
Study shows bits of your clothes are polluting Arctic oceans
They’re called ‘microplastics’ and they’ve invaded almost every aquatic environment on Earth. They are tiny bits of plastic 5 mm or less in size down to the microscopic level which come from deliberately made to be tiny such as microbeads… »
International, Internet, Science & Technology
Canada to get a drone to patrol Arctic
After years of discussion, Canada has announced the purchase of a drone to help patrol its vast Arctic. The announcement late last month was made by the federal Minister of Public Services and Procurement Anita Anand and Transport Minister Marc… »
Canada rejects Chinese bid for Arctic gold mine over national security concerns
The sale of a gold mine in Canada’s Arctic to a Chinese firm has been blocked by the federal government. The $230 million deal was to sell all TMAC Resources shares and its Hope Bay gold mining project to Shandong… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Amazing discovery: new information about preserved ice age wolf cub
It was an unbelievable find. In July 2016 a gold miner near Dawson City, Yukon, found what he thought was dead puppy. It turned out to be an ice age wolf cub almost perfectly preserved. Scientists believe the cub was… »
Rude? Racist? No mail as fed up postal workers quit
It seems the COVID situation has been stressing out many people and for a variety of reasons. There have been incidents of rudeness, even physical attacks related to wearing of masks for example. Another incident involved a nasty confrontation after… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Arctic changes: less ice, warmer, and brighter too
Scientific studies and data have shown the Arctic region is warming at a faster rate than most of the rest of the world. They also indicate ice extent has been declining. A new analysis in The Conversation shows it’s also… »
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