Arctic Canada: Yukon government back in black with $4M surplus budget
The Yukon government is expecting to be back in the black this year, with its first projected surplus budget in
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Northwestern Canadian territory sending 4 people to Australia to aid with devastating wildfires
Four people from the Northwest Territories are being deployed to Australia this week to help out efforts to contain its
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Growing numbers in need of emergency shelter days after highrise fire in Northern Canada
The mayor of Hay River, Northwest Territories, says the number of people looking for emergency shelter after being displaced by
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Canadian Arctic: two arrests in connection with grocery store fire in Iqaluit, Nunavut
Two youths have been arrested with arson charges pending in connection with a fire that destroyed the warehouse of Iqaluit,
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Ottawa business races to fill orders after grocery store fire in Iqaluit, Arctic Canada
An Ottawa company that ships goods to Nunavut, in Canada’s east-Arctic, says orders have come pouring in as word of
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Canadian east-Arctic: Iqaluit store fire forces residents from their homes
An early-morning fire at the Northmart store in Iqaluit has forced the evacuation of nearby homes as crews work to
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Heatwave sparks fears of wildfires in large parts of Sweden
It’s only mid-May but the mini heatwave has left large areas of Sweden bone-dry, leading to firefighters issuing a ban on public fires
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Alaska’s firefighters are ready for wildfire season
It’s the start of wildland fire season in Alaska, and to make sure they’re ready for it, firefighters have been
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Swedish eco-park rises from the flames
The devastating forest fire of 2014 burnt 13,000 hectares of forest to the ground, people were evacuated and houses destroyed – and
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Will Alaska’s weird winter be followed by equally strange summer?
After an odd Alaska winter of record-warm temperatures and pouring rain instead of snow, will summer be weird as well? While scientists
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Swedish Biologists: “Turn forest fire area into nature reserve”
After Sweden’s worst forest fire in modern times, a group of Sweden’s leading biologists and ecologists say something positive could
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