Thursday, July 10, 2025
Eye on the Arctic

Eye on the Arctic

Issues affecting circumpolar nations

  • Countries
    • Canada
    • Denmark/Greenland
    • Finland
    • Iceland
    • Norway
    • Russia
    • Sweden
    • USA
  • Categories
    • Environment
    • Politics
    • Society
    • Science
    • Business
    • Art and Culture
  • Longforms
  • Video Reports
  • Regard sur l’Arctique

Canada

Art Art (Canada) Science 

Who takes care of thousands of aging artifacts at N.W.T.’s largest museum?

CBC News
Posted: Friday, December 27, 2024 at 11:51
0 Comments

By Jocelyn Shepel Most of the artifacts in the N.W.T.’s 70,000-piece museum collection are in one place, with a five-person

Read more
Art Art (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 

Gwich’in artist finds healing through moccasin making workshop in Yellowknife

Luke Caroll, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, December 26, 2024 at 15:35 — Last Updated: Thursday, December 26, 2024 at 15:38
0 Comments

A Tetlit Gwich’in artist teaching moccasin making in Yellowknife says showing others her craft is helping with her own mental

Read more
Environment Featured • Zone 3 Society (Canada) 

Advocates want more firefighters at Yellowknife’s airport, meeting international standards

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, December 26, 2024 at 11:50
0 Comments

By Nadeer Hashmi The chair of an airport safety advocacy organization wants to see more firefighters stationed at Yellowknife’s airport. 

Read more
Environment Environment (Canada) News Newsroom Picks • zone 1 

Orcas moved into the Arctic. It could be bad news for other whales, and humans too

The Canadian Press
Posted: Thursday, December 26, 2024 at 10:07
0 Comments

Killer whales are expanding their territory and have moved into Arctic waters as climate change melts sea ice, with two

Read more
Featured • Zone 1 Society Society (Canada) 

Watson Lake, Yukon, residents take to the streets to sing holiday classics

Chris MacIntyre, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 15:52
0 Comments

Nothing says it’s the holiday season more than a group of carollers and in Watson Lake, Yukon, some residents fully

Read more
Featured • Zone 2 Society Society (Canada) 

‘You can’t miss it’: Elder’s glowing house helps brighten the holidays in Dawson City, Yukon

Chris MacIntyre, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:24 — Last Updated: Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:26
0 Comments

The spirit of the season is strong in Dawson City, Yukon — and Jim Bob Titus’s house has a lot

Read more
Featured • Zone 1 Society Society (Canada) 

How do reindeer fly? How does Santa deliver gifts? NORAD answers kids’ Christmas questions

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, December 24, 2024 at 14:00
0 Comments

He’s not deterred by wind, or snow, or rain, and he doesn’t file a flight plan, but that doesn’t mean

Read more
Featured • Zone 2 Politics Politics (Canada) 

Arctic Bay, Nunavut, expected to receive federal funding in 2025 to build small craft harbour

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, December 24, 2024 at 10:30
0 Comments

By Samuel Wat Arctic Bay, Nunavut, is expecting to receive federal money to build a small craft harbour in 2025,

Read more
Culture Culture (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 

Singing the stories of Labrador: An Inuit choir shares language and culture

CBC News
Posted: Monday, December 23, 2024 at 14:06
0 Comments

By Amanda Gear Every year at Christmas, a choir comes together in St. John’s to celebrate centuries-old traditions and music

Read more
Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 2 Newsroom Picks • zone 2 

These young northerners are pushing the N.W.T. to do more about climate change

Liny Lamberink, CBC News @linylamberink
Posted: Monday, December 23, 2024 at 09:56 — Last Updated: Monday, December 23, 2024 at 09:58
0 Comments

Members of the N.W.T. Climate Change Youth Council have spent the last year and a half adding their voices to

Read more
* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Society Society (Canada) 

Feds, Yukon gov’t announce $2.4M to spur heat pump uptake

CBC News
Posted: Friday, December 20, 2024 at 11:46
0 Comments

By Gabrielle Plonka  Territory aims to build 1,300 smart electric heating systems by 2030 The Yukon government is launching a

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

Here’s what deep sea ports and military vessels could mean for Arctic marine mammals

CBC News
Posted: Friday, December 20, 2024 at 09:54
0 Comments

By Tori Fitzpatrick Vessel traffic and noise is harmful to marine mammals, researchers say Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai says investing

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

First Nation says it’s using Canada Revenue Agency to out suspected drug dealers

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, December 19, 2024 at 17:02
0 Comments

By Carla Ulrich  The former chief of Kátł’odeeche First Nation in the N.W.T. says her band has been using Canada’s tax

Read more
* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Nancy Karetak-Lindell, former MP, appointed as Nunavut Senator

The Canadian Press
Posted: Thursday, December 19, 2024 at 14:03
0 Comments

By Nick Murray  Karetak-Lindell replaces outgoing Senator Dennis Patterson The first woman to ever serve as the member of Parliament

Read more
* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Yukon MP joins chorus of Liberals calling on Trudeau to resign

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, December 19, 2024 at 12:04
0 Comments

Brendan Hanley says the party needs a ‘different vision’ before the next election Yukon MP Brendan Hanley is joining more

Read more
  • ← Previous
  • Next →

Feature

Wide shot of the Centennial Flame with the Parliament building behind
The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Also on RCI (Chinese)

体验加拿大之北极光下 • Experiencing Canada

Also on RCI (Spanish)

Nunavut in spanish

Also on CBC

CBC North
RCI • Radio Canada International
  • About Us
  • Contact Us

RCI

  • FRANÇAIS
  • ENGLISH
  • ESPAÑOL
  • 中文
  • العربية

Follow us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • RCI | Facebook
  • RCI | Twitter

Resources

  • RADIO-CANADA
    • Conditions d’utilisation
    • Ombudsman
  • CBC
    • Impact and Accountability
    • Ombudsperson
Copyright © 2025 Eye on the Arctic. All rights reserved.
Theme: ColourMag by ThemeGrill. Powered by WordPress.