N.W.T., Yellowknife upping protection as city is surrounded by wildfires
‘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
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
‘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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
‘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
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
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
Solar arrays expected to reduce hundreds of tonnes of emissions The Yukon government is starting to use solar power at
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