An Ungava collared lemming, photographed outside of Salluit in July. (Photo by Gregory Rand)
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Lemmings are ‘one of the most spectacular phenomena in the Arctic,’ says zoologist Dominique Fauteux
Zoologist and researcher Dominique Fauteux was out on the tundra outside of Salluit earlier this summer when he noticed a least six couples of rough-legged hawks, screeching at him from a distance.
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U.S. Coast Guard aims to conduct scientific research while also training crew and asserting a presence in an increasingly competitive region
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Koonoo Arreak-Mackey is one of two Inuit students working on a coast guard boat in Rankin Inlet
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Decision comes after government officials sat out similar meetings in February because of a bomb threat
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New plants are expected to cost more than $120 million
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Event takes place Friday
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Qikiqtaaluk Corporation hopes to train Inuit to do research around their own communities
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The species, first sighted in Ungava Bay 2 years ago, is considered invasive by provincial wildlife ministry
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Another $2 million is earmarked for waste water management, said federal minister Catherine McKenna
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Public hearing on proposed Mary River mine expansion to resume in November
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On the surface, 2 recent NASA images depict common summer phytoplankton blooms. But signs of climate degradation are in the details
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Quebec-based Tugliq Energy Co. and Kitikmeot Corp. subsidiary Hiqiniq Energy Corp. will build and operate the project
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Decommissioning of Grise Fiord’s power plant is underway; battery storage and solar power in the works for Kugluktuk
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$1.5M to go to boats, trailers and other equipment in communities across Nunavut, Nunavik and N.W.T.
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More than 102,000 square kilometres of frozen areas were lost in the Northern Hemisphere from 1979 to 2016
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Repairs made at fuel tank farm, cleanup ‘progressing well:’ petroleum division update
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WWF-Canada happy to see calving grounds protected in new proposal
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“The future is not in oil,” a statement accompanying the announcement said
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New legislation aims to ensure that ‘Greenland neither produces nor exports uranium’
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Mining company says it’s responding to Inuit requests to protect nearby narwhal
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Wildfire smoke from Ontario and Manitoba expected to pass over the region Tuesday and Wednesday
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‘It’s also an early warning system to climate change,’ says McGill biologist Emily Choy