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Analysis: Legal challenges could delay Alaska’s Willow oil project

Analysis: Legal challenges could delay Alaska’s Willow oil project

WASHINGTON — The oil industry on Monday cheered the U.S. government's greenlighting of ConocoPhillips' multibillion-dollar oil drilling project in Alaska's Arctic, but court challenges...
Global warming is changing Canada’s boreal forest and tundra

Global warming is changing Canada’s boreal forest and tundra

Global warming is affecting the boreal forest — what happens will depend on the climate, vegetation and the frequency and intensity of wildfires. Changes...
In Nunavut, Starlink stands up to cold but service, speeds vary, users say

In Nunavut, Starlink stands up to cold but service, speeds vary,...

The satellite internet provider Starlink has survived the Arctic cold and has provided Nunavummiut with a wide range of internet speeds in the nearly...
Inuit Heritage Trust maps traditional names before they’re lost

Inuit Heritage Trust maps traditional names before they’re lost

The Inuit Heritage Trust’s Place Name Program team visited Resolute Bay for the first time since 2007 to review and collect traditional place names. Inuit...
An Ottawa festival will show Inuit films on screen of snow

An Ottawa festival will show Inuit films on screen of snow

Have you ever watched a movie on a screen made out of snow? People in Ottawa will have the chance to do just that, when...
An extensive new map collection sheds light on Greenland’s political history

An extensive new map collection sheds light on Greenland’s political history

Maps are mirrors of the ambitions of the mightiest and portraits of their makers' dreams — and that’s just as true in Greenland, the...
What Canada’s proposed new gun legislation could mean for Inuit

What Canada’s proposed new gun legislation could mean for Inuit

Nunavummiut will have a chance in the new year to tell a committee of Canada's Parliament about the potential impacts of the federal Liberal...
Swedish authorities to facilitate return of Sámi remains and objects

Swedish authorities to facilitate return of Sámi remains and objects

STOCKHOLM — Sweden said on Monday it would return the remains of 18 people to the Indigenous Sámi, and ask experts to facilitate handing...
Canadian Coast Guard finishes Arctic operating season

Canadian Coast Guard finishes Arctic operating season

The Canadian Coast Guard and its seven icebreakers have finished their Arctic operating season and left the North, the federal organization announced in a...
The Arctic Report Card is a reminder that what happens in the Arctic affects the rest of the world

The Arctic Report Card is a reminder that what happens in...

In the Arctic, the freedom to travel, hunt and make day-to-day decisions is profoundly tied to cold and frozen conditions for much of the...
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