Noel Cockney lives in Inuvik now and grew up in Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories. At the age of 31, he says he's seen how winter has changed in the North. (Submitted by Noel Cockney) Canada is warming on average "twice the rate that we've observed globally. In the Arctic, it's more like three times," he said. Dramatic warming across Canada The effects of climate in the Arctic altogether are felt more acutely than in the South, with the average rate of warming twice as quickly, according to the latest NOAA report card, released December 8. Jackie Richter-Menge of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission called the warm temperatures and less frozen landscape a "new normal" that has already altered life for people and nature.