Ice roads are a lifeline for First Nations. As Canada warms, they're disappearing.

Ice roads are a lifeline for First Nations. As Canada warms, they're disappearing.

It was the last night of February and a 4×4 truck vaulted down the 103-mile winter road to Cat Lake First Nation in northern Ontario, a road made entirely of ice and snow. Only the light of the stars and the red and white truck lights illuminated the dense, snow-dusted spruce trees on either side of the road. From the passenger seat, Rachel Wesley, a member of the Ojibway community and its economic development officer, told the driver to stop. T…

Climate change is melting ice roads — a lifeline for remote Indigenous communities

Jessie Boulard / Grist This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. It was produced by Grist and co-published with IndigiNews. It was the last night of February and a 4×4 truck vaulted down the 167-kilometre winter road to Cat Lake First Nation in northern “Ontario,” a road made entirely of ice and snow. Only the light of the stars and the red and white truck lights illuminated the dense, snow-dusted spruce trees on either side of the road. …