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The head of the United Nations panel of climate-change experts today said he was encouraged by climate pledges at the recently concluded G-8 summit but was also concerned that “we have very little time” to reach even those general commitments, which still fell short of what was required by science.

Entre 1970 et 2004, les émissions de gaz à effet de serre ont augmenté de 70%, a rappelé aujourd’hui le Président du Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC), pour illustrer l’urgence qu’il y a à conclure la Conférence internationale de Copenhague, prévue… Read more

Most Nunavummiut don’t get enough to eat, researchers who worked on the Qanuippitali health survey in Nunavut said at last week’s International Congress on Circumpolar Health in Yellowknife.

Most pregnant women in the Baffin region of Nunavut are malnourished and smoke too much, says a Government of Nunavut research study presented at the recent International Congress of Circumpolar Health in Yellowknife.

Interviews and analyses of their blood samples reveal:

In the lead-up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December, various stakeholders will hold rallies, conferences and meetings.

What gives you hope for a better planet?

On December 7, 2009, leaders from 192 countries will gather at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark to determine the fate of our planet.

Ten former students of Canada's notorious Indian residential schools have been appointed as advisers to the federal government's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, as it prepares to begin hearing from ex-students across the country.

Indian and Northern Affairs Minister Chuck Strahl unveiled the Indian Residential School Survivor Committee on Wednesday in Ottawa.

A Bathurst youth is going on an arctic expedition to learn more about climate change.

Young New Malden adventurer Louise Biddle will make a once-in-a-lifetime trip to the Arctic tundra in August, to film a BBC documentary about life on chilly Baffin Island.

The Canadian government has decided to approve Nunavut's proposal to declare Inuktitut, English and French its official languages.

The territory's Official Languages Act was passed by Nunavut's politicians last June, but it needed final approval from the federal government before it could become law.

Fulfilling an election promise to create a new regional economic development agency for the North, Stephen Harper will visit Canada's Arctic next month.

Mary Simon

President, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami