U.S. Coast Guard turns to Canada for help with designing its new heavy icebreaker
With growing concerns over its apparent “icebreaker gap” with Russia and an urgent need to replace its only operational heavy
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Author: Levon Sevunts
Canada’s northern justice system needs victim-focused overhaul, national inquiry told
Charlotte Wolfrey’s daughter, Deidre Michelin, was just 15 days shy of her 21st birthday when she was shot and killed
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Stop normalizing abuse in Indigenous communities, national inquiry told
Indigenous and Inuit communities must do more to stop normalizing sexual and physical abuse in their midst, a Canadian inquiry
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China’s Arctic Road and Belt gambit
Strategic concerns over the vulnerability of China’s current trade routes and climate change are pushing Beijing to pay growing attention
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Symbols of Nunavut will be added to Centennial Flame
Canada’s newest territory will get its place of honour in one of the most photographed landmarks in the national capital
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Russian ICBM launches showcase its modernized nuclear deterrent, Canadian expert
While much of the international attention has been focused on growing tensions between North Korea and the United States over
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Former Canadian police officer headed to jail for smuggling narwhal tusks to U.S.
A retired Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officer was sentenced Wednesday to 62 months in prison in Maine for smuggling
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Canada’s foreign affairs minister looks to thaw relations with Russia at Arctic summit
Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says she is ready to meet her Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov at the upcoming
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Yukon MP defends Liberal budget
The new budget presented last week by Finance Minister Bill Morneau is another milestone in the development of Canada’s northern
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International Arctic Forum kicks off in Arkhangelsk
Hundreds of Arctic experts, researchers, policy makers and politicians attended Wednesday the opening of a major Arctic international forum in
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Canada sends low-key delegation to Arctic forum in Russia
Canada is sending a relatively low-key delegation to an Arctic conference in northern Russia that will be hosted by President
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Nunavut gears up for increase in Arctic tourism
Canada’s northern territory of Nunavut is gearing up to receive a growing number of tourists drawn to visit the remote
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Will Arctic sea ice shrink to new record low this summer?
Now that Arctic sea ice has begun its annual melt after reaching a record-low winter maximum extent earlier this month,
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World enters ‘uncharted territory’ with record-breaking climate change: UN report
The world enters into ‘truly uncharted territory’ in 2017 with the planet continuing to experience record-breaking global temperature, shrinking sea
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Canadian teacher wins $1M for her work with Arctic Inuit community
A Canadian teacher has won one of the most coveted global teaching prizes worth $1 million US for her work in
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