Canadian Indigenous leaders stress need for less “colonial” approach to caribou conservation in North
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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Northwestern Canadian First Nation asks N.W.T. to speak out against northern Alberta mine
The chief of Smith’s Landing First Nation near Fort Smith, , is calling on the territorial government to speak out
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Eliminating tuberculosis among Canada’s Inuit stalled due to lack of funding
Nearly two years after the federal government committed to eliminating tuberculosis among Inuit by 2030, progress is stalled and the
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Foster coalition reports major issues in Canadian Arctic territory child-care services
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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Man gets life sentence for murder of Nunavik teen Robert Adams in Arctic Quebec
KUUJJUAQ, Quebec – A 34 year-old man pleaded guilty to second-degree murder on Wednesday in the 2018 killing of Nunavik
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Global ocean temperatures hit new record highs in 2019 causing devastating effects in the Arctic
World ocean temperatures in 2019 were the highest ever recorded in human history, reflecting the speed at which our planet
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New public health act aims to track latent tuberculosis in Nunavut, Arctic Canada
More than three years after being passed in the legislature, a new law that governs public health in Nunavut, Arctic
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New phone program in Canadian northwestern Arctic territory will help parents, kids with mental health
Northern families dealing with anxiety, child behavioural difficulties and other challenges got good news on Wednesday — soon, they may be
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New Quebec audio guide shows how to correctly pronounce Inuktitut place names in part of Arctic Canada
The Quebec government department responsible for authorizing place names, the Commission de toponymie du Québec, has launched a new online audio guide to
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Northwestern Canadian territory sending 4 people to Australia to aid with devastating wildfires
Four people from the Northwest Territories are being deployed to Australia this week to help out efforts to contain its
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More shippers and shipping companies boycott Arctic sea routes, but it isn’t solving the problem, experts claim
Three of the world’s top five shipping companies and a growing number of consumer goods producers have promised to stay
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Canadian government eyes ‘meaningful resolution’ to Indian hospitals class action lawsuit
The Canadian government has consented to the certification of a proposed $1.1 billion class action lawsuit filed over Indian hospitals
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Arctic Canada: Nunavut government asks to lower caribou hunt, which could impact local communities
The Government of Nunavut is asking to lower the annual harvest limits of two declining caribou herds in western Nunavut,
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Canadian Arctic territory sees 29 name changes after waiving fees to reclaim Indigenous names
Ashley Lennie was a teenager when she found out the name on her birth certificate, Inglangasuk, was a different surname than
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Eye on the Arctic report Death in the Arctic wins prize at Canadian Online Publishing Awards
Eye on the Arctic won a silver medal at the Canadian Online Publishing Awards (COPA) for its report Death in
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