Northern Affairs minister approves Baffinland’s temporary production increase — with conditions
Baffinland Iron Mines Corp. can officially increase its production until the end of this year at the Mary River Mine in Nunavut’s
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Author: Amy Tucker, CBC
‘A shared understanding’: Northerners take in Pope’s apology while looking to next steps
For Natan Obed, the apology by Pope Francis on Monday to Indigenous people in Canada for the role the Catholic Church
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Part of Dempster highway closed due to blizzard, June snow showers hit the North
Fort McPherson, N.W.T., got a cool surprise Wednesday morning. Resident Mary Teya said just the other day the hamlet was
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N.W.T. gov’t agreed to sell its tungsten mining project — and could make $15M from it
The Northwest Territories government has agreed to sell Mactung to Fireweed Zinc Ltd, a private company, and it could make $15 million
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Gov. in Canada’s Northwest Territories not doing enough to treat, prevent addictions, says federal auditor
‘This audit demonstrates a need for improvement’ in N.W.T.’s addictions prevention and recovery services The Northwest Territories government is not doing
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Cambridge Bay’s 1st transition home for women set to open soon in Eastern Canadian Arctic
The Kitikmeot Friendship Society announced its latest pilot project — a transitional home for women in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. It’s
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October saw ‘extraordinary, record-setting heat’ in parts of Arctic Canada
Our planet is changing. So is our journalism. This story is part of a CBC News initiative entitled Our Changing Planet to show and explain the effects of
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Greenland losing ice faster this century than any previous one in last 12,000 years, says study
Researchers say findings reaffirm need for humans to curb greenhouse gas emissions Humans have to slow down greenhouse gas emissions
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Rise in sea level from ice melt in Greenland and Antarctica match worst-case scenario: study
About a year ago, water and climate expert Bob Sandford flew over Greenland at a moment he says was historic, both
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Fresh water is pouring into the Arctic Ocean. Climate change is to blame, new study says
The Arctic Ocean is not as salty as it used to be — and now researchers say climate change is
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A group of international researchers has mapped more of the Arctic Ocean floor than ever before
The Arctic Ocean floor just got a little less mysterious. A team of international researchers has compiled the most detailed
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