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Sambaa K’e burn could fit Yellowknife 24 times, part of ‘alarming’ wildfire season

Liny Lamberink, CBC News @linylamberink
Posted: Friday, June 9, 2023 at 10:17
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With months still to go in this fire season, N.W.T. well on way to hitting 10-year average for area burned

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Arctic could be ice-free as early as 2030s says study

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 15:54 — Last Updated: Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 16:11
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New modeling suggests that even under a low emissions scenario, the Arctic could experience ice-free Septembers as early as the

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Record-breaking heat in N.W.T., Nunavut, has “scary” implications for land users

Liny Lamberink, CBC News @linylamberink
Posted: Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 08:57
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Délı̨nę, N.W.T. hunters cautioned from hunting on Great Bear Lake in May There are two words being used to describe

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Evacuation order issued for wildfire-threatened Sambaa K’e, N.W.T.

Liny Lamberink, CBC News @linylamberink
Posted: Wednesday, May 31, 2023 at 15:42
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The wildfire had consumed nearly 50,000 hectares of land in the N.W.T. An evacuation order has been issued in Sambaa

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Kátł’odeeche, N.W.T. wildfire didn’t grow at all over the weekend

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, May 30, 2023 at 08:57
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Firefighters working to make reserve safe for residents to return, says N.W.T. Fire Fire officials in the N.W.T. say the

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Oldest town in Yukon almost wiped out by ice jams and flooding

Chris MacIntyre, CBC News
Posted: Friday, May 19, 2023 at 09:21
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‘It’s a real traumatic setback,’ says Roberta Joseph, chief of the Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin First Nation The historic town site of

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Proposed N.W.T. Forest Act acknowledges Indigenous rights to harvest wood

Liny Lamberink, CBC News @linylamberink
Posted: Tuesday, May 16, 2023 at 12:41
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Some public hearings scheduled this week cancelled because of South Slave wildfire Public hearings about the N.W.T.’s proposed Forest Act

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Fire danger rising in southern N.W.T., with no relief in sight

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 11:30
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The risk of wildfires remains high in the southern part of the N.W.T., and the forecast is calling for more

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Flood warning issued for Klondike River near Dawson City, Yukon

CBC News
Posted: Monday, May 8, 2023 at 15:54
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High water levels expected to last into Tuesday evening The Yukon government has issued a flood warning for the Klondike

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Record-breaking temperatures hit southern N.W.T.

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, May 4, 2023 at 10:47
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Temperatures in the southwest of territory are between eight and 20 degrees above normal As the last of the risk

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Flood risk drops near Dawson City, Yukon

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 16:14
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But water levels on Yukon and Klondike rivers still expected to be higher than usual The risk of flooding around

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Sachs Harbour, N.W.T., resident renews call for sport hunting overabundant snow geese

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 10:19
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Vernon Amos says the geese will ‘eat themselves out of house and home’ In the coming weeks, Vernon Amos says

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Qanittaq Clean Arctic Shipping Initiative gets $91.6 million from Ottawa

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, May 2, 2023 at 15:25
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A project focused on reducing the environmental impacts of maritime transport will launch with $91.6 million from the federal government

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Get ready for flooding just in case, Hay River tells its residents

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at 15:49
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Warm weather expected into the weekend The Town of Hay River is reminding residents to get ready for a flood

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Arctic ice algae highly polluted with microplastics, poses food chain threat: study

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at 15:13
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Arctic ice algae has been found to contain ten times more microplastics than surrounding sea water, something that could impact

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