Syllabic eye charts: Doctors’ groundbreaking approach for Indigenous patients
Inuit in northern Quebec are now able to take vision tests using the Inuktitut writing system, after two Montreal doctors
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Health services reduced in 6 Nunavut communities amid staff shortages
Health department says more than two dozen indeterminate positions are vacant in those communities Health services have been reduced in six
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Russia claims “deliberate escalation of hostility” after Norway expels intel officers
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova comments on Norway’s expulsion of 15 intelligence officers “We see this decision as a deliberate
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Federal public service strike could affect 600 workers in the North
In the event of a strike, some employees will be deemed essential Hundreds of federal public servants in the North
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N.W.T. gov’t spent $716,000 to address November cybersecurity breach
Gov’t releasing few details about cyberattack The Northwest Territories government says it spent $716,000 to address a cyberattack in November.
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Fibre optic internet comes to Whatì, N.W.T.
‘It will be a really good communication tool,’ says Alfonz Nitsiza In Whatì, some buildings are now seeing internet speeds
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Northern Mosaic Network opens clinic to help transgender people navigate name-change process
As a transgender woman living in Yellowknife, Shylo Foster remembers how scary it felt when she first came out. “I
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Yukon’s Indian community growing with help from territory’s nominee program
Prab Singh, originally from Punjab, India, has a story similar to that of many who now call the Yukon home
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Man converts Tesla into film studio for journey to recount love story in the North
A man making a film based on his experiences living in Northern Canada in the early 1970s has found an
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Dog musher puts in 1,200 km training run ahead of Nunavut Quest
There’s nothing like an 1,200-km warm up for a 400-km race. Jovan Simic, a dog musher living in Iqaluit, ran
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Bad internet persists in the N.W.T. despite federal commitments to improve service
Auditor general says small, remote communities still falling behind on internet access A new report from Canada’s auditor general says
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Netflix gets behind big-budget comedy series set in Nunavut
CBC, APTN also backing series created by 2 Inuit women It doesn’t have a name yet, but a new big-budget
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National Inuit organization seeking $1.6B for school food program
A national Inuit organization is calling for about $1.6 billion in federal funding over 15 years to set up a
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Iqaluit condo residents without water or sewage services for weeks
Some people living in Iqaluit’s Brown Row condo units haven’t had water or sewage services for several weeks. It was
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N.W.T. only Canadian jurisdiction to shrink last year, as people move to elsewhere in Canada
Dharam Jajal said he really enjoyed his life in Yellowknife but that long winters, distance from family and few options
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