Prospectors disturbed by surprise staking ban in Yukon, Canada
The Yukon government is defending its decision to ban mineral staking on some First Nations settlement lands — despite prospectors saying
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Alaskan Brent Sass wins 2020 Yukon Quest sled dog race
Sass, who’s won the Yukon Quest twice before, arrived in Whitehorse on Tuesday afternoon He was the lead musher for
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Yukon Quest 2020: last year’s winner first to reach race’s halfway point
Alaska musher Brent Sass is still the one to beat in the Yukon Quest sled dog race. Sass, who won
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Where are the wolves? Satellite collaring planned for wolves on caribou winter range in northwestern Canada
Biologists in the N.W.T. are asking: where are the wolves? That’s the question a proposed wolf collaring project aims to
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Arctic Canada: why on-site hemodialysis is available in N.W.T. but not Yukon health centres
Yukon needs more than 50 people requiring hemodialysis to warrant offering the treatment at a health facility, according to the
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Yukon Arctic Ultra: ‘World’s coldest and toughest’ ultra race starts today in northwestern Canada
Fabian Imfeld arrived in Whitehorse almost a week ago, and he’s ready to hit the trail. “Yeah, I can feel it.
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No confirmed cases of coronavirus in Canadian Arctic, but here’s how they’re preparing
There are no confirmed cases of coronavirus in Yukon, Northwest Territories or Nunavut, but health officials say they’re taking precautions
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Arctic Canada: Cape Dorset council endorses vote to change community name to Kinngait
Cape Dorset is one step closer to its name being officially recognized as Kinngait — one of its traditional names. Kinngait
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Canada honours Arctic’s last known WW II bone collector
In late May 1940, 20-year-old Qapik Attagutsiak voluntarily picked up a burlap bag, put her one-year-old son in her amauti — a
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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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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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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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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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