One dead after fatal police shooting in Inukjuak, Que.
By Samuel Wat This is the 3rd fatal police shooting in Nunavik in 8 months One person is dead after being
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China’s Arctic involvement ‘highly exaggerated,’ Harvard researchers say
China’s activities in the Arctic in recent years have been “highly exaggerated” due to “alarmist language in terms of scale,
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Yukon minister defends mining amendments blasted by First Nations
‘We’ll do our best to work through these differences of understanding,’ says Minister John Streicker Yukon’s mines minister says the
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25 research projects to receive $10.8m funding from Canadian Arctic science network
Twenty-five research projects are set to receive funding from a Canadian northern research network to better understand the climate, geopolitical
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$500 per child grocery fund ending for Inuvialuit families
By Tamara Merritt One mother in Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T., says her family with 5 children will turn to more traditional foods
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Private yachts can still travel through the Northwest Passage undetected
Inuit guardians are on the front lines of maintaining sovereignty over the Northwest Passage, but small yachts are still allowed
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Nunavut enters into new 10-year agreement for air transportation services
By Francis Tessier-Burns Agreement with Bradley Air Services covers things such as medical travel, duty travel and cargo The Government
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Alaska tsunami warning had residents scrambling after 7.3 magnitude earthquake
By Becky Bohrer, Mark Thiessen Communities along a 1,126-kilometre stretch of Alaska’s southern coast ordered residents to higher ground after a powerful
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Icelandic authorities give hazard warnings as fissures spread lava and smoke
Iceland’s volcanic unrest intensified overnight as new fissures opened on the Reykjanes Peninsula, sending lava eastward and prompting fresh hazard
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Territorial ministers seek full funding for national plan on gender-based violence
Ministers meet with federal counterpart in Yellowknife about tackling gendered violence Amid the federal government’s bid to reduce spending, territorial ministers
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Inuvik’s mayor says new dentist could be on the way
After more than a year without a dentist, Inuvik is now on track to welcome a resident dentist by late
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Clyde River, Nunavut, under boil water advisory
Health officials say advisory is safety measure due to high turbidity in water Nunavut health officials have issued a boil
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Nunavut Appeal Court reduces sexual assault sentence for former RCMP member
By Samuel Wat · Mosesie Ikkidluak sentence reduced from 9 to 4 years, with appeal upheld Nunavut’s Court of Appeal has
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‘Port of Churchill is primed to be major Cdn trade asset’: Arctic Gateway Group CEO
The company that owns a rail line and port in northern Manitoba has increased its capacity to transport goods, as
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Inuit Circumpolar Council granted permanent status at International Maritime Org.
After almost four years of holding provisional status at the International Maritime Organization, the group representing Inuit across the Arctic
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