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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 readers a fresh understanding on the changes occurring in the Arctic.
In a hotter world, Indigenous food sovereignty is key to resilient farms, gardens and communities
Communities are working toward food sovereignty one morsel at a time. Meet the experts bringing food to people’s plates and pushing for societal change
Kwanlin Dün First Nation reacts to UN report on climate funding
‘They say, First Nations are going to help lead us… But do they put that into their practice?’
New study to look at how mining activity, sound pollution affect Yukon wolverines
Project a collaboration involving university researchers and the Tr’ondёk Hwёch’in First Nation
Climate action means 'reconnection,' says participants in Yukon First Nations fellowship
New interactive website offers guiding philosophy and toolkit for tackling climate crisis
RoseAnne Archibald, ousted AFN national chief, urges supporters to demand her reinstatement
Archibald releases 1st remarks since historic vote to remove her as leader last week
Canada forcing Northern communities to 'go back in time,' warns NWT premier
Caroline Cochrane says Arctic sovereignty, reconciliation at stake as territory faces challenges
Judge rules a Métis community in Maniwaki region doesn't exist
Orders defendants to pay costs for experts
Senators call on feds to bring Indigenous communities into Arctic security planning
Committee says Canada's previous security actions in the region 'harmed Indigenous communities'
UofA Indigenous researchers lead process to create new guidelines for including Indigenous people in Canadian clinical trials
Community engagement is key to overcoming distrust due to historical injustices, says Inuk researcher
The future of conservation in Canada depends on Indigenous protected areas. So what are they?
Canada’s climate commitments rest in Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas- often called IPCAs. While the concept isn’t new, its’ gaining better recognition and funding from, at least, some governments
First Nations in Yukon hope search for unmarked graves of missing children can ‘bring peace’
Ground-penetrating radar being used to collect data from former residential school sites
What this award-winning picture says about climate change, and the loss of Arctic Ice
Photojournalist Dustin Patar documented impact of Milne Ice Shelf Collapse
Feds say Agnico Eagle has failed to protect caribou at Nunavut gold mine as promised
Company ordered to comply with its permits to operate, or face penalties
Efforts to heal hole in ozone layer also helped Arctic sea ice, study suggests
Without Montreal Protocol, Arctic polar cap would be almost 1 degree warmer by 2050
Celebrate Chilkat robe returns to Atlin after 140 years
The robe was likely taken from Taaku Kwaan territory during 19th century
Arctic Winter Games committee looks to Yukon as potential host in 2026
Games’ international committee sent letter to Premier Ranj Pillai outlining proposal
South of Sambaa K’e, another intense wildfire develops
A growing wildfire south of the Dehcho community of Sambaa K’e has become so intense that crews had to be pulled back.
Hay River works on return plan with fire expected ‘for most of summer’
The Town of Hay River says it’s working out how evacuees can come home despite the likelihood that the nearby wildfire will keep burning in some form for weeks to come.
Nunavut coach helps athletes navigate mental-health challenges
Cambridge Bay wrestling coach Chris Crooks helped build online Mental Health and Sport Resource Hub
How satellites are being used in the battle against wildfires
Satellites can detect how hot an area is before firefighters are deployed to tackle it
Some students rekindle old teachings, others discover new skill at Yellowknife hide camp
'It's one of those things that I'm shockingly good at,’ said 10-year-old Vanessa Grey
Mary Simon’s coronation outfit represents her Inuit culture
Designer Beatrice Deer spent weeks designing outfit worn by Governor General at ceremony Saturday in London
Canada opens formal investigation into Imperial's oilsands tailings leak in northern Alberta
Imperial first found discoloured water seeping from one of its tailings ponds in May