In Yellowknife, feds announce $3M for volunteer search and rescue across Canada
By Julia Parrish Ottawa says $1 million per year will support about 10,000 volunteers on search and rescue teams across
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Politics (Canada)
Construction delayed on $350M deepsea port in Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut
By Arty Sarkisian One community leader questions whether long-awaited project will ever be built Qikqitarjuaq has been advocating for a
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Canada, U.S. shadow Chinese research ships in the Arctic as concern grows over Snow Dragons’ presence
Some fear Chinese icebreakers are deploying devices to track submarines, map subsea cable networks Both Canada and the U.S. have
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Canadian military surveys Arctic airstrips, infrastructure in Operation NANOOK exercise
Canada has launched Operation NANOOK-QIMAAVIVUT, an Arctic defence exercise designed to test the military’s ability to move people and equipment
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To help solve the North’s ‘energy deficit’, Ottawa looks at nuclear options
By Devon Tredinnick The Department of National Defence is exploring whether nuclear energy can work in the Arctic The federal
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Ottawa awards Telesat $2.3B Arctic military satellite contract
A Canadian telecommunications firm has signed a deal with the federal government worth $2.3 billion to provide high-speed satellite communications
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Ottawa says construction on Mackenzie Valley Highway can’t start until wildfires are under control
By Devon Tredinnick Prime Minister Mark Carney previously said construction would begin this summer Wildfires in the Northwest Territories are
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Yukon ‘not greatly affected’ by U.S. duties, Dixon says, as tariffs trump talks with Carney
By Dana Hatherly Premiers met with each other and prime minister last week in Charlottetown, P.E.I. Recent news out of
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Federal, territorial gov’ts reach ‘agreement in principle’ to build 560 N.W.T. homes by 2030
By Devon Tredinnick Thousands more homes still needed across the territory N.W.T. Housing Minister Lucy Kuptana said on Monday that,
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Some Indigenous leaders call premiers’ meeting positive but inclusion remains an issue
By Brett Forester A ‘missed opportunity’ to include Indigenous Peoples as partners in Confederation, says MNC The leader of the
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Premier will consider resigning if Yukon goes over debt cap, but commits to avoiding that
By Dana Hatherly Yukon government wants feds to increase borrowing limit from $1.2 billion to $3 billion Premier Currie Dixon
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Herb Nakimayak elected president of Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada
Nakimayak was previously serving as the acting president of the organization Herb Nakimayak was elected president of the Inuit Circumpolar
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Meeting at a ‘turbulent’ time: Inuit Circumpolar Council gathers for general assembly in Iqaluit
By Kate Kyle Inuit sovereignty, unity and self-determination will be key priorities Inuit from across the Arctic are coming together
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Crucial for senators to be in Ottawa to represent North, former Nunavut representative says
By Yumna Iftikhar N.W.T. Senator Dawn Anderson has highest number of recorded absences due to ‘other public business’ Northern senators
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Federal agency touts operation of cybersecurity sensors across Canada’s North
By Niles Niemuth The deployment to government networks follows a series of high profile incidents Following a series of high-profile
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