Backyard barbecues and bird seed beware: bear season approaches in Canada’s Northwest Territories
Wildlife officer urges people to minimize attractants As Yellowknifers begin emerging from the depths of winter, critters around the north
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Canada releases plan for a 40 per cent cut in carbon emissions by 2030
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault today released the government’s plan to dramatically curb greenhouse gas emissions over the next eight years
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The long road for 2 northern Quebec towns to break a dependence on diesel
Cree and Inuit villages in Quebec latest to work on more sustainable power source It’s a challenge many northern communities
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Feds and Inuit gov in Atlantic Canada sign MOU to explore feasibility of new Indigenous protected area
The governments of Canada and Nunatsiavut signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Wednesday to explore the feasibility of establishing an
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Nunatsiavut government in Atlantic Canada urges vigilance amidst rabies outbreak amongst Arctic foxes
The government in Nunatsiavut, the Inuit region of the Atlantic Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, is urging communities to
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Arctic hare breaks all records by travelling almost 400 km
Arctic hares are known to travel many kilometres daily, but one individual in Canada’s far north has stunned researchers. Dubbed
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Ultra-cyclist rides across entire Arctic to warn of climate change
As the Arctic warms three times faster than the rest of the world, a cyclist is travelling across the entire
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‘On the plus side’: Some communities in Canada’s Northwest Territories enjoy above-freezing weather
The Northwest Territories got a taste of warmer weather on Tuesday, with temperatures climbing above zero for the first time
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Inuit knowledge to play role in IMO guideline review for reducing underwater noise
Inuit knowledge will play a role in the International Maritime Organization review for reducing underwater noise as the U.N. body
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Want to offset diesel consumption by solar power in Canada’s N.W.T.? There’s a cap for that
Diesel power grids in N.W.T. communities could handle more renewable power than currently allowed Communities in the N.W.T. that rely
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2021 one of seven warmest years on record, says U.N. agency
2021 was one of the seven warmest year’s on record, and included a “record-shattering” temperature in Canada, the World Meteorological
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Shipping industry needs to do more to lessen underwater noise in Arctic, say NGOs
As the International Maritime Organization (IMO) sub-committee meeting on ship design (SDC 8) and construction got underway this week, a
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2021 was 6th warmest year on record, NASA and NOAA find. Canada definitely felt the heat
Temperature across the planet was roughly 0.84 C above the 20th-century average The numbers are in: Earth is still running
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Blog: Business as usual for fossil fuels as polar ice melt bodes more climate chaos in 2022
This December brought some stark reminders of the events that made this year one I will not forget – and
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Arctic Report Card 2021: Sea ice changes, rain on Greenland ice sheet among dramatic changes in North
From rain on Greenland’s ice sheet to the browning of the eastern Siberian tundra, climate change is continuing to transform
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