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Author: Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International

Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Hunter Tootoo resigns after ‘very difficult situation’: Trudeau

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at 18:44 — Last Updated: Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at 19:01
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau added to the mystery surrounding the sudden resignation of Hunter Tootoo, who stunned observers on

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Business Business (Canada) Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Canadian amphibious craft hopes to conquer defence market

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Monday, May 30, 2016 at 16:35 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 11:23
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It has an eerie resemblance to a WWI tank. But the bright-orange amphibious vehicle designed and built by the British

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Business Business (Canada) Canada General 

How Arctic shipping could boost Canada’s trade relationship with Asia

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at 15:40 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 11:24
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While the Northwest Passage is a long way away from becoming a commercially viable maritime shipping route, even a moderate

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The Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Louis S. St-Laurent in the Arctic in 2008. (Jonathan Hayward / The Canadian Press)
Canada General Science Science (Canada) 

Why Canada can’t have the North Pole

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Monday, May 9, 2016 at 15:10 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 11:24
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Ottawa’s efforts to map the Central Arctic Ocean in an attempt to present a scientific case for Canada’s claim to

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Canada General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Canada) Politics 

Canada to submit Arctic continental shelf claim in 2018

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 15:52 — Last Updated: Monday, September 17, 2018 at 10:59
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Canada plans to submit its Arctic continental shelf claim in 2018 and it is expected to include the North Pole,

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Environment Environment (USA) General Science USA 

National Snow and Ice Data Center loses ‘eye in the sky’

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Friday, April 29, 2016 at 21:04 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 11:24
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Just as the Arctic experiences one of the most unusual weather patterns in history, a satellite malfunction has forced the

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) Environment (USA) General Science Science (Canada) USA 

Experts call for collaboration on Arctic fisheries research

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at 21:43 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 11:25
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As Canada prepares to host the next round of discussions on preventing unregulated fishing in the central Arctic Ocean, experts

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General 

Canada, France, Norway and Sweden express support for ban on heavy fuel oil in the Arctic

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Friday, April 22, 2016 at 20:31 — Last Updated: Friday, April 22, 2016 at 20:36
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A coalition of environmental groups campaigning to ban the use of heavy fuel oil in Arctic waters, has received “vocal

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General 

Ban use of heavy fuel oil in the Arctic by ships: environmental groups

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at 17:25 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 11:25
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A coalition of international environmental groups is calling on the International Maritime Organization to prohibit the use of heavy fuel

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Environment Environment (Norway) General Norway 

Top of the world sees yet another record hot month

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Monday, April 18, 2016 at 21:15 — Last Updated: Monday, April 18, 2016 at 22:02
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Planet Earth, and particularly the Arctic, is heating up for the 11th month in a row with never seen before

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Art Art (Canada) Canada Culture Culture (Sweden) General Sweden 

Former Nunavut politician’s Swedish roots to be subject of documentary film

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Saturday, April 16, 2016 at 00:01 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 11:25
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Nearly a century after Swedish explorer and fur trader Petter Norberg left his homeland for a life of adventure in

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) Society (Canada) 

Supreme Court of Canada extends rights to Métis and non-status Indians

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Thursday, April 14, 2016 at 14:17 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 14, 2016 at 19:26
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Canada’s highest court has unanimously ruled that Métis and non-status are Indians under the Constitution, handing the federal government responsibility

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Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

Canadian parliament held emergency debate on suicides in indigenous community

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at 18:05 — Last Updated: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at 18:09
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Members of Canada’s House of Commons held an emergency debate Tuesday to discuss the suicide crisis in a remote indigenous

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) Society Society (Canada) 

Parliament to debate Attawapiskat suicide crisis

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 20:53 — Last Updated: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at 18:10
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Members of the House of Commons will hold an emergency debate Tuesday evening to discuss the suicide crisis playing out

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Canada Geopolitics Geopolitics (Canada) Politics 

Canada’s defence review and the Arctic

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Friday, April 8, 2016 at 21:05 — Last Updated: Friday, April 8, 2016 at 21:25
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As the Liberal government embarks on its long-promised defence policy review, it has to take a serious look at the

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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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