Program using AI developed to support military surveillance in the Arctic
Researchers at Dalhousie University in Halifax developed the program. The CBC’s Brett Ruskin tried it out. You can watch CBC’s
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Residents say farewell — for now — to Hay River library and staff
By Jocelyn Shepel For over two years now, Jeff Ashby has been bringing in his record player, on occasion, to
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Report confirms heat records in Europe and Arctic, but war-fuelled energy crisis boosts renewables and embattled climate
As the European State of the Climate Report confirms Europe is the fastest-warming continent and the Arctic the fastest warming
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Black-Inuk woman traces history of Black settlers in the North in pursuit of answers to racial divisions today
By Samuel Wat Jaelyn Jarrett remembers moving from Nain, N.L., to Ontario as an eight-year-old when she started being called
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UQAM updates its website for northern research
The Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) has launched the latest version of its Northern Portal (Portail nordique), a platform
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Arctic oil hub tanker “disappears” from the map
A 346-metre-long tanker that serves as a key hub for Russian Arctic oil exports has effectively “disappeared” from ship tracking
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Prepare for another challenging wildfire season, N.W.T. fire officials say
By Heather Kitching Fire officials in the Northwest Territories are warning people to prepare for another challenging wildfire season due
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Yukon Quest sled dog race returning in 2027, organizers say
The Yukon Quest sled dog race is set to make a comeback next year, organizers say, after the iconic race
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Great Northern Arts Festival organizers looking ahead after funding turned down
A major arts festival in Inuvik has been slowly coming back over the last few years, but organizers of the
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Naujaat hunters want to halt the Baffinland’s railway and port project
Arviq HTO, Naujaat’s hunters and trapper’s organization, wants the federal government to halt the Steensby railway project so it can
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Lapland college launches wilderness guide training in English
Lappia Vocational College is launching the first-ever English-language training course for wilderness and nature guides in Finnish Lapland. The professional
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Nunavik joins Indigenous push for banishment of traffickers
Leaders in Nunavik are exploring the idea of banishment as a way to stop the flow of drugs and alcohol
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Shadow tanker that broke Cuba fuel blockade loads Arctic crude in Murmansk
Ship tracking data shows that the 250-metre-long tanker on 27 April crossed the Norwegian–Russian maritime boundary and proceeded towards Kola
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Nunavut RCMP now investigating August death as homicide
Nunavut RCMP now say they’re treating the death of a man in Iqaluit last August as a homicide. Mosesie ‘Levi’
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N.W.T. gov’t hopes for ‘rebound’ in spring water levels this year on Mackenzie River
By Yumna Iftikhar Heavy winter snowpack to the south could help bring the Mackenzie River closer to normal this summer
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