Canadian military surveys Arctic airstrips, infrastructure in Operation NANOOK exercise
Canada has launched Operation NANOOK-QIMAAVIVUT, an Arctic defence exercise designed to test the military’s ability to move people and equipment
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Iqaluit housing pressure remains despite fewer working-age residents, says report
There may have been fewer working-age residents in Iqaluit in 2025, but that didn’t ease the city’s housing squeeze, says
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Herb Nakimayak elected president of Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada
Nakimayak was previously serving as the acting president of the organization Herb Nakimayak was elected president of the Inuit Circumpolar
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Gahcho Kué mine co-owner delisting from TSX signals financial distress, expert says
‘It’s a challenging time these days in the diamond sector,’ says mining finance professor Mountain Province Diamonds, the company that
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Grays Bay progress good news for Arctic Economic and Security Corridor, N.W.T. mining industry says
Some in the N.W.T mining industry consider the two major projects ‘inextricably linked’ As the CEO of a newly-created company
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$96.8 Million to Bridge the Digital Divide in Rural and Indigenous Communities
In an effort to close the digital divide that still isolates many regions, the federal government has announced a $96.8
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Fire-loving fungi are nature’s first responders after wildfire
Within weeks of a wildfire, an orange crust coats deadwood and the charred forest floor, creating an otherworldly landscape that
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Energy Transition: Canada’s Underground to the Rescue of Remote Communities
In the face of the climate emergency, the answer to our dependence on fossil fuels might just lie right beneath
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Hotter, drier summers causing wild berry declines in Gwich’in Settlement Area, new study finds
By Yumna Iftikhar When Annie Buckle was growing up in Aklavik, she said wild berries were so abundant that they
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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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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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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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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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N.W.T. gov’t hopes for ‘rebound’ in spring water levels this year on Mackenzie River
By Yumna Iftikhar Heavy winter snowpack to the south could help bring the Mackenzie River closer to normal this summer
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