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Crew member in ‘critical but stable’ condition after Iqaluit barge accident on Friday

CBC News
Posted: Monday, October 30, 2023 at 09:08
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A crew member who was injured in a sealift barge accident near Iqaluit on Friday is in “critical but stable

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

NDP slams Yukon gov’t plan to spend $44M on Alaska port upgrade

Chris Windeyer, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, October 19, 2023 at 11:53
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NDP Leader Kate White says government cutting social spending to pay for infrastructure for mining industry Yukon NDP Leader Kate

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* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 1 News Society Society (Canada) 

N.W.T. MLA calls for government to look into elder care in remote communities

Luke Caroll, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, October 4, 2023 at 08:00
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Jackie Jacobson says his constituents can’t afford to visit their aging parents in out-of-town facilities. An MLA representing the N.W.T.’s

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Environment Environment (Russia) Featured • Zone 1 

Nuclear waste ship makes unprecedented port call at Novaya Zemlya

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, September 29, 2023 at 13:35
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“I am deeply worried if Russia has started to move nuclear waste from the Kola Peninsula to the Arctic archipelago,”

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* Featured * Countries Featured • Zone 1 Geopolitics (Norway) Norway 

Norwegians fear radiation as Russia prolongs test-window for Burevestnik missile

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, September 15, 2023 at 13:30 — Last Updated: Friday, September 15, 2023 at 13:36
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A satellite image from September 14 shows several vessels close to shore near the military top-secret Pankovo test site. Air

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* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 1 General Newsroom Picks • zone 3 Society Society (Canada) 

Nunavut recovery centre breaks ground in Iqaluit

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, August 16, 2023 at 11:29
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By Emma Tranter · CBC News  Construction set to begin this fall on long-awaited centre The first addictions and trauma treatment centre

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* Featured * Environment Environment (USA) Featured • Zone 1 General News USA 

Northern Alaska follows global trend with warmest July on record

Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Tuesday, August 8, 2023 at 11:32
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The global average temperature has hit record high marks recently, with some estimates that Earth is warmer now than it

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

Iqaluit Housing Authority reaches tentative agreement with Nunavut Employees Union

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 12:51
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By Emily Haws · CBC News Striking maintenance workers were on the picket line for over 130 days The Iqaluit Housing Authority

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 1 Society (Canada) 

15 structures lost to fire between Highway 3 and Stagg Lake, N.W.T.

CBC News
Posted: Monday, July 31, 2023 at 14:50
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N.W.T. Fire says a total of 19 structures have been destroyed by the wildfire near Behchokǫ̀, N.W.T.  Fifteen structures were

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* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 1 General Newsroom Picks • zone 3 Society Society (Canada) 

Yukon ‘looking into other options’ for river crossing at Dawson City, as ferry ages

Chris MacIntyre, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, June 22, 2023 at 11:08
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‘Nothing is not on the table to discuss,’ says highway official — including a bridge It’s been a topic of

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

Draft agreement reached in Akaitcho land claim process, says N.W.T. premier

Luke Caroll, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, June 13, 2023 at 11:45
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Land claim and self-government negotiations have been ongoing since the 1990s N.W.T. Premier Caroline Cochrane says there has been progress

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 1 General Society Society (Canada) 

Former priest facing new charges remanded into custody in Iqaluit

CBC News
Posted: Friday, June 9, 2023 at 16:02 — Last Updated: Friday, June 9, 2023 at 16:07
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By Emma Tranter · CBC News An ex-priest previously convicted of dozens of sexual abuse charges in Nunavut will wait in an Iqaluit

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Featured • Zone 1 Society Society (Canada) 

‘My heart sank’: KFN residents grieve impact of wildfire on their community

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, June 8, 2023 at 13:17
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Isabelle Sunrise tried hiding her tears from her daughters when they drove through the Kátł’odeeche First Nation reserve near Hay

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* Featured * Canada Countries Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 1 General 

Flood warning issued for Klondike River near Dawson City, Yukon

CBC News
Posted: Monday, May 8, 2023 at 15:54
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High water levels expected to last into Tuesday evening The Yukon government has issued a flood warning for the Klondike

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 1 General Society Society (Canada) 

8 people died from substance use in Yukon last month, coroner says

CBC News
Posted: Monday, May 8, 2023 at 11:58
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‘This substance use crisis continues to be horribly difficult,’ says chief coroner Yukon’s coroner provided another grim reminder on Friday

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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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