Updated benefits program ‘barrier’ for N.W.T.ers with chronic diseases: pharmacists
By Nadeer Hashmi The program now covers everyone in the territory on an income-based threshold N.W.T. patients who previously had
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Warmer temperatures have put chinook salmon — and a way of life — in grave danger
Brandie Weikle At the home James MacDonald shares with his wife and their two kids, it’s approaching dinnertime. His five-year-old
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A former Norwegian tanker now smuggles Russian LNG across the Arctic
The Everest Energy used to be based in a Norwegian port and sail under Norwegian flag. Now it is operated
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Nunavut’s newest cultural centre rethinks the basics of building in the Arctic
A new cultural centre in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, will provide space where elders can share traditional skills such as how
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Yukon commission proposes new electoral boundary adjustments ahead of final report
The Yukon Electoral District Boundaries Commission has changed its mind about some of the recommendations included in an earlier report
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Tame Russian whale not shot, police says after autopsy report
“There are no findings from the autopsy that indicate that Hvaldimir has been shot,” says Amund Preede Revheim with Norway’s
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Weather equipment failures at Yakutat airport draw political focus, spotlight rural Alaska aviation challenges
Yakutat Airport’s weather system issues have finally caught a state senator’s attention, prompting a recent summit to find solutions and
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Inuit involvement is still strong 10 years after Franklin shipwreck site located
By Tessa Vikander Inuit are involved in research and guarding the sites of the HMS Erebus and Terror near Gjoa
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LKAB iron mine in Arctic Sweden reports hostile incidents to police
Only few days after someone vandalised company machinery, an armed person made it into one of the north Swedish iron
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Northern Fleet kicks off “special military exercise”
Norwegian expert on Russia’s military maneuvers in the north says the ongoing exercise has a primary focus on multi-domain bastion
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Court injunction puts new Gwich’in grand chief election on hold
N.W.T. Supreme Court to do a judicial review of council’s decision An N.W.T. Supreme Court judge has granted an injunction
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Federal government announces funding for N.W.T. non-profit
By Nadeer Hashmi A skills-oriented non-profit in Yellowknife plans to develop new programming, improve its space and add new training
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September heat record for Murmansk
The hotter-than-normal summer in Russia’s northwest corner is continued into September with temperatures never seen before on record for the
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Supplies arrive in Whale Cove, Nunavut, after only store burned down
By Samuel Wat Donations arrived over the weekend, as co-op looks to set up a temporary store Four days after
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Gwich’in to redo grand chief election despite no violations found by committee
The Gwich’in Tribal Council board of directors disagreed with committee’s findings The Gwich’in Tribal Council is redoing its election for
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