The fires that have ravaged the Canadian north and west since the beginning of the year have already burned 14 million hectares of forest. Currently, the Northwest Territories are particularly hard hit. Map: Fire Information for Resource Management System US/Canada...
Last July, a combination of lightning, dry weather and unusual heat fuelled hundreds of wildland fires in northern Canada. According to federal authorities, 136 fires were burning in the Yukon and 65 in NWT (pictured above) on 6 July, the date this image was taken...
Home to 1,617 friendly Canadians (Photo: Dr Michael Wenger) Canada had the fastest population growth of any of the countries making up the G7 club of major industrial democracies last year, but the figure covers over uneven population trends among the country’s...
UPDATE: Katrina Nokleby, the Minister for Infrastructure, Industry, Tourism and Investment in Canada’s Northwest Territories, has been removed from her post and will face a vote of confidence in parliament. The minister has already been stripped of her trust by...
Musk oxen prefer low precipitation tundra as their habitat. They are mainly found in lower-lying plains and river valleys. If they fail to build up a sufficient fat reserve for the winter due to poor grazing and weather conditions, they are threatened with starvation,...