Displaced Enterprise, N.W.T. residents, worry about upcoming voter eligibility
Territorial regulations say voters must live in community for a consecutive 12 months before election Residents of Enterprise, N.W.T. continue
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Advocates hopeful new Inuinnaqtun dictionary app can help revitalize the language
By Samuel Wat The app, which includes thousands of words and phrases, is available on Apple and Android devices The
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Nunatsiavut moves forward with environmental review for Nain airport project
The Nunatsiavut Government is moving forward with the next steps of their environmental review process for the proposed new Nain
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Kola wildfire smoke drift into Nordic neighbours
Fires on dry peat bogs at several locations west of Murmansk on Russia’s Barents Sea coast continue to send smoke
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Wildfire smoke closes Hwy 1 between Enterprise, N.W.T., and Alberta
Closure comes after territory warns of ‘extreme’ fire activity Highway 1 between Enterprise, N.W.T., and the Alberta border is closed
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Decades after being forced to leave, these Labrador Inuit got to return home
By Samuel Wat Around 7,500 Inuit were evicted from Nutak and Hebron in the late 1950s Inside a church in
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BLOG: Long forgotten, these Soviet satellites once linked the Arctic to Moscow
Recently, I wrote about the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission, which will provide high-speed internet to military and government customers across
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Employee killed by polar bears at remote worksite off Baffin Island, company says
2 animals attacked worker on Thursday, Nasittuq Corporation says, and 1 animal was later killed A worker with a logistics
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Longyearbyen sees first time ever above 20°C in August
Temperature records continue to fall across the Arctic. Svalbard airport Longyearbyen measured 20,3°C on Sunday. Hottest day ever recorded in
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Health systems need to be better prepared for wildfires, says Yellowknife doctor
By Jeremy Warren Review examines how health-care systems can improve their preparation and responses More preparation will lead to better
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Russian forest fire smoke drifts into Finnish Lapland
Emergency services have received reports of smoke in the region over the past few days. Smoke from a large forest
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Heat records broken across N.W.T. with more hot days ahead
Fort McPherson, N.W.T., has seen two all-time heat records this week, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada. A heat record
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CN Rail plans to officially end rail service from Enterprise to Hay River, N.W.T.
Nadeer Hashmi CN Rail says it plans to officially end its rail service from Enterprise to Hay River, cutting off
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Alaska’s North Slope sees record-breaking heat, among state’s other climate oddities
Alaska’s North Slope has seen all-time record temperatures this week, with Deadhorse hitting 89 degrees (31°C) on Tuesday. National Weather
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Residents in Alaska capital clean up swamped homes after an ice dam burst and unleashed a flood
In her yard in Juneau, Alaska, Debbie Penrose Fischer leafed through a waterlogged cookbook with sentimental value Wednesday that she
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