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Author: Liny Lamberink, CBC News

* Featured * Business Business (Canada) Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News 

Could glass be answer to Giant Mine toxic legacy? Research is underway to find out

Liny Lamberink, CBC News @linylamberink
Posted: Friday, January 20, 2023 at 11:39
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Arsenic can dissolve but glass cannot, says tech company Turning dust into glass could be the key to a permanent

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* Featured * Canada Countries Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 2 General 

Dissent for N.W.T. carbon pricing plan heard at public meeting

Liny Lamberink, CBC News @linylamberink
Posted: Wednesday, January 18, 2023 at 12:25
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Bill 60 would increase carbon taxes in the territory in accordance with new federal rules There was a lot of

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* Featured * Canada Countries Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 General News RCI 

Warming climate poses challenge to Arctic animals — and those who hunt them

Liny Lamberink, CBC News @linylamberink
Posted: Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at 11:10
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When David Kuptana looked out the window of his home in Ulukhaktok, N.W.T., and across the Beaufort Sea last Friday,

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 1 General Society Society (Canada) 

Nuclear power no solution for the N.W.T., some experts suggest

Liny Lamberink, CBC News @linylamberink
Posted: Tuesday, November 22, 2022 at 11:29
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Small nuclear reactors could generate 24/7 power without emissions, but some say it’s too expensive When it comes to reducing

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* Featured * Business Business (Canada) Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General 

Digging for green minerals a priority for the North, says Canadian minister

Liny Lamberink, CBC News @linylamberink
Posted: Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at 08:59
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N.W.T. MLA says sentiment amounts to call for deregulation of mining Speeding up the regulatory process for critical mineral mines

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Business Business (Canada) 

Community leaders hope to be consulted after Imperial Oil pulls dump application

Liny Lamberink, CBC News @linylamberink
Posted: Monday, October 3, 2022 at 11:12
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When Edwin Erutse found out Imperial Oil had withdrawn a pair of applications for a waste management facility in Norman

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Environment Environment (Canada) News 

N.W.T. forests absorb more carbon than territory emits — most of the time

Liny Lamberink, CBC News @linylamberink
Posted: Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 15:09 — Last Updated: Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 15:11
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Forests in the N.W.T. absorb way more carbon than the entire territory emits — most of the time.  “The forest

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Science Science (Canada) 

Massive balloon examining black hole passes over Nunavut before landing in N.W.T.

Liny Lamberink, CBC News @linylamberink
Posted: Friday, July 22, 2022 at 10:10
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From the ground, it looked like a second moon floating across the sky.  A research balloon that was the size

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) 

‘The water’s coming up’: Nahanni Butte chief says residents should get ready for flooding

Liny Lamberink, CBC News @linylamberink
Posted: Friday, June 10, 2022 at 15:24
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As water levels continue to rise on the South Nahanni and Liard rivers, Nahɂą Dehé Dene Band Chief Steve Vital says

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) News 

Arctic expedition commits to recovering sunken truck near Taloyoak, Nunavut

Liny Lamberink, CBC News @linylamberink
Posted: Wednesday, June 8, 2022 at 13:50
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An Arctic expedition that sunk a truck near Taloyoak, Nunavut, has committed to hauling the vehicle out of the ocean

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* Featured * Canada Countries Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 2 General News 

‘Significant’ amounts of mercury in permafrost threatens Arctic food supply, research says

Liny Lamberink, CBC News @linylamberink
Posted: Monday, June 6, 2022 at 08:55
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Speed at which permafrost is releasing toxic metal is still being studied Scientists have long known human activity like burning

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Government in Canada’s Arctic Nunavut territory shelves infrastructure, housing projects over construction costs

Liny Lamberink, CBC News @linylamberink
Posted: Monday, May 30, 2022 at 08:50
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Current construction costs mean territory can’t make good on housing goals A number of infrastructure and housing projects in Nunavut

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Society Society (Canada) 

Arctic Canadian city asks residents to conserve water as reservoir runs low

Liny Lamberink, CBC News @linylamberink
Posted: Friday, May 20, 2022 at 16:51
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Lake Geraldine has been struggling to provide enough water for years People living in Iqaluit are being reminded to conserve

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Resource extraction in North needs tools to fight climate change, says Canada’s transportation minister

Liny Lamberink, CBC News @linylamberink
Posted: Wednesday, April 20, 2022 at 15:59
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Canada’s transportation minister says all economic sectors — including resource extraction in the North — need their own tools to

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 1 General Society Society (Canada) 

Departments in Canada’s Northwest Territories failing to offer services in Indigenous languages, says commissioner

Liny Lamberink, CBC News @linylamberink
Posted: Monday, February 21, 2022 at 13:06
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Services offered in English and French, but rarely in 9 official Indigenous languages People should have the option to communicate

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