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Carnivore seastars tie with polar bears as top predators of Arctic, study findsThe researchers examined 1,580 samples from wildlife around Nunavut's Southampton Island in Hudson Bay to understand how the ecosystem functions.CanadaJan 28, 2023
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Pope Francis meets Inuit residential school survivors as ‘pilgrimage of penance’ ends in IqaluitThe brief stop in Nunavut's capital marked the first time a pope has travelled to the territory. Francis met privately with Inuit residential school survivors and their families.CanadaJul 30, 2022
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Landfills, climate change fueling human-polar bear conflicts in Arctic: reportArviat, a Nunavut community along the western coast of Hudson Bay, and communities in northern Ontario are starting to see polar bears come inland, specifically around landfills.EnvironmentJul 24, 2022
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Assiniboine Park Zoo Celebrates International Polar Bear DayThe Assiniboine Park Zoo has planned activities to mark International Polar Bear Day and raise awareness about the role zoos play in the protection of the species.EnvironmentFeb 27, 2022
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U of M study suggests shift to more rain than snow in the Arctic coming earlier than expectedModelling suggests the shift to more rain than snow will happen between 2050 and 2080, states the U of M study. This could happen even faster due to rapid warming and sea ice loss.EnvironmentNov 30, 2021
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An angry walrus attacked — and reportedly sank — a Russian navy boatA mother walrus attacked a Russian landing boat in the Arctic, although the military is downplaying the incident.TrendingSep 24, 2019
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SpaceX launches 3 Canadian radar satellites to survey the NorthSpaceX says the satellites will have daily access to “any point of 90 per cent of the world’s surface.”ScienceJun 12, 2019
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Canada wants answers as Russian rocket set to fall into Arctic watersCanada says it wasn't given enough warning and has asked Russia for more information about a rocket stage that is expected to splash down this weekend in environmentally sensitive Arctic waters.CanadaJun 1, 2016
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