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COVID-19 pandemic stalled progress on eliminating tuberculosis among Inuit: officials

The Canadian Press
Posted: Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at 16:30
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By Emily Blake Plan to eliminate TB by 2030 still in place Nunavut’s health minister says the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted

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Russia labels Bellona “undesirable organization”

The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at 11:14
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By Thomas Nilsen & Denis Zagore The Prosecutor General’s Office in Moscow on Tuesday said the Norwegian non-governmental ecological organization

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Mysterious spiral of light spotted in North caused by SpaceX rocket, physicist says

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at 09:12
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‘He was like, ‘You need to look at this, because I feel like I might be hallucinating.” A mysterious swirl

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* Featured * Environment Featured • Zone 2 General 

Blog: Ice researchers among world’s most influential – a sign of the TIME(s)?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Monday, April 17, 2023 at 16:11 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at 10:39
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Climate change is impacting the frozen regions of our planet faster and more seriously than expected. The naming of two

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Political, military luminaries call on Ottawa to stop backsliding on national defence

Murray Brewster, CBC News
Posted: Monday, April 17, 2023 at 14:16
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Letter says ‘business as usual’ won’t be enough to cope with a more dangerous world More than 60 of this

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Moscow outlines big future for Arkhangelsk Seaport

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, April 17, 2023 at 10:47
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Few months after the FSB-associated company of Andrei Patrushev acquired a stake in the Arctic infrastructure object, the country’s deputy

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Society Society (Canada) 

First Nation in Yukon petitions court to bar alleged drug dealer from community

CBC News
Posted: Monday, April 17, 2023 at 09:33
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Selkirk First Nation passed resolution in February to keep alleged dealer out, but say he’s returned The Selkirk First Nation

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Syllabic eye charts: Doctors’ groundbreaking approach for Indigenous patients

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, April 14, 2023 at 15:51
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Inuit in northern Quebec are now able to take vision tests using the Inuktitut writing system, after two Montreal doctors

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Health services reduced in 6 Nunavut communities amid staff shortages

CBC News
Posted: Friday, April 14, 2023 at 11:01
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Health department says more than two dozen indeterminate positions are vacant in those communities Health services have been reduced in six

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Russia claims “deliberate escalation of hostility” after Norway expels intel officers

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, April 14, 2023 at 09:08
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Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova comments on Norway’s expulsion of 15 intelligence officers “We see this decision as a deliberate

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Federal public service strike could affect 600 workers in the North

Liny Lamberink, CBC News @linylamberink
Posted: Thursday, April 13, 2023 at 16:11
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In the event of a strike, some employees will be deemed essential Hundreds of federal public servants in the North

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Pet arrives home, dog-tired, after Alaskan sea-ice odyssey

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, April 13, 2023 at 11:43
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Alaskan shepherd went missing during visit to Savoonga — and was found a month later, 241 km away A one-year-old

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Norway expels 15 intelligence officers at Russian Embassy

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, April 13, 2023 at 09:05
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“They have engaged in activities not compatible with their diplomatic status,” says Norwegian Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt. According to the

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Family of Czech billionaire sues over Alaska crash death

The Associated Press
Posted: Wednesday, April 12, 2023 at 15:35
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Suit filed in Alaska on behalf of Petr Kellner’s family alleges negligence, seeks punitive and other damages The family of

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N.W.T. gov’t spent $716,000 to address November cybersecurity breach

The Canadian Press
Posted: Wednesday, April 12, 2023 at 14:50
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Gov’t releasing few details about cyberattack The Northwest Territories government says it spent $716,000 to address a cyberattack in November.

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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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