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Author: John Last, CBC North

Canada Politics Politics (Canada) RCI 

Canada’s Northwest Territory ex-minister accused of insulting staff and ‘continual tantrums,’ ejected from cabinet

John Last, CBC North
Posted: Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at 19:23 — Last Updated: Saturday, August 29, 2020 at 07:54
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Northwest Territories MLAs voted to eject former industry and infrastructure minister Katrina Nokleby from cabinet following an extraordinary two-hour session

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

New Zealander sails through Arctic on custom yacht in violation of COVID-19 restrictions

John Last, CBC North
Posted: Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at 12:56
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According to the Canadian government, he has no business being there. But 72-year-old Peter Smith is sailing the Northwest Passage

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Canada Politics Politics (Canada) RCI 

Canada’s Northwest Territories decide fate of minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment

John Last, CBC North
Posted: Monday, August 24, 2020 at 10:54
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N.W.T. MLAs will sit Monday in an emergency session of the legislature after a cabinet minister was stripped of her

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Former officers from Canadian police reflect on how to fix policing in the North

John Last, CBC North
Posted: Monday, July 20, 2020 at 11:29
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Since the RCMP’s earliest days, it has relied on Indigenous people for survival. In the North, Canada’s project of extending

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

What the Canadian territories’ different emergency laws mean for you

John Last, CBC North
Posted: Thursday, July 16, 2020 at 16:25
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Northerners may be surprised to learn they’ve been living under two, simultaneous emergencies for most of 2020. No, murder hornets

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Environment Environment (Russia) RCI Russia 

Indigenous groups paying the price for Russia’s massive Arctic fuel spill

John Last, CBC North
Posted: Monday, July 13, 2020 at 11:08 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 13:38
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In 2017, the New York Times called Norilsk “Russia’s coldest and most polluted industrial city.” It may not be getting colder but

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RCI Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Canadian-style reconciliation commissions draw mixed reaction across Scandinavia

John Last, CBC North
Posted: Friday, July 3, 2020 at 14:02
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It began with a funding announcement — and a modest one at that. Last week, the Swedish government announced $175,000

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Canada Society (Canada) 

Why on-the-land educators see opportunity in a global pandemic

John Last, CBC North
Posted: Tuesday, May 19, 2020 at 16:43
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COVID-19 is forcing the reinvention of formal education Most students can identify with the feeling of looking  wistfully out a

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

More than 100 people refused entry to Canada’s North under COVID-19 travel bans

John Last, CBC North
Posted: Thursday, May 7, 2020 at 10:21 — Last Updated: Tuesday, May 12, 2020 at 10:59
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More than 100 people have been refused entry to Canada’s territories since travel restrictions were first put in place in

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

5 lessons Nunavut can learn from the COVID-19 outbreak in Arctic Quebec

John Last, CBC North
Posted: Monday, May 4, 2020 at 10:26 — Last Updated: Monday, May 4, 2020 at 10:29
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On Thursday, residents of Nunavut received the news they had been dreading: the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was identified,

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

COVID-19 testing rates are falling across the Canadian North — here’s why

John Last, CBC North
Posted: Thursday, April 23, 2020 at 10:48
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When health authorities in the Northwest Territories first started releasing their COVID-19 testing data, the total number of tests performed

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Canadian local leaders voice anger with N.W.T. policy on identifying communities with COVID-19

John Last, CBC North
Posted: Tuesday, April 7, 2020 at 10:14
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A pair of letters, sent from Fort Resolution Mayor Patrick Simon and Deninue K’ue First Nation Chief Louis Balsillie, are

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Business Business (Canada) Canada General RCI 

What Russia’s $300B investment in Arctic oil and gas means for Canada

John Last, CBC North
Posted: Monday, February 17, 2020 at 09:32
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North could suffer from increased traffic, potential spills Last month, the Russian government pushed through new legislation creating $300 billion

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Canadian Indigenous leaders stress need for less “colonial” approach to caribou conservation in North

John Last, CBC North
Posted: Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at 12:39 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 13:08
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For the next five days, Colville Lake, N.W.T., is the centre of the Sahtú. Leaders from across the region and

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Foster coalition reports major issues in Canadian Arctic territory child-care services

John Last, CBC North
Posted: Friday, January 17, 2020 at 11:34
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Child protection workers in the N.W.T. withheld important documents from foster families, “lied” about the behavioural issues of children in

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In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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