Makivvik launches climate adaptation strategy for Nunavik
The organization that represents Inuit in northern Quebec released a climate adaptation strategy for the region on Wednesday, saying self-determination
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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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Finland to freeze in second half of April
Finland is set for chilly weather for the rest of the week, according to Yle meteorologist Elias Paakkanen. The forecast
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Pre-fab home factory, Indigenous post-secondary: 2024 federal budget highlights for the North
A new production plant for mobile homes in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, is one of several projects that will see new
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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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Expert fears flooded radioactive dump sites could leak to river system that flows into Arctic Ocean
Floodwaters in Tomsk region threatens to submerge the river banks in Seversk where highly radioactive liquid waste from the Soviet
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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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March brought milder-than-usual weather to Lapland
The beginning of March brought milder-than-usual weather to Finland’s northern Lapland region, then gradually cooled as the month wound down,
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Spring temps to continue defrosting Finland
Yle’s weather forecast anticipates that Tuesday’s warm weather will continue on Wednesday in many areas, particularly in the south-east —
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Arctic weather satellite leaving Europe for June launch in U.S.
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Arctic weather satellite is getting ready to leave Europe for its summer launch in the
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As climate changes, Sami herders need to feed reindeer as rain creates ice layer
Driving slowly on his snowmobile, reindeer herder Nils Mathis Sara spreads animal feed for hundreds of his reindeer gathered in
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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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