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* Featured * Canada Countries Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 General 

Yellowknife begins evacuation as wildfires approach

Sara Minogue, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, August 17, 2023 at 09:31
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Low on data or power? Read a low-bandwidth version of this story here. For more stories, see our CBC North news website. Minister

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Northwest Territories evacuees relive their journeys out of wildfire danger

The Canadian Press
Posted: Wednesday, August 16, 2023 at 15:40
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‘Being evacuated two times in 24 hours is nothing like I have ever experienced’ After two evacuations and hundreds of

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Environment Environment (Finland) Featured • Zone 3 Finland General News 

Greatest number of hot days in July measured in Lapland

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, August 16, 2023 at 14:46
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July statistics from the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) revealed that Kevo, Utsjoki in Lapland experienced the highest count of hot

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* Featured * Countries Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 2 General 

Wildfire threat to Yellowknife deemed serious as parts of city on evacuation alert

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, August 16, 2023 at 09:13
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By Luke Carroll, Liny Lamberink · CBC News Evacuation alert issued for Kam Lake, Grace Lake and the Engle Business District in Yellowknife

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Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 

Enterprise, N.W.T., ’90 per cent gone’ after wildfire ravages community

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 15, 2023 at 14:45 — Last Updated: Tuesday, August 15, 2023 at 14:50
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What you need to know about the N.W.T. wildfires: Evacuation orders issued for communities of Hay River, Kátł’odeeche First Nation,

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Environment Environment (Canada) 

Local state of emergency declared for Yellowknife

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 15, 2023 at 09:43
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The City of Yellowknife has declared a local state of emergency due to a wildfire burning between Behchokǫ and Yellowknife.

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Environment Environment (Canada) 

Wildfire breach of control lines east of Yellowknife now ‘significant’

CBC News
Posted: Monday, August 14, 2023 at 16:03
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Fire officials in the N.W.T. are expecting “serious challenges” Monday battling the wildfires near Yellowknife, with strong winds expected to

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Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 

Wildfire burns structures south of Hay River, N.W.T., through Enterprise

CBC News
Posted: Monday, August 14, 2023 at 09:39
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The Town of Hay River says wildfires have burned property and structures in the area of Paradise Gardens south through

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* Featured * Countries Environment Environment (USA) Featured • Zone 3 General News USA 

Indigenous leaders divided over ANWR court ruling

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, August 10, 2023 at 16:00 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 10, 2023 at 16:03
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The  U.S. District Court ruling upholding the Biden administration’s pause on oil and gas activities in an area of Alaska’s

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Cabins near Duncan Lake, N.W.T., at risk with wildfire burning nearby

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, August 10, 2023 at 14:41
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The fire has been burning since June 29 and 1 cabin was lost ‘several weeks ago’ N.W.T. Fire says “numerous”

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Study warns of increasing extreme events in Antarctica

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, August 9, 2023 at 16:02
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The frequency and intensity of extreme events like ice loss and ocean heatwaves in Antarctica are expected to become more

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* Featured * Environment Environment (USA) Featured • Zone 3 General USA 

Bursting ice dam in Alaska highlights risks of glacial flooding around the globe

The Associated Press
Posted: Wednesday, August 9, 2023 at 12:00 — Last Updated: Wednesday, August 9, 2023 at 12:01
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By Becky Bohrer, Mark Thiessen · The Associated Press  Glacial dam burst in Juneau, swelling levels of Mendenhall River to an unprecedented degree

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* Featured * Environment Environment (Norway) Featured • Zone 3 General Norway 

Norway outlines powerful electrification of its North

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, August 9, 2023 at 09:05
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Major investments in renewables, new power lines and emission cuts are to set stage for an industrial revival of the

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* Featured * Canada Countries Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 2 General 

N.W.T., Yellowknife upping protection as city is surrounded by wildfires

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 8, 2023 at 14:55
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‘I just really want to stress that these are precautionary measures,’ says city manager While winds blowing northwest have slowed

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* Featured * Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 General News 

Nunavik health board issues smoke alert for two communities

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, August 8, 2023 at 13:57 — Last Updated: Tuesday, August 8, 2023 at 14:22
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The health board in Nunavik, the Inuit region of northern Quebec, issued a smoke alert for two communities on Tuesday

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Wide shot of the Centennial Flame with the Parliament building behind
The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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