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Small plane makes unexpected landing on Alaska Highway in the Yukon

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 11:33 — Last Updated: Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 11:43
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Yukon’s highway rest stops see plenty of cars, trucks and RVs, but airplanes? Not so much. That’s why Adam Skrutkowski was

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

Severe wildfires will have long-lasting impact on N.W.T.’s boreal forest

CBC News
Posted: Monday, September 25, 2023 at 09:23
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By Taylor Holmes · CBC News  More than 4 million hectares of forest have burned in the N.W.T. during the 2023 wildfire

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New research reveals vulnerability of Arctic water networks to global warming

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 at 15:39
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An international team, including experts from Canadian universities, has published new research shedding light on the vulnerability of Arctic water

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Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 

North on pace for hottest summer ever recorded; strong, gusting winds expected in southern N.W.T.

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, August 31, 2023 at 13:45
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Several places in the North are on track to break records for the hottest summer ever recorded. Experts expected extreme

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Environment Environment (Canada) 

Yellowknife re-entry paused as winds expected to ‘accelerate’ fires near highway

Liny Lamberink, CBC News @linylamberink
Posted: Thursday, August 31, 2023 at 09:06
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The re-entry of most essential workers into Yellowknife is being put on hold because high winds are expected to “accelerate”

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Environment Environment (Canada) 

Smoky weather and favourable winds limit wildfire activity near Hay River

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, August 30, 2023 at 11:20
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The wildfire threatening Hay River and Kátł’odeeche First Nation hasn’t moved any closer to the communities thanks to smokey weather,

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Environment Environment (Canada) 

Heavy precipitation, glacier runoff forces trail closure in Nunavut’s Auyuittuq Park

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, August 30, 2023 at 09:24
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Parks Canada has closed a popular hiking route in Nunavut’s Auyuittuq National Park amid concerns over heavy precipitation, glacier runoff,

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N.W.T. fires have released 97 megatonnes of carbon, says European agency

Liny Lamberink, CBC News @linylamberink
Posted: Monday, August 28, 2023 at 13:48
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Territory on track to beat 2014 record for how much land has burned Wildfires in the N.W.T have emitted 97

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

Climate change puts Arctic cod stocks under threat

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, August 18, 2023 at 15:50
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Rising temperatures are an increasing threat to Arctic cod and could have a major impact on the distribution of the

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

Yellowknife begins evacuation as wildfires approach

Sara Minogue, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, August 17, 2023 at 09:31
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Low on data or power? Read a low-bandwidth version of this story here. For more stories, see our CBC North news website. Minister

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Northwest Territories evacuees relive their journeys out of wildfire danger

The Canadian Press
Posted: Wednesday, August 16, 2023 at 15:40
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‘Being evacuated two times in 24 hours is nothing like I have ever experienced’ After two evacuations and hundreds of

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

Wildfire threat to Yellowknife deemed serious as parts of city on evacuation alert

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, August 16, 2023 at 09:13
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By Luke Carroll, Liny Lamberink · CBC News Evacuation alert issued for Kam Lake, Grace Lake and the Engle Business District in Yellowknife

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Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 

Enterprise, N.W.T., ’90 per cent gone’ after wildfire ravages community

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 15, 2023 at 14:45 — Last Updated: Tuesday, August 15, 2023 at 14:50
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What you need to know about the N.W.T. wildfires: Evacuation orders issued for communities of Hay River, Kátł’odeeche First Nation,

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Environment Environment (Canada) 

Local state of emergency declared for Yellowknife

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 15, 2023 at 09:43
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The City of Yellowknife has declared a local state of emergency due to a wildfire burning between Behchokǫ and Yellowknife.

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Environment Environment (Canada) 

Wildfire breach of control lines east of Yellowknife now ‘significant’

CBC News
Posted: Monday, August 14, 2023 at 16:03
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Fire officials in the N.W.T. are expecting “serious challenges” Monday battling the wildfires near Yellowknife, with strong winds expected to

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