Canadian polar bear expert Ian Stirling given lifetime award
Ian Stirling (PhD) was awarded Ice Bear Lifetime Achievement Award Saturday by Polar Bears International, a non-profit solely focused on
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Delivery date for Canada’s first Arctic patrol ship pushed back again
The delivery date for the first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS) built at the Irving Shipbuilding facility in Halifax
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Northern Canada store’s “greener” poppy option limited by legion trademark rules
The Royal Canadian Legion distributes more than 19 million poppies a year, which in turn raises millions of dollars in
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Inuit art, culture and language: Selected reports
Thursday was International Inuit Day, a celebration set up to acknowledge and celebrate Inuit culture and contributions. To mark this
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Inuit artists reflect on their art, their culture and their language
Discover renowned Inuit artists from Arctic Canada and their works through these past interviews by Eye on the Arctic journalist
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Portfolios announced for cabinet ministers in Canada’s Northwest Territories
The newest batch of cabinet ministers in Canada’s Northwest Territories will have their marching orders, as Premier Caroline Cochrane announced
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Blog – Why are we so afraid of China, even in the North?
Do you still remember how Japan was feared in the West? After World War II until the early 1990’s, the
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US Senate passes bill with funds for missing and murdered Indigenous women
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate last week agreed to spend $6.5 million to tackle the epidemic of missing and murdered
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How one man has made a place for struggling ivory carvers in Anchorage, Alaska
In a cluttered downtown Anchorage, Alaska workshop, Leon Misak Kinneeveauk pondered what to do with small walrus skull on an
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Second shipment of fish via Russia’s Northern Sea Route cancelled
Sailing fish from the Far East via the Northern Sea Route to St. Petersburg on board the nuclear-powered container vessel
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Donald Trump backs Alaska governor on Twitter amid recall effort
President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Wednesday to support Gov. Mike Dunleavy. The president helped raise funds to oppose
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Northern Canada: New health centre in Cape Dorset could hold those on suicide watch, inquest hears
Cape Dorset’s new health centre will be the first in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut to have a room
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Canada’s Northwest Territories launching 911 emergency service Monday
Starting on Monday, people in the Northwest Territories, Northern Canada who find themselves in an emergency will be able to
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Russian subs honing stealth skills in major North Atlantic drill: Norwegian intel
At least eight nuclear-powered submarines sailed out from their homeports on the Kola Peninsula in northwest Russia last week, the
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Government to attempt another ice bridge at Dawson City, northwestern Canada after failing last two winters
The Yukon government, in northwestern Canada, is going to give it another shot. Plans are being made to try again
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