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Meet the N.W.T's Climate Change Youth Council. Some of them are heading to Norway soon
Young people from around the N.W.T. are pushing the territory to do more about climate change. Now, some of its members are gearing up for a big trip in the new year. The CBC's Liny Lamberink has more.
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CBC News Network's Chris Glover speaks with Arctic security expert Whitney Lackenbauer
CBC News Network's Chris Glover speaks with Arctic security expert Whitney Lackenbauer
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Canada shoring up northern border against Russian and other geopolitical threats
Canada has plans to boost protection for its northern border, including opening new consulates, appointing an "Arctic ambassador," and continuing boundary negotiations with the United States and Denmark, over territories of shared...
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Canada to appoint Arctic ambassador, open consulates in region
Canada will open consulates in Alaska and Greenland, appoint an Arctic ambassador and continue its boundary negotiations with the United States over the Beaufort Sea.
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Canada’s new Arctic strategy includes opening consulates, boosting presence
The federal government has unveiled new details about its Arctic foreign policy, including plans to boost its presence in the region to counter possible threats from Russia and China.
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Watch artists make fish leather
Vancouver artist Janey Chang has been sharing her techniques across the Arctic. We stopped by to watch her teach some artists in Inuvik the craft of fish tanning.
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2027: the year with no sea-ice?
That’s possible, according to a new study published this week in the journal Nature Communications. An ice-free summer by 2027, they say, is the worst-case scenario — but things can still change if we can limit global warming to 1.5...
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Canada to appoint an Arctic ambassador and open 2 new consulates in the region
Canada has plans to boost protection for its northern border --Including opening new consulates ... appointing an "Arctic ambassador" ... and continuing boundary negotiations with the United States and Denmark, over territories of shared...
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Antarctica: China Opens Its First Atmospheric Monitoring Station | GRAVITAS | WION
China has established its first overseas atmospheric monitoring station in the Larsemann Hills of East Antarctica, a milestone in its polar research initiatives. The Zhongshan National Atmospheric Background Station, which began...
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Canada’s 1st Inuit-owned Arctic university moves closer to reality
Canada’s first Inuit-owned university in the Arctic, to focus on Inuit life and culture, is moving closer to reality with the release of an academic mission and the pursuit of funding.
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Russia Launches World’s Most Powerful Nuclear-powered Icebreaker
On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a new nuclear-powered icebreaker ship called "Chukotka." It is part of a Russia's new fleet of ships that are meant to boost navigation along the Northern Sea Route (NSR) in the...
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Indigenous youth council hosts clean energy summit in Iqaluit
SevenGen Energy is calling on Nunavummiut youth to help lead the territory into a sustainable future. The Indigenous youth council held a clean energy summit in Iqaluit this week. It's the first time the event has been hosted in the...
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David Lammy and Norway's Foreign Minister Barth Eide view the melting Blomstrandbreen glacier
Foreign Secretary David Lammy and Norway's Foreign Minister Barth Eide view the melting Blomstrandbreen glacier during a boat trip on Kongsfjorden, an inlet on the west coast of Spitsbergen, during his visit to Svalbard, Norway. The...
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Rhetoric On Greenland Authoritarian: Gifford on Trump
Rufus Gifford, Former US Ambassador to Denmark, states the Trump Administration is "dead wrong" and using "authoritarian rhetoric" when sharing his thoughts on whether or not Greenland would be better kept under United States control for...
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Vance Says Denmark Has Let Down the People of Greenland
Vice President JD Vance said that Denmark "hasn't done a good job at keeping Greenland safe" as he toured a US military facility in Greenland on Friday afternoon. President Donald Trump said the US needs to control the island for...
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Trump Says Vance's Greenland Trip Is About Friendliness, Not Provocation
President Donald Trump says Vice President JD Vance's upcoming trip to Greenland is about "friendliness, not provocation." Trump said the US delegation was invited. Vance and his wife have scaled back plans for the trip, but they will...
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US Army battles with Finland's military in Arctic war game
As the Arctic region becomes a pivotal strategic priority, the 11th Airborne Division is spearheading efforts to secure U.S. interests in the area. (Scripps News)
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Trump Says Greenland Is Needed for Security Purposes
President-elect Donald Trump says Greenland is needed for "national security purposes." Greenland is a self-ruling territory of Denmark with 57,000 people. Trump threatened to levy tariffs on Denmark if it didn't cooperate. Trump spoke...
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Why Trump's Escalating Threats Signal Unchained 2nd Term
In the space of an hour, President-elect Donald Trump called for absorbing Canada, declined to rule out using military force to seize the Panama Canal and Greenland, demanded NATO allies spend 5% of GDP on defense and vowed "all hell...
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Trump Energy Policy Will Help Alaska, Says Governor
Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy, a Republican, says President-elect Donald Trump's energy policies will lead to more investment in his state. He is on "Balance of Power."
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Iceland Will Raise Tourism Tax to Fight Climate Change
Iceland Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir is raising taxes to ease the impact tourism has on the country's climate and wilderness. She says the levies won't be high to begin with. Jakobsdottir also says "all nations need to accelerate...
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Drilling for Oil in Alaska, According to Native Alaskans
Native Alaskans were divided on the recently approved Willow oil project -- but there was strong support. Outside battles around climate change and energy security often oversimplify Native lifestyles and the tension between...
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The Wisdom of Drilling for Oil on the Moon: Liam Denning
Oil is one of the biggest and most controversial industries in the Arctic. It's also incredibly hard and expensive to drill for it up there. So why are countries searching for oil and gas in such an inhospitable place? Bloomberg...
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Alaska's Competitive Edge In Energy Exports: Liam Denning
Dreams of an Alaskan gas export boom have been revived as geopolitical tensions create an opening to the world's biggest market for it: Asia. Bloomberg Opinion columnist Liam Denning explains what's made Alaskan gas suddenly appealing.