Limited COVID-19 vaccines available for N.W.T. residents due to spoiled doses
Vaccines will be prioritized to those deemed high-risk Most N.W.T. residents won’t be getting a COVID-19 shot for the time
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Arctic Norwegian town fears flight cuts could chill winter tourism boom
By Elizaveta Vereykina Although the number of tourists visiting northern Norway continues to increase, tour operators in Kirkenes are worried that
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China pledges to defend shared security interests with Russia
China wants to strengthen cooperation with Russia and defend shared security interests, Premier Li Qiang told visiting Russian Prime Minister
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Archaeological site in Alaska that casts light on early Yup’ik life ravaged by ex-Typhoon Halong
Bt Becky Bohrer Winds and storm surge may have washed away thousands of unearthed artifacts A fragment of a mask
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Q&A | N.W.T. housing minister not sure gov’t should be ones to provide public housing
Minister said she’s not surprised by scathing report from Auditor General The Northwest Territories’ housing minister said her department is
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Residents, MLAs call to resurface Dempster between Inuvik and Tsiigehtchic
Minister says he’ll work with department to repair critical road Lawrence Norbert, an elder from Tsiigehtchic, said the Dempster Highway
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Auditor general gives Housing N.W.T. a bad grade, again
By Sarah St-Pierre Audit report released Tuesday found persisting issues with housing allocation and maintenance The Office of the Auditor
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Sanctions-evading Russian oil ships could pollute the Arctic, PM’s adviser warns
Some of Canada’s allies are praising Ottawa’s work on preventing Russia from smuggling oil through concealed ships – ships that
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Indigenous leaders skeptical federal budget will deliver on 2030 infrastructure promise
By Joy SpearChief-Morris ‘Every day that they don’t invest, it’s getting more expensive to close… the gap,’ says AFN national
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Nunavik eyes post-secondary education rooted in Inuit culture and offering Western credentials
Education rooted in Inuit culture — but offering recognized Western credentials and based in the North — are among the
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How the Arctic has been ‘pushed & triggered’ into climate extremes: paper
As the Arctic warms at an unprecedented rate, a new scientific review outlines how events once considered rare — from
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Inuit women’s summit in Greenland to tackle violence, rights and safety
With Denmark’s recent apology for an involuntary birth control program that targeted Inuit women in Greenland until 1991 — and
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How a Thunder Bay, Ont. women’s group is working to better include Inuit
By Rajpreet Sahota The Ontario Native Women’s Association has launched its first Inuit Women’s Council As the Inuit population in
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Finland’s shortest life expectancy for women in Lapland
Life expectancy in Finland has risen to the highest level in statistical history, according to figures published on Friday by
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Net-Zero Framework for int’l shipping shelved for a year after U.S. led-pushback
After a week of high-stakes debate and U.S.-led opposition, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) voted on Friday for a one-year
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