Shared smoking breaks, broken rules: What led to Nunavut, Canada’s first COVID-19 cases?
Broken isolation rules, shared cigarettes and fear of extended isolation periods are some of the findings in a report that
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Nunavut officials confirm community spread as COVID-19 hits Iqaluit jails, medical boarding home in Arctic Canada
All four people who tested positive are now isolated in a unit in Baffin Correctional Centre Nunavut’s chief public health
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‘Complete devastation’: Renowned polar bear biologist mourned after helicopter crash in Arctic Canada
Scientist Markus Dyck was identified by friends as 1 of 3 victims Scientists are mourning the loss of leading Canadian
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Majority supports alcohol restrictions in Arctic Canadian community of Baker Lake, but motion falls short
There were not enough votes to move to an Alcohol Education Committee system Residents in Baker Lake, Nunavut, voted to
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8 new COVID-19 cases in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut
Nunavut reported eight new COVID-19 cases in the territory on Tuesday and six recoveries. There are now 49 active cases, 45 of which
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Total of 37 active COVID-19 cases in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut
Nunavut added 9 new cases of COVID-19 Friday, for a total of 37 active cases Nunavut announced nine new cases of
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Arctic Canadian city of Iqaluit reports total of 28 active COVID-19 cases as of Monday
Iqaluit has 28 active cases, after six new cases confirmed Monday While the source of Iqaluit’s COVID-19 outbreak remains unknown,
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Officials confirm COVID-19 outbreak in arctic Canadian city of Iqaluit
12 new cases reported in the city Friday Nunavut’s Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Michael Patterson declared a COVID-19 outbreak
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1st confirmed COVID-19 case in Iqaluit, Canada
Nunavut officials hold press conference morning after case confirmed Canadian North has confirmed that one of its employees has tested
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Canada’s Northwest Territories weighs options for curriculum renewal
B.C. curriculum appears to be top contender, but territory is still considering all options As early as the 2022-2023 school
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Dene national chief says Canada’s Northwest Territories should create own school curriculum
‘It’s time that we step up and take ownership of our education,’ says Norman Yakeleya Alberta’s decision to renew its
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Mounties discuss committee findings on 7 sexual assault cases in Canada’s Northwest Territories
Reporting a sexual assault takes guts and few Northwest Territories victims ever come forward, making it all the more important
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Inuit gov in Atlantic Canada relaxes travel advisory to region
Nunatsiavut, the Inuit self-governing region in the Atlantic Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, has relaxed their travel warning saying
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Phase 2 of vaccination campaign in Arctic Quebec starts March 30
Phase 2 of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Nunavik, the Inuit region of Arctic Quebec, will start on March 30
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Labrador Inuit beneficiary among appointees to provincial Supreme Court in Atlantic Canada
David Lametti, Canada’s minister of justice and attorney general, filled the four vacancies on the Supreme Court in the Atlantic
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