Canada Focuses on the Arctic for Future Airborne Surveillance
The Government of Canada is stepping up efforts to protect its northern sovereignty by selecting Swedish company Saab as the
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The Oktoecho Ensemble Presents “Transcestral”
The musical ensemble Oktoecho will stage two free outdoor performances of its production Transcestral this Saturday, May 30, in Montreal’s
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Researchers look to Arctic algae to study changing Frobisher Bay
Un texte de Tharsha Ravichakaravarthy Researchers in Iqaluit have completed a multi-year study of sea ice algae and phytoplankton that
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Bird flu found in polar bear in Europe for first time, on Svalbard
By Reuters Bird flu has been detected in a dead polar bear in the Arctic Svalbard archipelago, the first time
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Nunavut: Green light for construction at Hope Bay gold mine
The federal government and senior executives from Agnico Eagle have officially broken ground on the redevelopment of the Hope Bay
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Ottawa injects $957.8M into small craft harbours
The federal government has announced a $957.8-million investment over five years to modernize the Small Craft Harbours Program. Sourced from
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Plastic Pollution: Ottawa Funds Indigenous Research in the North
Minister of Environment Julie Dabrusin has announced a $2.4 million investment to study the impact of plastic pollution on Indigenous
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Spending in the North won’t ‘invest in the human rights’ of northerners, NDP argues
By Devon Tredinnick Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government is failing to invest in the human rights of people in Northern
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Tariffs: $1.5M to Support Yukon Workers
The federal and territorial governments are injecting $1.5 million over three years to help the Yukon workforce adapt to global
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4 more sailors lost on doomed 1845 Arctic expedition identified
A team of researchers from the University of Waterloo say they have definitively identified the remains of four sailors belonging
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Arctic Sovereignty Requires Strong Communities, Says FCM
In a new report titled “The Future of Canada’s North and Arctic,” the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) is urging
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Growing population of beavers affecting traditional lands in Arctic
By Bianca McKeown New research shows how the animals have become more common in the North in recent years Growing
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Report confirms heat records in Europe and Arctic, but war-fuelled energy crisis boosts renewables and embattled climate
As the European State of the Climate Report confirms Europe is the fastest-warming continent and the Arctic the fastest warming
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Hibernation season is over in Dawson City, Yukon, as businesses, town prepare to welcome tourists this summer
There is still plenty of snow on the ground in Dawson City, Yukon, but it hasn’t stopped the town from
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Great Northern Arts Festival organizers looking ahead after funding turned down
A major arts festival in Inuvik has been slowly coming back over the last few years, but organizers of the
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