How a Canadian interpreter is keeping Inuktut speakers safe through COVID-19
Nunavummiut have gotten used to hearing from their health minister and chief public health officer since pandemic precautions were put
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Campaign launched in northwestern Canada to address impact of COVID-19 on families
The government of Canada’s northwestern Yukon territory, along with the Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN), have launched a campaign
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Travellers transiting to/from Alaska through Canada will have their cars tagged
As of July 31, Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has implemented stricter rules for travellers transiting to or from Alaska
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Presumptive case of COVID-19 reported at Diavik mine in Canadian Northwest Territories
There’s a presumptive case of COVID-19 at Diavik Diamond Mine in the Northwest Territories, according to the N.W.T. government. An
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Canada’s Arctic territory opens 2nd isolation hotel in Winnipeg
The Nunavut government opened a second isolation hotel for medical travellers in Winnipeg last week, according to the territory’s premier.
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Northern Canada’s national parks will be a different experience for visitors this year
Going to any national park across the North is going to look different this year amid the pandemic. In the Western
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New online ‘handbook’ puts Canadian Indigenous history at your fingertips in Yukon
When Yukon University instructor Victoria Castillo and some colleagues decided they needed a new resource book for teaching Indigenous history in
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Canada’s Arctic territory releases its school reopening plan
If Nunavut continues to have no cases of COVID-19, schools are set to open with no physical distancing requirements this upcoming school
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Public health emergency extended again in Canada’s Northwest Territories
The N.W.T. government has extended its public health emergency again, meaning that residents can expect to be living under this emergency measure for
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Canadians get hefty fines for breaking public health orders in Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories government has issued six fines in recent weeks to people who violated self-isolation and travel restrictions put
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Harmonized data could help understanding of COVID-19 pandemic in North: Arctic Council briefing doc
Harmonized data and circumpolar oriented statistics would contribute to better understanding the COVID-19 pandemic in the North, says a briefing
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Two presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada’s Arctic test negative
The two presumptive cases of COVID-19 at Nunavut’s Mary River Mine have tested negative, according to the territory’s chief public
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Canadian professional football team lets go of “Eskimo” in its name
Edmonton’s professional football team is changing its name. “The Edmonton Eskimo Football Club board of directors has made the decision
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Former officers from Canadian police reflect on how to fix policing in the North
Since the RCMP’s earliest days, it has relied on Indigenous people for survival. In the North, Canada’s project of extending
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Canadian Inuit leader reflects on report of CFL team changing name
Natan Obed doesn’t feel that he, himself, made the Edmonton football team change its name. But the national Inuit leader — whose 2015 op-ed in
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