Trump administration finalizes plan to open Alaska wildlife refuge to oil & gas drilling
By Becky Bohrer Decision paves way for future lease sales in coastal plain, an area considered sacred to Indigenous Gwich’in
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Nunavik eyes post-secondary education rooted in Inuit culture and offering Western credentials
Education rooted in Inuit culture — but offering recognized Western credentials and based in the North — are among the
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Sweden to lead NATO force in challenging Arctic region
Sweden is taking command of NATO’s FLF Finland force that will operate across the far north of Sweden, Finland and
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Repatriation of Indigenous artifacts key for cultural identity: Northern leaders
‘You know who you are if you know where you come from,’ says Darrel Nasogaluak in Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T. Darrel Nasogaluak
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How the Arctic has been ‘pushed & triggered’ into climate extremes: paper
As the Arctic warms at an unprecedented rate, a new scientific review outlines how events once considered rare — from
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Blog: Have we reached peak Arctic Circle?
People often eagerly discuss the end of the Arctic. Yet realizing that the Arctic Circle Assembly may have peaked could
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N.W.T. health minister pressed on response to Indigenous health-care report
By Devon Tredinnick Report released in May makes 13 recommendations to improve outcomes for Indigenous patients N.W.T.’s health minister had
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Inuit women’s summit in Greenland to tackle violence, rights and safety
With Denmark’s recent apology for an involuntary birth control program that targeted Inuit women in Greenland until 1991 — and
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Indigenous artifacts held in Vatican Museums finally heading back to Canada
By Megan Williams Sources tell CBC News there is progress on an agreement to return objects by year’s end The
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Officials work to stabilize typhoon-damaged Alaska communities before winter freeze
The mass evacuation by military aircraft of hundreds of residents from Alaska villages ravaged by the remnants of Typhoon Halong
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Nunavut making ‘steady progress’ toward zero tuberculosis cases by 2030, gov’t says
Health department says cases have been falling since 2023 As cases of tuberculosis continue to drop, Nunavut’s Health department says
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How a Thunder Bay, Ont. women’s group is working to better include Inuit
By Rajpreet Sahota The Ontario Native Women’s Association has launched its first Inuit Women’s Council As the Inuit population in
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Moscow puts money on the table to raise nuclear subs from Arctic seabed
The Government’s draft budget for 2026, and the planned budget for 2027-2028, include funding to lift the K-27 and K-159,
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Wildfire seasons in the N.W.T. unlikely to ease off by next century, study finds
By Sarah St-Pierre K’ahsho Got’ine Foundation executive director wants community to prepare for more local firefighting The Northwest Territories could
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Finland’s shortest life expectancy for women in Lapland
Life expectancy in Finland has risen to the highest level in statistical history, according to figures published on Friday by
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