In Canada, aboriginal self-government has become an important and growing issue. The issues that
are mainly focused on are leaned toward constitutional, policy, and legislative changes. Some quest...
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This land of the tundra, ice, polar bears, and midnight sun is the magnificent Nunavut Territory. Guide your students in their development of a deep appreciation for the geography, habitats and the...
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This land of the tundra, ice, polar bears, and midnight sun is the magnificent Nunavut Territory. Guide your students in their development of a deep appreciation for the geography, habitats and the...
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OTTAWA(Reuters) - Leaders of Canada's Arctic Inuit
people denounced U.S. environmentalists Monday for pushing
Washington to declare the polar bear a threatened species,
saying the move was unnece...
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TORONTO (Reuters) - A 600 km (370 mile) ice road
that is key to resupplying Canada's Arctic diamond mines is on
schedule to open around the end of the month, and should enjoy
lighter loads this ye...
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As the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, the United States has come under heavy criticism, including from people who live almost on top of the world.The Inuits of Northern Canada and bey...
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Inuit hunters are falling through thinning ice and dying. Dolphins are being spotted for the first time. There's not enough snow to build igloos for shelter during hunts.As scientists work to estab...
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Environmental activists, hunters and oil industry representatives spoke at a public hearing Monday night on whether the U.S. government should list polar bears as a threatened species.Some speakers...
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Newmont Mining Corp. is reaching into the Artic Circle for its next project, agreeing Tuesday to pay $1.53 billion for Miramar Mining Corp., which controls one of the largest undeveloped gold prope...
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TORONTO (Reuters) - The Inuit in Canada's far north
have lifespans 12 to 15 years shorter than the average
Canadian's, government data showed Wednesday, putting the
aboriginal people on a par with...
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Montreal (dpa) - As Arctic temperatures rise, a long-simmering
dispute between Canada and the United States over who controls the
famed icy Northwest Passage is boiling up a...
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Canada's prime minister announced plans Friday for an army training center and a deepwater port on the third day of an Arctic trip meant to assert sovereignty over a region, while Denmark said it w...
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OSLO, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Southern California is sunny, the
French Riviera is sunny, but NASA says the middle of the Pacific
Ocean and the Sahara Desert in Niger are the sunniest -- and the
informa...
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