Yukon judge fines Keno Hill mine company $100K over environmental risks
Lawyers representing Alexco Keno Hill Mining Corp. entered guilty pleas A Yukon judge has slapped a mining conglomerate with a $100,000
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Parliament passes Faroe Islands’ Arctic policy
The parliament in the Faroe Islands passed the archipelago’s Arctic policy on Monday, a framework heavily focused on security, international
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Yukon environmental assessor warns of delays over record number of assessments
By Gabrielle Plonka · CBC News Operators concerned about impact of delays on approvals The Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board (YESAB)
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Environmental DNA offers scientists a look at salmon’s past and future
By Meredith Redick, KCAW – Sitka Scientists have many ways to track fish populations – but they usually require seeing
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Arctic Council resumes working group meetings, held virtually
The Arctic Council is inching back to towards its regular sustainability work, with the resumption of virtual working group meetings.
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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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Arctic Council report analyzes flag states and legal obligations in Arctic shipping
A recent report examining the flag states of ships travelling in the Arctic shows Russia, Norway and Denmark were the
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Blog: COP28 was bad news for the world’s ice & those whose future depends on it
I went to Dubai for the UN Climate Conference COP28 with mixed feelings. On the one hand, the controversy over
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Study looks back centuries to peer into the future for polar bears
New research suggests that ancient polar bear populations shrank as sea ice dwindled, adding weight to concerns about the predator’s
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Arctic Permafrost Atlas offers insights into the North’s changing landscape
A new atlas exploring everything about permafrost has been published this month, something those behind the project hope will give
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Eagle mine evacuated as out-of-control wildfire near Keno City, Yukon, grows
An out of control wildfire continued to grow northwest of Keno City in the Yukon this weekend, forcing an evacuation of
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As Nunavik’s permafrost thaws, locals and researchers focus on adaptation
Camping in the rainy and foggy community of Salluit last weekend, Michael Cameron saw yet another mudslide. A lifelong resident
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Evacuation alert issued for Yukon’s Dublin Gulch area, including the Eagle gold mine
An evacuation alert has been issued for the Dublin Gulch area, northwest of Keno City, Yukon, due to the risk
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Fire danger rising in southern N.W.T., with no relief in sight
The risk of wildfires remains high in the southern part of the N.W.T., and the forecast is calling for more
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Mysterious spiral of light spotted in North caused by SpaceX rocket, physicist says
‘He was like, ‘You need to look at this, because I feel like I might be hallucinating.” A mysterious swirl
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