Cyanide detected in creek after Victoria Gold’s heap leach failure at Eagle gold mine
By Emma Tranter · CBC News Half the spill — 2 million tonnes — left containment, officials say The Yukon government says
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Diavik’s solar plant is running, hope it can be ‘deployed elsewhere’ when mine closes
Solar panels expected to provide a quarter of the electricity needed for the mine’s closure Rio Tinto says its 3.5-megawatt
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Heavy fuel oil ban comes into effect in the Arctic, with a big exemption
By Samuel Wat · CBC News Ships from several ship operators in the region will be exempt for another 5 years Opponents
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Yukon River Quest paddling race cut short because of wildfires
Organizers of the Yukon River Quest are cutting this year’s race short because of wildfires in the central territory. The
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Damage at Yukon’s Eagle mine site could be ‘worst-case scenario,’ says local mayor
The mayor of Mayo, Yukon, says a heap leach failure and slide reported Monday at the Eagle gold mine will
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Federal gov’t, Saskatchewan swipe sale of N.W.T. rare earth metals from Chinese buyer
By Rose Danen Vital Metals announced Monday that it’s selling its stockpiled rare earth material to the Saskatchewan Research Council
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Norwegian tall ship to travel to Northwest Passage on 2025 expedition
The Norwegian Tall Ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl will visit the Arctic during its 2025 expedition to raise awareness and encourage cooperation
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Report predicts Hudson Bay polar bears could disappear in a few decades
N.W.T. hunter says local bear population doing well, but has noticed reasons for worry Two subpopulations of polar bear in
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Experts weigh the pros and cons of renewable diesel in the North
Total carbon footprint of renewable diesel ‘a bit unclear,’ says one researcher A Saskatchewan researcher who specializes in fossil fuels
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1 dead, 1 missing after snowmobile goes through the ice near Kangiqsujuaq, Nunavik
Searchers still looking for 1 man after woman’s body was recovered One person has been found dead, and another is missing
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Spring temperatures break records in Russia and Norway
By Elizaveta Vereykina, The Independent Barents Observer The spring of 2024 in the Russian North has been registered as the
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Warming springtime waters will mean more salmon in the Arctic, research shows
‘In the last 20 years or so, they’re catching more and more salmon in more places’ Pacific salmon are taking advantage
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Unusually high May temperatures in Finland
Finland posted unusually warm temperatures in May, despite a colder-than-typical middle of the month. “The month was about 1.8 degrees
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Wildfire warnings still in effect as far north as western Lapland
Finland’s long warm spell is coming to an end, says Yle meteorologist Matti Huutonen. Thursday could be the first day in
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Permafrost thaw impacts are wide, but not climate tipping point: study
An international research team has found that while permafrost is melting in sync with global warming, it is not contributing
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