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* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 1 General Science Science (Canada) 

Involving community members key to sharing research across N.W.T., advocates say

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, July 15, 2026 at 11:59
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By Yumna Iftikhar Lila Fraser Erasmus says ‘kitchen table talks’ and translations are key to sharing research across the N.W.T.

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* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 1 Geopolitics (Canada) Politics (Canada) 

Why is Canada spending tens of billions on new submarines?

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, July 8, 2026 at 13:35 — Last Updated: Wednesday, July 8, 2026 at 14:11
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Canada is looking to spend tens of billions of dollars on a contract with German shipbuilder ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS)

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* Featured * Canada Environment Featured • Zone 1 News Science 

Underwater images reveal 1st look at Quest, the final ship of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, July 8, 2026 at 12:11 — Last Updated: Wednesday, July 8, 2026 at 12:57
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Peter Cowan · CBC News  Antarctic explorer’s ship that sank in 1962 tangled in fishing nets some 400 metres below the Labrador

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* Featured * Business (Canada) Canada Featured • Zone 1 

911 caller fears cellular ‘dead zones’ in Yukon’s capital city could lead to tragedy

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, July 7, 2026 at 17:21
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Bell says complex and costly mobile network upgrades ‘unfeasible’ without gov’t help When Whitehorse resident Trevor Mead-Robins needed help for

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 1 Politics (Canada) 

Why the Nunavut land use plan was rejected, again

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, July 7, 2026 at 12:57
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Samuel Wat · CBC News Decision released Friday outlines reasons for rejecting 4th draft in nearly 20 years The Nunavut Planning Commission

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Canada Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 1 News 

‘Missed the mark’: N.W.T advocates react to Carney’s departure from earlier climate plan

CBC News
Posted: Monday, July 6, 2026 at 16:07
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Northern climate advocates say Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to delay Canada’s climate targets ignores the immediate realities facing the

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* Featured * Business (Canada) Canada Featured • Zone 1 

Yukon clinics are embracing AI — too quickly, some say

CBC News
Posted: Monday, July 6, 2026 at 13:11
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Artificial intelligence has been in use in some Yukon clinics for months — and according to the territory’s health department,

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* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 1 

Ottawa gives $2M to replace emergency vehicle at Whitehorse airport

CBC News
Posted: Friday, July 3, 2026 at 14:50 — Last Updated: Friday, July 3, 2026 at 14:51
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Aircraft rescue and firefighting vehicle will replace 20-year-old machine that’s at end of life The federal government is giving the

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* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 1 News 

Q&A: Why this expert says 2 Arctic megaprojects are ‘lower-hanging fruit’

CBC News
Posted: Friday, July 3, 2026 at 13:03 — Last Updated: Friday, July 3, 2026 at 13:06
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Chris Windeyer · CBC News Referring N.W.T. projects to the Major Projects Office may not be as big a deal as it

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* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Canada Featured • Zone 1 News Newsroom Picks • zone 1 

Carney promises Arctic investment will benefit Inuit during meeting with leadership

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, July 2, 2026 at 15:01
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Carney is 1st PM to visit northern Quebec community since Harper in 2008 Prime Minister Mark Carney met with Inuit

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* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 1 Politics (Canada) 

Arctic security top of mind as 3 premiers sign Northern Cooperation Accord

CBC News
Posted: Friday, June 26, 2026 at 15:51 — Last Updated: Friday, June 26, 2026 at 19:00
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By Tamara Merritt The North’s three premiers re-committed to working together on issues of shared interest, through the signing of

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* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 1 Politics (Canada) 

Ottawa Invests $55 Million in Arctic Infrastructure

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Thursday, May 21, 2026 at 16:35
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The federal government is providing over $55 million in funding for two major projects in Nunavut. Sourced from the Spring

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* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Environment Featured • Zone 1 General Newsroom Picks • zone 1 

Nunavut: Green light for construction at Hope Bay gold mine

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, May 19, 2026 at 15:27
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The federal government and senior executives from Agnico Eagle have officially broken ground on the redevelopment of the Hope Bay

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A tent on snow-covered barren land with northern lights dancing in the sky at night.
* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Canada Featured • Zone 1 Newsroom Picks • zone 3 Politics (Canada) 

Square dances and cell signal dead zones: Rangers confront Canada’s Arctic reality

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, April 23, 2026 at 16:48
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By Murray Brewster It’s safe to say learning to square dance with strangers was not on the list of expectations

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* Featured * Art (Canada) Art and Culture Canada Countries Featured • Zone 1 General 

Newly uncovered Inuit animation from the ’70s screening for the first time

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, April 14, 2026 at 10:25
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By Bianca McKeown Films created in an animation workshop in Kinngait were unscreened for more than 50 years Of all

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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

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