Bob Weber
Reporter with The Canadian Press
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Inuit walk away from talks on reforming federal northern food subsidy program
Talks to reform subsidies intended to eliminate the $10 carton of milk face by northern families remain stalled over concerns from Inuit that they don't have enough control over changes to Nutrition North.
Report says mercury, PCBs still threaten Arctic; new chemicals emerging
A new summary of toxins in the Arctic shows old-fashioned contaminants such as mercury continue to threaten polar bears and whales.
No duty to consult Indigenous groups on federal law-making: Supreme Court
Federal ministers drafting legislation do not have a duty to consult Indigenous groups, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Thursday, October 11, 2018.
Refuge areas crucial to saving bird species as climate changes: study
With more depressing results that suggest climate change threatens half of Canada's songbirds with significant habitat loss, you might expect one of the new study's authors to be downcast.
Hands off: Canada to sign international moratorium on High Arctic fishing
Canada is to join more than a dozen countries Wednesday in signing a deal that would block commercial fishing in the High Arctic for 16 years and begin unravelling ecological mysteries at the top of the world.
Study concludes Canadian oilpatch rules could cut global emissions
Research suggests Canadian oil is among the world's most carbon-heavy, but Canada's industry also has rules that if adopted worldwide could make a big dent in global greenhouse gas emissions.
Ottawa, Inuit agree on compensation for forced relocation in 1950s
Inuit whose families were forcibly removed from their traditional lands in the 1950s and starved as a result have reached a compensation deal with the federal government.
Oilsands could eventually acidify an area the size of Germany: study
The largest and most precise study yet done on acid emissions from Alberta's oilsands suggests they could eventually damage an area almost the size of Germany. "This work is a warning," said Paul Makar, an Environment Canada scientist and lead author
'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.