Art: The economic driver of remote aboriginal communities in Canada’s North?
A carving. A pair of beaded slippers. A print depicting a dog team. They may be the last thing on
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Community Profile: Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada
Name: Ulukhaktok (Known as “Holman” until name change in 2006), Northwest Territories, Canada Location: West coast of Victoria Island in
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Is the Holman print program worth saving? – The evolution of the arts economy in Canada’s North
ULUKHAKTOK (Holman), Northwest Territories – Louie Nigiyok, a printmaker and artist from this remote Inuit community in Canada’s western Arctic, starts his days pretty much the way that he always has since the 1980s. He wakes up and makes his way to the local print studio, now housed at the Ulukhaktok Arts Centre.
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Areva admits mistakes in Finland’s Olkiluoto 3 nuclear project
Luc Oursel, chief executive of the French nuclear power contractor Areva, still believes the company will meet the 2014 deadline
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Shell gets approval for work in Beaufort, seeks OK from whalers
Federal regulators on Thursday gave Royal Dutch Shell the green light to move forward with preliminary well work in the
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Finland company aims to double size of Sotkamo mining operations
Finland’s Talvivaara mining company is planning a major expansion of its operations in Sotkamo in eastern Finland. According to the
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A new gold rush in Nome, Alaska
NOME — The small boat harbor here was already clogged with gold dredges in late August when Brian Sanders and
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Shell scales back Arctic oil drilling goals for this year
It was a tough year for Royal Dutch Shell to kick off its multibillion-dollar gambit on drilling for offshore oil
Read moreArctic Canadian mayor happy with approval of new mine project
Peter Ivalu said the project will bring jobs to community The acting mayor of Igloolik, a predominantly Inuit community in
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Multibillion-dollar iron mine approved for Baffin Island
Nunavut board’s decision comes with close to 200 terms and conditions The Nunavut Impact Review Board issued its final report
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Energy in the Arctic
Energy in the Canadian Arctic is big news and big money these days. Climate change has opened Canada’s previously inaccessible
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Canada’s Northwest Territories premier on China trade mission
Bob McLeod, the premier of Canada’s Northwest Territories, wrapped up his first day of meetings in Beijing on Thursday, along
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Arctic thaw heats up Northwest Passage dreams
On an otherwise ordinary Monday in early August, a ship built in Asia, travelling from Europe and bound for Africa
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Arctic residents brace for massive mine in Nunavut, Canada
Baffinland proposal would create largest industrial project ever in the North A massive open-pit iron mine proposed on northern Baffin
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North’s economic forecast says growth to slow
Canada’s Nunavut and Yukon territories lead growth while the Northwest Territories GDP to decline With global commodity prices slowing, the
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