"We went at it quicker because there was certainty." A lengthy argument between a contractor and the GNWT may ultimately help how highway snowbanks get cleared.
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"We went at it quicker because there was certainty." A lengthy argument between a contractor and the GNWT may ultimately help how highway snowbanks get cleared.
Learned a lot of interesting things while reporting this article for @cabinradio.ca, one of them being that a single fuel tanker ran aground in the Canadian Arctic three separate times between 2010 and 2014. Three. Separate. Times.
In May, we headed to Cambridge Bay, Nvt., to speak with community members and researchers from the company Real Ice.
The big idea: to drill holes into Arctic ice and pump seawater to the surface to make the sea ice thicker and potentially combat the effects of global warming.
A mineral rush in Nunavut risks eroding 19 years of consultation on a land use plan that outlines where development should be allowed and where environmental protection needs to be prioritized. As Brandon Laforest told me for this story: “There’s just a major storm brewing.”
Check it out, my voice is on YouTube now. Thanks to @lmbaechlin.bsky.social for putting this video together and @gjohnjournalism.bsky.social for capturing footage
An update on the NWT: Our Land for the Future initiative (also known as the NWT PFP), which I wrote for @cabinradio.ca. Federal money is set to start flowing to one of the largest Indigenous-led land conservation initiatives in the world.
A follow-up to the article I wrote about Real Ice, a company testing an approach to thicken sea ice outside Cambridge Bay👇. This one focuses on the residents @gjohnjournalism.bsky.social and I talked to. They had a lot of unexpected, thoughtful things to share about sea ice and climate change.
What cumulative smoke exposure can do to a body and mind remains largely a mystery, but the few studies that do exist point to nothing good. @zoeschlanger.bsky.social reports: https://theatln.tc/5aLPEVuz
In May, I went to Cambridge Bay for @thenarwhal.ca with @gjohnjournalism.bsky.social to hear what residents think about a geoengineering experiment happening in their backyard. It was a journalist's dream trip. I'm so pleased to share the article, out today on National Indigenous Peoples' Day.
Happy National Indigenous Peoples Day! I edited today's @thenarwhal.ca story, which comes from the Inuit community of Cambridge Bay. Fascinating science journalism and stunning visuals, but also — in the spirit of the day — a couple pics of some very cute Indigibabies enjoying a celebration. Enjoy!!
Watch our in depth explainer for more! #carbontax #carbonpricing #markcarney
Knocking out MECP2 in adult mice triggers alterations in gene regulation and expression weeks before neuronal and behavioral changes arise, a new study finds, revealing the cascade of events that underlie Rett syndrome.
By @chloewilliams.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
For @thenarwhal.ca, I wrote about how few people apply FireSmart guidelines. While research on wildfire mitigation has long focused on how and why things burn, implementation is a social science issue.
On the trail of the Yukon Quest, the historic sled dog race faces extreme freeze-thaw cycles that put mushers and their dogs at risk, forcing organizers to make tough choices: thenarwhal.ca/yukon-sled-d...
The Trump administration's stop-work order on USAID left thousands of volunteers around the world w/ experimental drugs + medical devices in their bodies – cut off from care by researchers running clinical trials, in violation of the fundamental principles of research www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
"Once housing is built in high-flood or -wildfire hazard areas, the risk is locked in for decades or centuries, as relocating homes and associated infrastructure is both exceedingly costly and politically fraught," according to a new Canadian Climate Institute Report
Can the NWT find a path forward for renewable diesel?
Renewable diesel might be a "game-changer" for the NWT's attempts to abandon conventional diesel. But what is it and how could it make such a difference?
How a GNWT funding policy change might affect residents’ water bills
Some NWT communities fear upcoming changes to a territorial funding policy could leave many residents paying much, much more for water.
How is the GNWT changing the way your community is funded?
The NWT is changing the math that decides how its communities are funded. Some places will gain from it but others look set to lose money. Here's a guide.
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Very happy to share my first article for @thenarwhal.ca, with beautiful photos taken by Pat Kane
