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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 Science (Canada) 

This stubborn shrub is helping to keep Arctic river banks intact as permafrost thaws

Liny Lamberink, CBC News @linylamberink
Posted: Friday, March 17, 2023 at 11:27
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Plants getting credit for stabilizing banks of big rivers that were expected to erode. Leon Andrew describes Arctic willow as

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* Featured * Canada Countries Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 Politics (Canada) 

Federal government spending $6.6M on caribou conservation in Nunavut

CBC News
Posted: Friday, March 17, 2023 at 09:55
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The federal government is investing $6.6 million over four years to aid the Nunavut government’s research and monitoring of 13 caribou herds

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* Featured * Business Business (Canada) Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General 

First-of-its-kind Arctic tech forum brings Inuit together in Iqaluit

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, March 16, 2023 at 15:40
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Qikiqtaaluk Business Development Corporation hopes to make forum a regular event Inuit from across Inuit Nunangat are gathered in Iqaluit this

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* Featured * Canada Countries Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 General 

UN high seas treaty praised by Inuit Circumpolar Council

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Posted: Thursday, March 16, 2023 at 15:03
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The Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) has applauded the United Nations’ high seas treaty reached this month, saying it will contribute

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* Featured * Business Business (Canada) Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General 

Proposed sale of N.W.T.’s Ekati diamond mine touted as ‘good for the North’

Sidney Cohen, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, March 16, 2023 at 11:15
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As the Northwest Territories’ oldest diamond mine approaches its closure, an Australian company is eager to buy it and hopefully extend its

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Report finds untapped potential for cooperation in North American Arctic

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at 15:45
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There’s untapped potential for cooperation in the eastern region of the North American Arctic that remains worth exploring despite the

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* Featured * Business Business (Canada) Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General 

Ekati diamond mine all but sold for $136M US to Australian diamond company

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at 08:47
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Deal still needs to be finalized by Burgundy Diamond Mines shareholders An Australian company is set to own the N.W.T.’s Ekati

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 Society (Canada) 

Solar storms behind Northern Lights could be a problem for future N.W.T. power grids

Liny Lamberink, CBC News @linylamberink
Posted: Tuesday, March 14, 2023 at 12:54
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Researcher looking into what happens when renewables are added to the mix One of the North’s greatest draws and most

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* Featured * Canada Countries Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 2 General 

N.W.T. and Alberta ministers meet to talk about undisclosed tailings leak

CBC News
Posted: Friday, March 10, 2023 at 11:28
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By Carla Ulrich · CBC News  ‘We know there are concerns regarding trust and confidence with the whole process,’ says Savage The

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Society Society (Canada) 

Pilot project launched to improve emergency call service in Nunavik

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, March 9, 2023 at 15:55 — Last Updated: Thursday, March 9, 2023 at 15:59
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A pilot project has been launched in Quebec to improve emergency call service in Nunavik and make it more reliable. 

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 2 General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Defence chief wanted CF-18s to destroy object over Yukon, but fighters were delayed

The Canadian Press
Posted: Wednesday, March 8, 2023 at 15:49
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By Lee Berthiaume · The Canadian Press Canadian aircraft were still minutes away when the F-22 fired its missile, Wayne Eyre said

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Deal over access to ore dock in Skagway, Alaska, ‘critical’ to Yukon: premier

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, March 8, 2023 at 14:55
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Potential agreement would see Yukon spend $17M US on upgrades to dock for mining companies Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai is

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 2 General Society Society (Canada) 

Nunavut MLA takes after his father, in the Speaker’s chair

Nick Murray, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, March 8, 2023 at 11:00
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George Hickes, son of former Manitoba Speaker, filled in as Speaker in Nunavut on Friday Nunavut MLA George Hickes took

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 2 General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Yukon cuts budget for rural land development in half

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at 15:11
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Community services minister says budget reflects how much work can actually be done this year The Yukon government has cut

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Society Society (Canada) 

National Inuit organization, RCMP start work to prevent human trafficking

Olivia Stefanovich, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at 08:58
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‘When Inuit women move south, they are at risk’ — Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada president The national organization representing

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