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NaN Hours Ago · United States, United States
Arctic sea ice at lowest recorded winter level as heat records smashed
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Right now, the Arctic is maxing out on sea ice – the cold of winter has built up over months of darkness, and ice has spread as far south as it will all year. It’s the North Pole’s sea ice maximum, except this year, it’s alarmingly low. There is roughly half a million square miles of ice missing in this year’s “max,” compared to average — an amount twice the size of Texas. It’s the latest profoundly worrying signal…
NaN Hours Ago · Winnipeg, Canada
NDP Leadership Candidates to Make Their Final Pitch to Voters at Winnipeg Convention
The five candidates vying for the NDP's leadership into the next election will have one final chance to woo members before the party chooses its next leader. The contenders are: MP Heather McPherson, activist and filmmaker Avi Lewis, union leader Rob Ashton, farmer Tony McQuail and social worker and municipal councillor Tanille Johnston. Each candidate will have a chance to address the membership on Saturday at the NDP convention in Winnipeg.
NaN Hours Ago · British Columbia, Canada
Site C work camp moved to support nation-building project in northern B.C.
BC Hydro says it’s relocating and repurposing the majority of its work camp for building the Site C hydroelectric dam to support the construction of the North Coast Transmission Line project, as its construction will begin this summer.
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