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Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup challenges Canadians to set a new record for Canada’s 150th birthday
ACROSS CANADA, April 21, 2017 – Canada is turning 150 this year and to celebrate the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup is challenging Canadians to mark Canada’s big birthday by cleaning their shorelines in record-breaking numbers. With Earth Day tomorrow, registration for the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup is now open and is easier than ever, with […]
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Call for nominations: Community Joint Planning and Management Committee for the Katannilik Territorial Park
April 20, 2017 The Government of Nunavut (GN) and the Qikiqtani Inuit Association (QIA) are now accepting nominations for six appointments (two from Iqaluit and four from Kimmirut) to the Community Joint Planning and Management Committee (CJPMC) for the Katannilik Territorial Park. The CJPMC provides advice and recommendations to the GN on the planning, establishment, […]
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KI: Information Sessions – Meadowbank Inuit Impact and Benefit Agreement
INFORMATION SESSIONS As per schedule B, 5.2 of the Meadowbank Inuit Impact and Benefit Agreement (IIBA), Agnico Eagle invites all businesses interested in pre-qualifying for the awarding of contracts for the Meadowbank Project to an information session in your community to explain the pre-qualification process. If you have already pre-qualified under the Meliadine IIBA, you […]
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The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) meeting in Whitehorse, Yukon, April 23-28, 2017
OTTAWA, April 19, 2017 / – The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) meets twice a year to review the status of Canadian species that have been identified as potentially being at risk, as they are mandated to do under the federal Species at Risk Act (SARA). The next meeting will […]
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True north, carbon-free? What the Arctic tells us about climate change – University of Calgary
The effects of climate change can be seen clearly in the Canadian Arctic. UCalgary researchers look at what they tell us about the impact of carbon emissions worldwide. As climate change melts the polar ice cap, the Arctic becomes more accessible, causing increased marine traffic and greater industrial development. University of Calgary researchers are investigating […]
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How extending personhood to Canada’s rivers could help reconciliation – CBA National Magazine
April 18, 2017 In March, governments in India and New Zealand independently extended personhood rights to rivers, making them the first jurisdictions in the world to do so. Is it possible that Canada could follow suit? Likely not in the foreseeable future. Not that it’s impossible. The Canada Business Corporations Act grants corporations the rights […]
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Cleanup complete after fuel trucks crash on remote stretch of Dempster Highway – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Apr 13, 2017 WHITEHORSE _ Traffic on a remote section of the Dempster Highway in Northwest Territories is moving again after a crash between two loaded fuel trucks. Northwest Territories Infrastructure Department spokesman Merle Carpenter says one driver was injured in the collision on Tuesday night, and a cause is under investigation. He […]
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EMAB launches new website
On March 31, 2017 Environmental Monitoring Advisory Board (EMAB) launched its new website! EMAB staff and Board members look forward to the opportunity to use it as a platform to better connect with Parties to the EA and their communities. EMAB’s website also holds the online Public Registry where we upload Diavik’s environmental monitoring reports, technical […]
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Closing of the Last Ice Road
TUKTOYAKTUK (April 10, 2017)—The Hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk and the Government of the Northwest Territories will be celebrating the closing of the last ice road to Tuktoyaktuk on April 13, 2017. The ice road has long served as an important link for residents of Tuktoyaktuk, supporting intercommunity travel and the delivery of essential goods. Public celebrations […]
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Cleanup at deserted Nunavut mine site begins – on local Inuit association’s dime – CBC
Association began cleanup after federal gov’t finally inspected site and determined it abandoned Apr 07, 2017 Cleanup has begun at an abandoned exploration camp near Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, years after its owner disappeared from public view. The mineral exploration site near Josephine Lake — about 35 kilometres southwest of Chesterfield Inlet — was abandoned by […]
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