N.W.T. facing another summer of drought and another bad wildfire season
By Tessa Vikander · CBC News Little rain predicted for spring and summer N.W.T. fire officials are predicting a hot, dry summer
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Environment (Canada)
Fishing moratorium on Yukon River chinook may be ‘too little, too late,’ panel hears
A new international agreement on chinook salmon stoked at times emotional debate at the Yukon River Panel meeting in Anchorage,
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Yukon officials concerned about possible spring flooding in Old Crow and Klondike Valley
Yukon government officials say the upcoming wildfire season is too far out to forecast, but potential flooding in Old Crow
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Board approves emergency plan to prevent tailings spill at Yukon’s Mount Nansen mine site
The Yukon Water Board has approved a plan that’s meant to reduce the risk of a catastrophic tailings spill this
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Canada, Alaska suspend fishing of Yukon River chinook salmon for 7 years
In a bid to help the recovery of the Yukon River chinook salmon run, the federal government and the State
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Thaidene Nëné draft plan outlines how N.W.T. park will be managed
Board seeking public input on plan which includes restrictions on some sites considered sacred The board representing the Thaidene Nëné Indigenous
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As grizzlies and hybrid bears push north, N.W.T. harvesters look to protect caribou
Hunters and researchers say they’re seeing more and more grizzly bears and hybrid bears push north into Victoria Island and
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Meteors, UFOs, space junk? Dawson City residents puzzled by sky sightings
Some residents in Dawson City, Yukon, say they’ve been seeing unusual things in the night sky lately — and it’s
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‘Substantial gaps’ in research on Whitehorse dam impacts on fish, DFO says
There are “substantial gaps” in research into how the Whitehorse dam is affecting not just salmon but also other fish
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Yukon’s $45M commitment to Skagway ore dock ‘shrouded in mystery,’ says opposition
The Yukon’s opposition parties are questioning why the government quietly shuffled nearly $45 million for a new ore dock in
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Federal government gets permit to remediate uranium exploration site near Łutselk’e
The federal government has received a land-use permit to begin remediating a once-abandoned uranium exploration site near Łutselk’e, N.W.T., in
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A southeast Alaska community wrestles with a deadly landslide’s impact
Jamie Roberts and her husband felt lucky when they found an A-frame cabin on forest-draped Wrangell Island in southeast Alaska,
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‘Totally unacceptable’: Tuktoyaktuk mayor, road contractors decry state of highway
The mayor of Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T., said the only road to and from his community is unsafe and is calling for
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Warm weather in Alaska highlights risk climate change poses to future AWG
As delegates and volunteers return home from this year’s Arctic Winter Games in Alaska, officials and coaches are thinking about
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Yukon NDP backs down from push for free public transit in Whitehorse
The Yukon NDP is backing down from its push for free public transit in Whitehorse. The initiative is a commitment
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