Leaving Ukraine was painful but necessary, says family now happily settled in Yukon
Kyrylo Bozchenko smokes a cigarette and watches his dog lying lazily near what Kyrylo calls an “igloo.” Inside the snow
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Society (Canada)
‘It eases their mind’: The soapstone carvers of Aaqqigiarvik Correctional Healing Facility
Throughout the year, some of the inmates of the Aaqqigiarvik Correctional Healing Facility in Iqaluit have gotten used to spending long hours
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Land-based healing, education projects in Yukon among Arctic Inspiration Prize finalists
Two Yukon projects focused on land-based education and healing are in the running for this year’s lucrative Arctic Inspiration Prize.
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Honorary degree caps a career spent preserving, promoting, Dene culture, language
A woman who’s had a remarkable impact on education in the Northwest Territories received an honorary degree earlier this year.
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First Nation in Dawson hits the airwaves to get community updates out faster
Karen Blake went from calling dozens of elders a day to broadcasting live each Monday Monday may not be the
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For Nunavik Inuit, care closer to home could cut down on stressful medical travel
By Leah Hendry, Benjamin Shingler · CBC News · Plans for new hospital could reduce the number of patients forced to travel south If
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Inuit come to Montreal for medical care. Patients say lodge riddled with problems
By Benjamin Shingler, Leah Hendry · CBC News · Ullivik’s newly named director, its 5th since 2020, says she’s committed to creating a welcoming
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Canadian Coast Guard winds up its 2022 Arctic season
The Canadian Coast Guard has wound up its 2022 Arctic operational season, the agency said on Thursday. “The Canadian Coast
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‘Ice profiling’ underway in preparation to build Dawson City’s ice road in Yukon
Road construction is just days away, some ice on the Yukon River is still only about 4 inches thick If
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Class action lawsuit on behalf of Nunavik crime victims gets the go-ahead
A class action lawsuit on behalf of crime victims in Nunavik, the Inuit region of northern Quebec, has got the
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Housing demand, costs rose across northern Canada in 2022: CMHC report
Rates of ‘core housing need’ higher in the North than elsewhere in Canada, especially in Nunavut The Northern economy grew
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N.W.T. no longer offering rheumatology services, patients must travel to Edmonton
Local services ‘have become increasingly difficult to organize,’ says spokesperson for health authority People in the N.W.T. who live with
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Eye on the Arctic a finalist at the 2022 Canadian Online Publishing Awards
Eye on the Arctic has been named as a finalist at the 2022 Canadian Online Publishing Awards (COPA) in the
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Head of Montreal hospital should assist Nunavik health board, province suggests
To establish confidence in the Nunavik health-care system, Quebec’s Health Ministry has proposed that the region’s health board hire the
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No money to include the North in next international survey of literacy and numeracy
The previous OECD survey of adult literacy and numeracy included the 3 territories The next international survey of adult literacy
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