Equipment failure causes heating system leak in Rankin Inlet, Northern Canada
An equipment failure in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, in Northern Canada, has resulted in the leak of tens of thousands of
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Environment
Northern Canada store’s “greener” poppy option limited by legion trademark rules
The Royal Canadian Legion distributes more than 19 million poppies a year, which in turn raises millions of dollars in
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Northern Canadians want caribou calving grounds protected, WWF says
Populations of barren-ground caribou in Canada’s Arctic are plummeting to the point they may never recover, says Brandon Laforest of
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Canada’s Arctic, boreal birds will be big climate change losers
Two-thirds of North America’s birds, or hundreds of species, will be squeezed by shrinking habitats if climate change continues at
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MLAs in Yukon, northwestern Canada unanimous in declaring climate emergency
Yukon MLAs voted unanimously on Thursday in favour of a motion to declare a climate emergency in the territory. “There
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Climate change doc from Arctic Canadian teens to be shown at UN conference
A group of seven teenagers from Tuktoyaktuk, northwestern Canada, has been invited to show a documentary they made on climate
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Heavy snowfall in northwestern Canada left thousands without power
About 5,500 residents in southern Yukon, northwestern Canada, lost power after a heavy snowfall Saturday night that caused trees to
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Taxing carbon in Canada’s diesel-dependent North
People living off-grid in the Northwest Territories witness climate change every day, but in remote communities where power and heat
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Fire season in Yukon, northwestern Canada was ‘complex and challenging’
Damien Burns, the director of Yukon Wildland Fire Management, says firefighters in Yukon had quite a summer this year —
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‘History-maker’ wildfire in northwestern Canada could flare up again, politician worries
Don Hutton, a retired wildland firefighter, says he’s never seen anything like the “history-maker” fire that raged near Mayo and
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Rare geological formation near Yellowknife, Northern Canada almost gone
What’s 11,000 years old and likely almost all used up? The sandpits by the Yellowknife airport, in Northern Canada. For
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Water reservoir in Iqaluit, Northern Canada almost full as winter nears
Finally some good news for Iqaluit residents regarding their water supply. An emergency project to pump water from Unnamed Lake
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Inuit group and NGOs renew calls for Arctic heavy fuel oil ban
An Inuit organization and a coalition of environmental NGOs renewed Wednesday their call for urgent action to ban ships sailing
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What an ice-free Arctic really means, and why it matters so much
At Earth’s poles, ice and snow is disappearing — and it’s transforming our planet. Snow and ice have long played
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Whitehorse, northwestern Canada declares climate change emergency
Whitehorse city council voted on Monday to declare a climate change emergency, but shied away from promising a “carbon budget”
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