EXPLAINER: What you need to know about Iceland’s EU referendum
Iceland’s referendum on August 29 on whether to open accession talks with the European Union is only the first of
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Inuvik service suspension part of broader crisis in maternal healthcare, top ob-gyn says
By Niles Niemuth Advocate sees role for midwives to play in fixing N.W.T.’s fragile system Labour and delivery services have
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Best road is one that gets built, N.W.T. minister says of new route to connect Nunavut and N.W.T.
By Devon Tredinnick New route balances caribou protection with economic potential, finance minister says While a new proposed route for
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Russia’s doomsday submarine sets sail for the first time
The special-purpose nuclear submarine Khabarovsk, designed to carry the Poseidon nuclear-powered giga-torpedo, is currently undergoing sea trials in the White
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Skagway ferry service suspended for ‘foreseeable future’
By Marissa Meilleur ‘Major structural damage’ to docking facility under assessment with no timeline for reopening yet The Alaska Marine Highway
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German canoeist missing in the Yukon found dead on river
Police say remains found nearly 2 weeks ago match those of Dominic Bandorski Dominic Bandorski, a German adventurer who went
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Arctic sea ice hit twice as hard when storms arrive in clusters: study
Arctic storms that pass quickly, one after the other, cause about twice the reduction in sea ice cover as single
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EU sees Iceland vote as potential boost for enlargement optics
By Lili Bayer and Stine Jacobsen European Union officials are hoping a referendum in Iceland on whether to restart membership
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Kivalliq Summer Games returns after 12 years
Bianca McKeown · CBC News After a 12 year hiatus, the Kivalliq Summer Games returned this past weekend to Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut. The event had athletes
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Norway, church mark 200th anniversary of border treaty with Russia
The Norwegian Armed Forces joined forces with the Church of Norway to mark the 200th anniversary of the border treaty
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Future wildfires likely to impede construction on Mackenzie Valley Highway, expert says
By Devon Tredinnick ‘If you’re dodging wildfires during construction season, it’s going to create a challenge,’ says Ze’ev Gedalof Longer
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Gahcho Kué sees ‘encouraging’ diamond sale despite $120.6M net loss in second quarter
By Sarah St-Pierre Analyst says there are positive signs for diamond pricing on the supply side, though demand still lags
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Former worker recalls year spent at Arctic weather station now set for clean-up
John Paul Tasker · CBC News Doug Munson was fresh out of high school when he went to work at Isachsen station
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Ice-Blog: Fires, drought, heatstroke – will this climate emergency tip the scales to action?
In Europe and other hitherto little affected parts of the world, we are currently experiencing some devastating impacts of climate
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Nunavut’s Family Services pledges changes to keep children in care, in the territory
Sending children and youth in care out of the territory has become a common occurrence in Nunavut, but the territorial
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