Naujaat hunters want to halt the Baffinland’s railway and port project
Arviq HTO, Naujaat’s hunters and trapper’s organization, wants the federal government to halt the Steensby railway project so it can
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Environment (Canada)
N.W.T. gov’t hopes for ‘rebound’ in spring water levels this year on Mackenzie River
By Yumna Iftikhar Heavy winter snowpack to the south could help bring the Mackenzie River closer to normal this summer
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This northern Yukon island shows how thawing permafrost is transforming the Arctic
By Tori Fitzpatrick Thawing permafrost on a small island off the Yukon’s north coast is shedding light on how climate
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Study finds hidden lake network beneath Arctic glaciers as climate change accelerates
By Inayat Singh The discovery could reshape how scientists understand glacier loss in Canada’s Arctic Researchers have identified 37 subglacial lakes beneath
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Q & A | N.W.T. adding 5th rating to fire danger level ahead of wildfire season
‘There’s a move across all agencies in the country for us to be consistent,’ says wildfire official The Northwest Territories
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Commission issues recommended land use plan for Yukon’s vast Dawson region
Final plan will determine how roughly 10 per cent of Yukon’s land mass should be managed in future A proposed
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Yukon First Nation declares caribou herd to be ‘living ecological person’
By Chloé Dioré de Périgny, Francis Tessier-Burns The Ross River Dena Council says the decision is meant to protect caribou
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Energy upgrades top Yukon government’s $1B wish list for Ottawa
Money for urgent remediation and increased power generation top the Yukon government’s more than $1-billion ask for federal funds as
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N.W.T. water needs greater protection as Alberta merges major river basins, says MLA
An N.W.T. MLA says the territory needs to fiercely protect treaty rights and territorial waters, amid Alberta’s merger of two
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N.W.T. winter one of the coldest recorded this century, climatologist says
Freezing temperatures in the N.W.T. this winter have made it one of the coldest winters recorded this century and a
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Some Yukoners say this winter has been unusually cold and snowy
Whitehorse experienced its wettest winter on record this season with more than two-and-a-half times as much precipitation as the seasonal
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Indigenous governments in N.W.T. get $21M in first round of conservation funding
By Saloni Bhugra Money part of larger $375M federal and private fund to be distributed over 10 years Indigenous governments
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Traditional knowledge can help limit exposure to contaminants, researcher says
Traditional knowledge and harvesting practices may help limit the buildup of contaminants such as mercury in people who live in
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New maps shine light on decline of Bathurst Caribou in the N.W.T.
By Tamara Merritt Two newly published maps show the Bathurst caribou’s changing migration patterns as their population rapidly decreases. One
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Whitehorse not at imminent risk of blackouts, says ATCO Electric Yukon
By Gabrielle Plonka The Yukon’s energy provider says Whitehorse is not at imminent risk of blackouts, but with very cold
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