Last week’s wildfires in Northern Lapland cost taxpayers more than €100k
Fighting the blazes took six days, with rescue workers wrapping up the job on Monday evening. The cost of extinguishing
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7 cabins burned by wildfire near N.W.T. and Alberta border
‘Now I have to start all over again,’ one cabin owner says A fire burning close to the N.W.T.-Alberta border
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Russian forest fire smoke drifts into Finnish Lapland
Emergency services have received reports of smoke in the region over the past few days. Smoke from a large forest
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Smoking snow ‘holdover fires’ still burning in N.W.T., says scientist
By Carla Ulrich · CBC News Territory already prepping for 2024 fire season Holdover fires are still burning across the N.W.T., sending
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Nunavik health board issues smoke alert for two communities
The health board in Nunavik, the Inuit region of northern Quebec, issued a smoke alert for two communities on Tuesday
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Ash falling ‘on our heads’: Hay River, KFN evacuees drive through the night
Kátł’odeeche First Nation and the Town of Hay River issued evacuation orders on Sunday To Dion Griffiths and Gary Pynn,
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Could melting Arctic sea ice be responsible for U.S. wildfires?
Melting sea ice in the Arctic plays a significant role in the increase of wildfires in the United States, thousands
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“Dumpcano” costs mounting in Canada’s eastern Arctic
They’re calling it the “dumpcano” a combination of dump (landfill) and volcano. In Canada’s far north the town of Iqaluit,
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