Nunavut prosecutors reflect on 6 months of dedicated sexual violence team
By Samuel Wat Early contact with victims within days, rather than months, a key priority It’s been six months since
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Toxic chemical levels dropping in oceans, but rising in Arctic: study
A recent study has found that although toxic chemical levels in oceans are declining, levels in the Arctic are worryingly
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Companies to pay $300K for training initiative after Nunavut mine worker death
Vincent Crowe died at western Nunavut mine site after falling through sea ice An agreement reached between the Workers’ Safety and
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Construction begins on a “new flagship of Russian polar research”
By Elizaveta Vereykina On 29 October, an official ceremony was held at the Admiralty shipyards in St Petersburg to start the
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N.W.T.’s 2024 wildfire season was ‘highly active,’ with 1.7M hectares of land burned
Continuing drought conditions a ‘defining feature of our fire season,’ official says The N.W.T.’s 2024 wildfire season may not have
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Chinese heavy lift ship without ice-class battles on freezing Arctic route
Sea-ice is quickly expanding across the region as 154 meter long carrier Ocean 28 makes it across the Northern Sea
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COP16: ‘We must hold our government to their commitments’
With COP 16 underway in Cali, Colombia, the president and CEO of World Wildlife Fund-Canada, emphasized that discussions held here
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Putin oversees nuclear triad exercises from his bunker
A Delta-IV class ballistic missile submarine in the Barents Sea participated as Russia’s anticipated large-scale nuclear drills took place on
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N.W.T. officials meet with Fort Smith jail staff before funding expires next year
Funding for the men’s unit at the N.W.T.’s Fort Smith Correctional Complex is set to expire at the end of
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Sweden beefs up defence forces in the North
“An armed attack against Sweden or our allies can not be excluded,” the Government in Stockholm underlines. The new NATO
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As winter sets in, Norman Wells, N.W.T., resident decries fuel costs
By CBC News Resident writes letter outlining impact of ‘outrageous’ cost increase A Norman Wells, N.W.T., resident has written a
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U.S. Navy apologizes for the 1882 obliteration of a Tlingit village in Alaska
By Mark Thiessen ‘The Navy takes the significance of this action very, very seriously and knows an apology is long
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Classroom portables expected to arrive in Colville Lake, N.W.T., this winter
By Luke Carroll Parent says the school conditions are like ‘a third world country’ Multiple classroom portables are expected to
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Melting Arctic sea-ice could have dramatic effect on ocean circulation
It has been a record warm summer here at 80 degrees north of Svalbard in the Arctic Ocean. Enhanced melting
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Recovery plan for Southern Lakes caribou hailed a ‘success story’ 31 years later
By Tori Fitzpatrick First Nations working on new plan now to guide relationship with herds About 30 years ago, Danny
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