Arctic ice retreat leads to increased ship traffic through the Northwest Passage
Michael Wenger still remembers the patches of blood red and vivid violet that daub the landscape of the Northwest Passage.
Canadian Arctic
RCMP suspends contract with Ontario communications company linked to China
The federal government says the RCMP has suspended a contract with an Ontario company that has links with China.
Russian invasion of Ukraine proves need to protect Canada's North: Norad
A senior Canadian general in charge of protecting North American airspace says Russia has the capability to strike this continent, bolstering the need for improved defensive systems.
Clothes washing linked to ‘pervasive’ plastic pollution in the Arctic
The Arctic is “pervasively” polluted by microplastic fibres that most likely come from the washing of synthetic clothes by people in Europe and North America, research has found.
Many loopholes in international ban on heavy fuel in Arctic shipping: environmentalists
Environmental groups say a new ban on a highly polluting shipping fuel in Arctic waters is full of gaps and Canada should not make use of loopholes in the new regulations for heavy fuel oil.
New federal Arctic policy focuses on human health, environment, infrastructure
The federal government has released its long-awaited policy on developing the Canadian Arctic in a changing environmental and political world.
Northerners applaud funding for long-awaited road through Arctic tundra
Two federal announcements this week are expected to kick-start a long-awaited road into the heart of the Canadian Arctic that would lower grocery costs for northern families and unlock billions of dollars in mineral resources.
Newfoundland iceberg tours draw more visitors as climate warms: tour operator
Instead of May flowers, late spring in Newfoundland and Labrador is known for the towering icebergs sent drifting down the province's coasts.
The ground thaws and swallows: Study says permafrost melting faster than thought
Permafrost in some areas of the Canadian Arctic is melting so fast that it's gulping up the equipment left there to study it.
'City of icebergs:' Study says 100s of Arctic glaciers shrinking, disappearing
The statistics in her recently published paper say it all: hundreds of glaciers in Canada's High Arctic are shrinking and many are likely to disappear completely.
Britain to give Canada the shipwrecks of explorer John Franklin
Britain will give Canada the shipwrecks of British explorer John Franklin, who tried to chart the Northwest Passage through the Canadian Arctic in 1845.