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N.W.T., Yellowknife upping protection as city is surrounded by wildfires

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 8, 2023 at 14:55
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‘I just really want to stress that these are precautionary measures,’ says city manager While winds blowing northwest have slowed

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Nunavik health board issues smoke alert for two communities

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, August 8, 2023 at 13:57 — Last Updated: Tuesday, August 8, 2023 at 14:22
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The health board in Nunavik, the Inuit region of northern Quebec, issued a smoke alert for two communities on Tuesday

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Yellowknife’s emergency plans lacks details, needs testing, says expert

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, August 3, 2023 at 08:53
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‘If the plan can be written and put aside, it’s not going to cut it,’ says York University professor A

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Hot and dry July saw temperature records topple in the Yukon

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, August 2, 2023 at 12:53
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Carmacks among several communities that smashed single-day temperature records, hitting 35.5 C on July 7 You weren’t imagining it —

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Yukon’s wildfire season ‘escalated dramatically’ over last week, with 80 new starts

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 08:52
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Territory requesting firefighting help from elsewhere, but officials say resources stretched thin everywhere The Yukon’s wildfire season has taken a

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Eagle mine evacuated as out-of-control wildfire near Keno City, Yukon, grows

CBC News
Posted: Monday, July 31, 2023 at 07:31
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An out of control wildfire continued to grow northwest of Keno City in the Yukon this weekend, forcing an evacuation of

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As Nunavik’s permafrost thaws, locals and researchers focus on adaptation

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, July 26, 2023 at 15:00
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Camping in the rainy and foggy community of Salluit last weekend, Michael Cameron saw yet another mudslide. A lifelong resident

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Evacuation alert issued for Yukon’s Dublin Gulch area near Keno City

CBC News
Posted: Monday, July 24, 2023 at 15:57
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Lightning over weekend also sparked several new fires in wilderness zones in central, northern regions An evacuation alert has been

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Yukon University student says unwelcome weeds could support mine remediation

CBC News
Posted: Monday, July 24, 2023 at 14:58
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By Lilian Fridfinnson · CBC News Research student says invasive species found at mine sites could be used to filter mine-impacted water

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Above-average sockeye salmon run expected in Yukon’s Alsek River

CBC News
Posted: Monday, July 24, 2023 at 09:16
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By Ethan Lang · CBC News Numbers have been low for most of last two decades, but about 30,000 are expected to

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Wildfire expected to affect visibility on the N.W.T.’s Highway 3

CBC News
Posted: Friday, July 14, 2023 at 15:24 — Last Updated: Friday, July 14, 2023 at 15:58
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There are 84 active fires in territory on Friday, including 3 new ones in past 24 hours Drivers between Yellowknife

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Waterfalls now ‘trickling’: Low water brings changes to Hay River, N.W.T.

CBC News
Posted: Friday, July 14, 2023 at 10:47
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‘You can see people walking across the river that’s only a few feet deep in some areas’ Water levels have

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IMO greenhouse gas emission strategy needs teeth, says int’l Inuit org

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, July 13, 2023 at 15:54
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The International Maritime Organization adoption of a revised, greenhouse gas emission (GHG) reduction strategy is a step in the right

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VR project brings the realities of Arctic climate change in Canada to viewers

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, July 12, 2023 at 16:44
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The team behind a prize-winning virtual reality project, which exposes viewers to the realities of Arctic climate change, says the

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Solar power to help Yukon’s remote grader stations go green

Chris MacIntyre, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, July 12, 2023 at 09:25
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Solar arrays expected to reduce hundreds of tonnes of emissions The Yukon government is starting to use solar power at

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