A conference exploring the challenges of northern nursing wrapped up in the Canadian city of Saskatoon on Friday, after giving students from around the circumpolar world a crash course on the challenges and opportunities of working in remote communities. The… »
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O Canada! … A Norwegian writer takes on our country’s features & foibles
Norwegian writer and retired literature professor Gerd Bjørhovde has always had a thing for Canada. And there is only one person to blame for it, she says; Canadian author Margaret Laurence. “I was so fascinated with her writing,” Bjørhovde says. “She is… »
Arts & Entertainment, Health, Society
Summer reading can boost kids’ well-being: author
Summer is short in Canada, but it’s a particularly good time to encourage children to read, says author and parenting columnist Ann Douglas. Canadians tend to think about reading in terms of academic improvement and expanding vocabulary. But Douglas says… »
Arts & Entertainment, Politics, Society
Canadian museum gets $15 million for Inuit Art Centre
The Canadian government will contribute $15-million dollars towards the construction of an Inuit Art Centre at the Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG) in the province of Manitoba. “This unique centre will showcase Inuit art, language and culture, bringing the wonders of the… »
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Canadian Inuit release suicide prevention strategy
Canada’s National Inuit organization, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK), released its National Inuit Suicide Prevention Strategy this week saying the country can no longer ignore the mental health crisis in the North. “To overturn the now 30-year high rates of suicides in… »
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ARTS- Peter Ricq-artist, musician, animator, videographer and graphic novelist
multi-media artist Peter Ricq, of Vancouver, B.C. Peter Ricq is busy,..boy is he busy– with music, writing, video projects, and animated cartoons His latest feat? He has just released his graphic novel called “Once Our Land”. available in either English… »
Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Team to study, collect Arctic plants
Botanists from the Canadian Museum of Nature are travelling to Hudson Bay, near the community of Arviat, Nunavut on an annual mission to study and collect Arctic plants. They will spend four weeks on flat, coastal tundra peppered with small… »
Arts- the wierd, wonderful, and funny of Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is one of Canada’s prairie provinces. A light-hearted look at life and the people in the prarie province © MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc It’s often thought of the flat prairie province, with fields of golden wheat. Indeed the provincial coat… »
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What shallow lakes are telling us about the changing Arctic climate
Permafrost changes are among the most alarming consequences of warming Arctic temperatures. All across the Arctic, the shifts in how permafrost behaves is affecting everything from infrastructure to ground moisture. But research recently published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters suggests there are also changes to… »
Lifestyle: a love for heritage livestock
When is a cow, not just a cow? Most people wouldn’t really think much of seeing a deep copper coloured cow out in a field, but if you’re in agriculture you’d do a double take for sure. You’d recognize that… »
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