Mass grey whale strandings may be linked to solar storms
Each year, grey whales travel more than 16,000 kilometres along the Pacific Coast, from Mexico to Alaska and back. But every
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Indigenous leader wants clarity on impacts from mines outside of Canada’s Northwest Territories
The withdrawal of Teck Resources Ltd.’s application to develop a new oilsands project in northeastern Alberta has not silenced concern in
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Archeologists create digital blueprints of historic sites on Canadian Arctic island
The impacts of climate change can be hard to notice on an incremental basis, but when archeologist Peter Dawson stepped off
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ANALYSIS: Finances in Canada’s Northwest Territories leave little wiggle room ahead of budget
Caroline Wawzonek has promised to be creative as numbers paint a grim picture Finance Minister Caroline Wawzonek has a challenge
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Scientists sound alarm on striking transformation of Bering and Chukchi ecosystems as ocean warms
A team of scientists are sounding the alarm on some of the striking changes they’re witnessing in the Bering and
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Iceland, Estonia talk Arctic at Tallinn meeting
The foreign ministers of Iceland and Estonia met on Wednesday to talk everything from Nordic-Baltic relations to Arctic cooperation. “We
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Indigenous leaders in northwestern Canada declare climate emergency
Indigenous leaders sign declaration stating climate change requires immediate action Dana Tizya-Tramm, chief of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, was
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Inuit orgs welcome Canada’s support of heavy fuel oil ban in Arctic waters
Canada’s support of an international ban of heavy fuel oil (HFO) in Arctic waters is an important step to safeguard
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Politician sounds alarm on missed medical flight costs in Canada’s eastern Arctic
In 2018-2019 there were 6,000 medical travellers who missed flights Over a quarter of the territorial health budget is going toward
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Canada comes out in favour of heavy fuel oil ban in Arctic
Canada announced its support of an international heavy fuel oil (HFO) ban in the Arctic on Tuesday, saying it favours
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Police make raids across Montreal as part of investigation into alcohol, drug network selling into Arctic Quebec
More than 80 police officers, from four different police forces in the Canadian province of Quebec, took part in raids
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What Russia’s $300B investment in Arctic oil and gas means for Canada
North could suffer from increased traffic, potential spills Last month, the Russian government pushed through new legislation creating $300 billion
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IMO to tackle possible Arctic heavy fuel oil ban starting Monday
The International Maritime Organization will be tackling the thorny question of a heavy fuel oil ban in the Arctic when
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Another Yukon community lines up for solar power in northwestern Canada
White River First Nation proposing solar farm in Beaver Creek to offset diesel use The community of Beaver Creek, Yukon,
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Prospectors disturbed by surprise staking ban in Yukon, Canada
The Yukon government is defending its decision to ban mineral staking on some First Nations settlement lands — despite prospectors saying
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