The Arctic Council Chairmanship passed from Canada to the United States last week. It was a time to look back at Canada’s term as chair, as well as look ahead to U.S. priorities over the next two years. But it’s… »
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Eric McNair-Landry-promoting Inuit history through kayaks
Centuries before Europeans ever ventured into the Arctic with their large ungainly sailing ships, the Inuit had devised a simply, fast, agile craft called the kayak, or Qajak. Eric McNair-Landry, born and raised in the Arctic on Baffin Island, Eric… »
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Politics Today – April 26, 2015
On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda focuses on the electoral reaction to the tabling of a federal budget by the ruling Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. He reports on the budget in Canada’s most populous… »
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Mining, environment and polar politics – Arctic week in Review
Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from across the North On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this week: -Canada hands the two-year rotating chairmanship of… »
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History: Barry Ogden and the fastest sailing ship
It was the ship hailed by all sailors in the golden age of sail. She was the Marco Polo, and for years was the fastest ship in the world. She was a big ship indeed, just over 56 metres long,… »
Fighting domestic violence in remote northern communities
Victims of domestic violence face numerous challenges no matter where they live in Canada. But for Inuit women living in remote Arctic communities support services are sometimes non-existent. And if help is available, it is often far away from their… »
ART- Cape Breton N.S. artist Onni Nordman
Sydney Nova Scotia painter Onni Nordman is a workaholic. He spends endless hours in his studio beside the cottage on a cliff in Cape Breton with the sea and sky he shares with his wife and manager Paula Muise. Cape… »
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Emergency surgery riskier for the very obese:study
Nearly one in five severely obese Canadians who undergo emergency surgery will die in hospital, according to a new study. An analysis of operations performed at the University of Alberta Hospital in western Canada found that obese patients require more… »
Politics Today – April 12, 2015
On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda reports on the fraud and bribery trial of former government senator Mike Duffy, on the latest declarations of the Finance Minster Joe Oliver about the coming federal budget, an election in… »
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Arctic week in review: Canadian province of Quebec announces plan for northern development
The Canadian province of Quebec announced an ambitious plan to develop its northern region on Wednesday, putting the Arctic back in the province’s political spotlight. Details of the project, titled Plan Nord, were unveiled in Montreal by Quebec premier Philippe Couillard… »
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