Nunavut Planning Commission executive director Sharon Ehaloak speaks at an announcement in July for the new draft Nunavut land use plan. Consultations for the new plan are being pushed into next year. (Photo by David Venn)
Kitikmeot and Kivalliq hearings delayed to March 2022
Public hearings for a long-sought-after land-use plan for Nunavut won’t happen until early next year. The plan will lay out which parts of the territory are protected from certain types of exploration and mining development.
Sea ice is more extensive than in recent low years, but still far lower than historically — even as other markers, such as thickness and age, show declines
But the extent still shows a clear downward trend — and there are other troubling signs, such as near-record thinness and the loss of much multi-year ice