COVID-19 vaccines to arrive in Inuit region of Arctic Quebec January 16
Nunavik, the Inuit region of Arctic Quebec, will be receiving its first doses of the Moderna COVID-19 this weekend. The
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Canada
Air Canada suspending passenger service to northern city of Yellowknife on Jan. 23
Airline says it’s cutting operations due to ‘stifled demand,’ travel restrictions, quarantine rules Air Canada is suspending passenger service to
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Chamber of Commerce in Canada’s Northwest Territories says tourism threatened by COVID-19 border restrictions
Travel restrictions will likely stay in place during the 2021 tourism season, Dr. Kandola says The N.W.T. Chamber of Commerce
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Elder in Makkovik first to get COVID-19 vaccine in Inuit region of Atlantic Canada
Vaccination against COVID-19 in Nunatsiavut, the Inuit region of the Atlantic Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, began on Monday
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Economic activity in northern Canadian territories of Nunavut & Yukon increased despite pandemic, new index suggests
A new experimental index developed by Statistics Canada suggests that the pandemic may not have had as large an effect
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Work with communities to address vaccine hesitancy, say Indigenous leaders
As the Moderna vaccine rolls out in the Northwest Territories (N.W.T.), Indigenous leaders say the territorial government must address vaccine
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Weak response to ANWR lease sale applauded by Yukon politicians, activists
The weak response to the initial sale of oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) on
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Agnico Eagle bids $286M for TMAC Resources, more than Chinese offer for Nunavut gold mine
Canadian miner Agnico Eagle Mines said on Tuesday it would buy TMAC Resources for about $286.6 million , two weeks
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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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Education, environment & Russia in the spotlight – Arctic news roundup 2020 with Marc Lanteigne
The end of the year is often a time to take stock and here at Eye on the Arctic, we’re no
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Travelling Kenojuak Ashevak exhibition coming to Sudbury, Canada Jan 21 to March 28
A travelling exhibition featuring work by iconic Canadian Inuit artist Kenojuak Ashevak is coming to Sudbury, Ontario in January, marking
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Ontario gives $3.3 million to Ottawa Inuit org to help survivors of human trafficking
Tungasuvvingat Inuit (TI), the counselling and resource centre for Inuit in Ottawa, is receiving $3.3 million from the province of
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Canada, the HFO ban & great power competition in the North – Arctic news roundup 2020 with Mathieu Landriault
The end of the year is often a time to take stock and here at Eye on the Arctic, we’re no
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Blog – 2021: Future doesn’t just happen – It’s what we make it
As I started work on this post, on December 23rd the thermometer here in north-western Germany showed 14° Celsius. I’ve
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Top 5 weather stories in the Canadian North for 2020
What a year! For many, 2020 is one we’re happy to leave behind. So much happened over the last 12
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