NORAD gears up for major Arctic air defence exercise
The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) will be conducting an Arctic air defence exercise with Canadian and U.S. military
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‘Consultation utterly failed’: Na-Cho Nyäk Dun sues Yukon for approving mineral exploration
The Yukon government breached its duty to consult the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun by unilaterally approving a mineral
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The bears are back: Nunavut sorts through 235 repatriated polar bear hides
This week Nunavut’s Environment Department is sorting through 235 repatriated polar bear hides that wouldn’t sell at auction in Ontario. The
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Parties start rolling out promises as Yukon election campaign ramps up
After a weekend mostly spent putting up signs, Yukon’s three main political parties started the campaign’s first full week with
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All adults in Iqaluit now able to get COVID-19 vaccine
Mass vaccination clinics started in Iqaluit, the capital of Canada’s Arctic territory of Nunavut, Monday morning, marking a big step
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Winnipeg Art Gallery offers sneak peek of Qaumajuq Inuit art centre
Stymied by the pandemic in their plans to throw a big opening party to celebrate the unveiling of the world’s
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Mining company never paid up for environmental damage in Canada’s Northwest Territories
A company that was ordered to pay three of the biggest financial penalties ever imposed by a Northwest Territories court
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Doctor who raised concerns about cancer rates downstream from oilsands wins whistleblower award
A doctor who raised the alarm about heightened rates of cancer in a northern Alberta hamlet has been awarded the
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Illegal hunting of caribou herds along Northwest Territories winter roads running rampant
Along the winter road to Northwest Territories’ (N.W.T.) diamond mines, hunters are irresponsibly and illegally harvesting from vulnerable caribou herds
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Increased summer rainfall alters High Arctic rivers and landscapes: study
Increased summer rainfall in the High Canadian Arctic is altering river hydrology and water quality, transforming northern landscapes in a
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Regional Inuit group rejects Arctic iron ore mine expansion bid
The Qikiqtani Inuit Association says it won’t support an expansion at Nunavut’s Mary River iron ore mine on North Baffin
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Fort Good Hope to unveil world’s largest drum on winter road
Move over, Simcheon-Meon, South Korea. Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) will soon be home to the world’s largest drum.
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Western Arctic hamlet left without reliable internet for 8 days, worst residents have seen
Residents of Ulukhaktok, a small Inuit community in Canada’s Northwest Territories (N.W.T.), say they’ve never experienced anything like this before —
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Giant Mine contamination apology discussions underway, says Yellowknives Dene First Nation
A First Nation in the Northwest Territories is expecting to receive an apology from the federal government for the contamination of its land.
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Nunavut court grants mining company injunction against blockade protesters
A judge in Canada’s Arctic territory of Nunavut has granted Baffinland Iron Mines an injunction against a group of Indigenous
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