Wildfire Starts In the Yukon Capital of Whitehorse

Fire crews are keeping a watchful eye on a wildfire three kilometres outside Whitehorse, the capital of Canada's Yukon territory. Grass and brush are burning just east of the Yukon River near Long Lake Road. Local officials believe that the small fire was caused by an...

Quake rattles northwestern British Columbia

"VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan 9 (Reuters) - A moderate earthquake rattled northwestern British Columbia and the Alaska Panhandle on Tuesday, but there were no reports of damage, seismologists said. The quake at 7:49 a.m. PST (1549 GMT) was centered in the mountains of...

Diamonds and Rust

" While Miners in the North are on Strike at the Ekati Diamond Mine, Craig Kielburger of Free the Children puts Northern Development under the gaze of development elsewhere in the Diamond Fields of the World."