Athlete from Yukon, says living far from Whitehorse led to removal from AWG team
A woman from Ross River, Yukon, says she wasn’t allowed to compete in the Arctic Winter Games (AWG) this year
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Culture (Canada)
Young Kaska designer from the Yukon makes waves at fashion show in Italy
Natasha Peter’s Kaska Dena Designs were featured at Milan Fashion Week Starting your own business can be tough, and Natasha
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1970s recordings from Nunavut shares stories of Inuinnait daily life
Hundreds of hours of old audio recordings in Inuktitut and Inuinnaqtun are being digitized to preserve and share stories of
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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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Sea kayakers who paddled Northwest Passage charged with Parks-related offences
A group of four sea kayakers is facing a long list of charges in connection to alleged offences that took
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Paralympic gold medallist relishing early-season training at Whitehorse’s Mount Sima
The Canadian Para Snowboard Team is among those taking advantage of an early-season training opportunity at Mount Sima in Whitehorse.
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Beaufort Delta men don warm winter parkas they sewed from scratch
There are a lot of new sewers in the Beaufort Delta these days, all wrapped in cosy handmade parkas —
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Parka-making course means new coats for kids in need — and lifelong skills for new sewers
Sewers in Iqaluit put their best work on display Friday afternoon at Nunavut Arctic College in Iqaluit. They were showcasing
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Yukon Quest kicks off this weekend in Whitehorse, and continues to evolve
Saturday morning, 16 mushers with teams of up to 14 dogs will gather at Shipyards Park in Whitehorse for the start
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‘It gives people a purpose’: This Inuit wellness project just won a $1M prize
Fresh from learning that the wellness project she’s been leading won the top award of $1 million from the Arctic
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Celebrations begin Saturday to mark 50 years of Yukon land claims history
Teagyn Vallevand grew up in the Yukon. She’s a citizen of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation in Whitehorse. But she
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Arctic Inspiration Prize awards over $2.7M to projects ‘by the North, for the North’
Seven projects from across the North have been awarded a total of more than $2.7 million from the Arctic Inspiration
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UNESCO highlighting importance of Indigenous languages in 10-year plan
UNESCO held conference this month on its action plan on decade of Indigenous languages For Alice Rigney, speaking her Dene
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Puvirnituq students turn slimy, smelly fish skins into strong, supple leather
It’s a material many people never encounter outside of museums or cultural gatherings — a strong, supple leather decorated with
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Traditional moosehide tanning skills passed on in Whitehorse workshop
Moosehide tanning is one of the fundamental practices of Yukon Indigenous people. They’ve been doing it for thousands of years,
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