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The bacteria shown in this electron microscope image can reproduce while living at –15 C in an environment that is many times saltier than seawater. (McGill University)
The bacteria shown in this electron microscope image can reproduce while living at –15 C in an environment that is many times saltier than seawater. (McGill University)

A look at some of the stories that made headlines across the North this week>

Canada

Canadian researchers discover bacteria breeding at -15c.

Finland

Waste water from a troubled east Finland mine turns a river orange.

Iceland

Iceland’s new prime minister is named and then halts talks about joining the European Union.

Sweden

Worries mount about the future of one of Sweden’s Arctic mines.

USA

An Alaska judge sentences a group of Yupik hunters for illegal fishing in a controversial trial that pitted wildlife conservation against traditional Yupik culture.

Russia

Ice melt forces the evacuation of a Russian research station.

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Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic

Eilís Quinn is an award-winning journalist and manages Radio Canada International’s Eye on the Arctic news cooperation project. Eilís has reported from the Arctic regions of all eight circumpolar countries and has produced numerous documentary and multimedia series about climate change and the issues facing Indigenous peoples in the North.

Her investigative report "Death in the Arctic: A community grieves, a father fights for change," about the murder of Robert Adams, a 19-year-old Inuk man from Arctic Quebec, received the silver medal for “Best Investigative Article or Series” at the 2019 Canadian Online Publishing Awards. The project also received an honourable mention for excellence in reporting on trauma at the 2019 Dart Awards in New York City.

Her report “The Arctic Railway: Building a future or destroying a culture?” on the impact a multi-billion euro infrastructure project would have on Indigenous communities in Arctic Europe was a finalist at the 2019 Canadian Association of Journalists award in the online investigative category.

Her multimedia project on the health challenges in the Canadian Arctic, "Bridging the Divide," was a finalist at the 2012 Webby Awards.

Her work on climate change in the Arctic has also been featured on the TV science program Découverte, as well as Le Téléjournal, the French-Language CBC’s flagship news cast.

Eilís has worked for media organizations in Canada and the United States and as a TV host for the Discovery/BBC Worldwide series "Best in China."

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