COVID-19 blamed as work on Canadian Arctic military port first promised in 2007 sees new delay
The construction of a new military refuelling station in the Arctic is facing yet another delay more than 13 years
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Yukon resident captures ‘first record’ of ghost moth
A longtime resident of Watson Lake, Yukon, has contributed to the world of science — simply by taking a picture. This
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Peat fires, like those raging in Siberia, will become more common in Canada
Listen to the full episode of What on Earth (27:00) Among the most unsettling images of 2020 — next to the
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Campaign underway to name Ottawa park after renowned Canadian Inuk artist
An Ottawa woman is campaigning to have a park in Sandy Hill named after internationally renowned Inuk artist Annie Pootoogook.
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Presumptive case of COVID-19 reported at Diavik mine in Canadian Northwest Territories
There’s a presumptive case of COVID-19 at Diavik Diamond Mine in the Northwest Territories, according to the N.W.T. government. An
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Arctic Canada’s city votes to temporarily stop people from building cabins on its land
Iqaluit city council will temporarily stop the building of all new cabins on municipal land. At a meeting Tuesday, council
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Moose on the Mediterranean? Research sheds new light on where moose once roamed
If you’re trying to survive an ice age — why not decamp to Italy? That’s what moose seem to have done thousands
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Chinese barges headed for Canadian Northwest Territories on cross-continental delivery mission
The COVID-19 pandemic may be delaying deliveries across Canada, but it’s not stopping four new barges from travelling from China
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Canada’s Green Party leadership candidates debate food security and the North’s economy
The nine candidates vying to replace Elizabeth May as the leader of the Green Party held their fourth leadership debate on Monday
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Deutsche Bank won’t finance any new Arctic oil and gas projects
The Frankfurt-based bank adopted its new Fossil Fuels Policy on Monday with strict limitations on future involvement in coal, oil and gas.
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Agnico Eagle pipeline plans in Arctic Canada halted after Indigenous community outcry
A Nunavut regulator has given mining company Agnico Eagle a “significant rebuke” over a controversial pipeline proposal for the Meliadine
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Canada’s Arctic territory opens 2nd isolation hotel in Winnipeg
The Nunavut government opened a second isolation hotel for medical travellers in Winnipeg last week, according to the territory’s premier.
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Northern Canada’s national parks will be a different experience for visitors this year
Going to any national park across the North is going to look different this year amid the pandemic. In the Western
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New online ‘handbook’ puts Canadian Indigenous history at your fingertips in Yukon
When Yukon University instructor Victoria Castillo and some colleagues decided they needed a new resource book for teaching Indigenous history in
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Canada’s Arctic territory releases its school reopening plan
If Nunavut continues to have no cases of COVID-19, schools are set to open with no physical distancing requirements this upcoming school
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