Finnish religious group shuns youth arts program due to convictions
Pupils in northern Finland are choosing not to attend cultural performances that they find disturbing on religious grounds. The events
Read more
North
Is hunting with drones ethical? Canada’s Yukon territory says ‘no’
The issue of drones and hunting has become an increasingly hot-button issue in many areas of rural Canada, but at
Read more
Canada’s environmental assessment process needs reform says report
MONTREAL — Canada released its long-awaited expert environmental assessment report on Wednesday and has opened the work up to public
Read more
Flash, bang – no more wolves at the door in Finland
Police and game officials report that non-lethal explosive charges have been successfully used to convince wolves to stay away from
Read more
Road accidents involving wild animals hit record high in Sweden
The number of accidents on Sweden’s roads involving wildlife has reached a record level this year and will pass 50,000 by the
Read more
Alaska: Officials ban trailers for carrying dogs in Iditarod
Citing safety concerns, the Iditarod Board of Directors have ruled that Iditarod mushers will no longer be able to carry
Read more
Cretaceous-era prints in Alaska park suggest newborn hadrosaurs walked on all fours
Did baby duck-billed dinosaurs walk on two limbs or four? Paleontologists have long wondered. Now information gleaned from tracks found
Read more
Investors bet on farmed kelp being Alaska’s next seafood export
In the remote waters of Larsen Bay, off the coast of Kodiak Island, an experiment is underway. Two types of
Read more
Alaska shop stocks poke and aloha spirit for relocated Hawaiians
When Tasha Kahele and her family moved to Alaska in November 2009 from Hawaii, it was sight unseen. Her father
Read more
Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski cruises to 3rd term in US Senate
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski sailed into a third term Tuesday, more than 10 points ahead of her next closest challenger. Murkowski,
Read more
Blog: Poirier’s Revenge – The map of Canada has the wrong Arctic boundaries. No, really.
When Polar Knowledge Canada was created out of the ashes of the Canadian Polar Commission in 2015, it published a
Read more
Alaska: Mushers frustrated over cell phones on Iditarod trail
Mushers are expressing frustration over controversial rule changes the Iditarod made during a board meeting Friday. The race’s Trail Committee is
Read more
Really? Alaska in play in presidential race?
In the presidential race, Alaska has not voted for a Democrat since Lyndon Johnson in 1964. But national pundits say even red
Read more
Department of Energy eyes hydropower to help Alaska
The lone U.S. Department of Energy employee in Alaska is turning his attention to small-scale hydropower projects that could help rural communities burdened
Read more
Alaska: Sudden crackdown on four-wheelers quiets Bethel streets and upsets residents
BETHEL — In the space of just days, a crackdown targeting four-wheelers and snowmachines on the streets in the rural
Read more