New Yukon Fish and Game Association job aims to deal with problem elk
By Meribeth Deen · CBC News Pilot project aims to resolve long-standing conflict over introduced wild elk in Takhini Valley The Yukon
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Environment
Scientists trace woolly mammoth’s 1,000 km journey using its tusk
By Philip Drost · CBC Radio Tusk shows evidence that humans and mammoths coexisted in Alaska, says researcher With nothing more than
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Yukon Energy puts focus on salmon as it seeks new 25-year licence for Whitehorse dam
It generates a huge amount of power, but the 66-year-old dam has also taken a toll on fish populations Like
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Wolverine populations healthy in North despite ‘threatened’ status in U.S.: officials
By Meribeth Deen · CBC News North American wolverines now officially protected under U.S. Endangered Species Act Wildlife officials and trappers say the
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Opening of Dettah ice road still at least a week out: N.W.T. gov’t
Ice road from Aklavik to Inuvik opened Friday It will likely be at least a week until the Dettah ice
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2023 was warmest year on record “by a huge margin,” says WMO
The datasets have been crunched and indicate 2023 was the warmest year on record “by a huge margin,” the World
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Russia’s Arctic research vessel Severny Polyus drifting towards Franz Josef Land
After 16 months of drift with the currents, Russia’s Arctic research vessel Severny Polyus has course for the waters between
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September standout month for Finland in overall warmer 2023
A record-warm September stood out amongst some of the warmer-than-usual months Finland experienced in 2023, Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI said).
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Smoking snow ‘holdover fires’ still burning in N.W.T., says scientist
By Carla Ulrich · CBC News Territory already prepping for 2024 fire season Holdover fires are still burning across the N.W.T., sending
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After icy record last week – Kvikkjokk is now Sweden’s warmest place
Kvikkjokk was the coldest place in Sweden last Wednesday at with a temperature reaching as low as – 43.6 degrees
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Body of 12 year-old avalanche victim recovered in Finnish Lapland
A 12-year-old boy who was caught in an avalanche at Pallastunturi in northwestern Finnish Lapland on Tuesday was found dead
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Trains cancelled as temperatures hit -44 in northern Sweden
Extreme cold has hit the north of Sweden, with temperatures reaching lower than -40 degrees Celsius in some areas. On
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New year brings in season’s record low temperatures
The whole of Finland continues to usher in the new year in record-breaking chilly fashion, with the winter season’s New
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Finland: New Year’s temperature low hits -33.4C
It has been a freezing start to the new year in Finland, with the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) recording a low temperature
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‘Like being at a loud rock concert’: study looks at how ship noise affects Arctic marine mammals
A research study is painting a fuller picture of how ship noise affects Arctic marine mammals in the eastern Beaufort
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