‘Another historical event,’ Tłı̨chǫ grand chief says of new female chief in Behchokǫ
‘I think people, just generally, were ready for change,’ says Bertha Rabesca-Zoe, new chief of Behchokǫ Tłı̨chǫ leaders say residents
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Arena in Whale Cove, Nunavut, reopens after more than 4 years
Broken boilers, sealift delays left community without an indoor space for hockey and skating For a community like Whale Cove,
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New Norwegian vessel designed to remove plastic from Arctic waters
In this episode of CBC Radio’s The Broadcast, host Paula Gale speaks to Rolf-Ørjan Høgset, founder of the NGO In
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The cathartic hip-hop of rising Nunavut rapper Shauna Seeteenak
She wants her listeners to know that ‘it’s OK to not be OK’ Written by Kyle Mullin DMX had his four-wheelers and
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Scientists trace woolly mammoth’s 1,000 km journey using its tusk
By Philip Drost · CBC Radio Tusk shows evidence that humans and mammoths coexisted in Alaska, says researcher With nothing more than
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Building relationships is key to reconciliation: new Yukon commissioner
Six months into her appointment as commissioner of the Yukon, Adeline Webber says she’s looking forward to building more relationships
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Houses in Iceland ‘split apart’ by tremors as volcanic eruption looms
By Padraig Moran A looming volcanic eruption in Iceland has already “ripped the whole landscape apart” in the small fishing
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Researchers discover thousands of dinosaur footprints in Alaska
By Muzna Erum · CBC Radio Dustin Stewart says tracks date back nearly 70 million years, and are of multiple dino species
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Most of Western Canada’s glaciers will melt in 80 years, University of Northern B.C. study finds
A study by international researchers using a supercomputer at the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) has found that most
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Break bread, laugh & learn: Celebrating National Indigenous Peoples Day in Canada
‘We have an infinite capacity for joy,’ says novelist Eden Robinson June 21 is National Indigenous Peoples Day in Canada. First
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Indigenous communities ‘expecting more’ from Pope’s visit, says Canada’s Gov. Gen.
Pope expected to reiterate apology in July, but First Nations groups hope for compensation, action WARNING: This story contains distressing
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Failed Danish social experiment haunts Greenlandic survivors taken from families 70 years ago
WARNING: This story contains distressing details. Helene Thiesen says she froze when it came time to wave goodbye to her
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To stop violence against Inuit women in Canada, ‘we need to heal generations,’ says survivor
A Labrador woman who lost both of her parents in a murder-suicide when she was a child says more must
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Holiday storm sees record high winds in Canadian Arctic communities
Communities in the Qikiqtani region of Canada’s Arctic territory of Nunavut are recovering from a storm over the holiday long
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On the frontlines of health care : A Nunavik, Canada nurse remembers relocation, racism and the rewards of healing
The first time Minnie Akparook saw and heard a plane, she started running. “My sealskin boots fell off. I was
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