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At 82, this Inuvialuktun translator wonders who will replace her

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, March 17, 2026 at 09:42
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After three weeks on the road in Yellowknife doing Inuvialuktun translation for the Northwest Territories legislative assembly, Lillian Elias says

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Cooking like it’s the “last meal”: inside Operation Nanook’s Cambridge Bay kitchen

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, March 17, 2026 at 09:33
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In the extreme cold of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canadian Armed Forces personnel have been testing heavy artillery and doing ice

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Nordic leaders meet in Oslo as Arctic tensions sharpen over Greenland, Russia

Murray Brewster, CBC News
Posted: Monday, March 16, 2026 at 11:08
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The leaders of five Nordic countries — plus Canada — gathered in Oslo for a mini-summit to discuss strengthening defence capabilities

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Carney announces $35B for defence, infrastructure in Canada’s North

Murray Brewster, CBC News
Posted: Friday, March 13, 2026 at 11:21
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The Liberal government has unveiled a detailed, multibillion-dollar proposal to modernize and expand Canada’s military footprint in the country’s Far

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Carney heads to Arctic war games as NATO flexes muscle in Norway

Murray Brewster, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, March 12, 2026 at 17:23
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Prime Minister Mark Carney will be in Yellowknife on Thursday before heading to Norway and the United Kingdom for meetings

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Carney scheduled to visit Yellowknife on Thursday

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, March 12, 2026 at 12:31
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Prime Minister Mark Carney is scheduled to be in Yellowknife on Thursday. His itinerary shows he will announce a “new

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Arctic Winter Games expected to cost around $9.5M

CBC News
Posted: Friday, March 6, 2026 at 11:20 — Last Updated: Friday, March 6, 2026 at 11:22
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The Arctic Winter Games, scheduled to begin in Whitehorse on Sunday, are estimated to cost $9.5 million — and organizers

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Elder says writing kids book about Taloyoak, Nunavut, a ‘dream come true’

Liny Lamberink, CBC News @linylamberink
Posted: Wednesday, March 4, 2026 at 16:58
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An elder in Taloyoak says publishing her first book is a dream come true.  Elizabeth Lyall, 72, is a co-author

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Alaska Natives welcome new state limits to protect chum salmon

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at 17:09
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The Alaska Board of Fisheries is cutting chum salmon fishing by 30 per cent in southwest Alaska. Alaskan Native communities,

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In a more competitive Arctic, Canada’s influence hinges on investment

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, February 27, 2026 at 12:41
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A major Arctic conference this month heard European foreign ministers deliver a blunt message that the old era of Arctic

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Denmark calls an early election following tense US-Greenland standoff

The Associated Press
Posted: Thursday, February 26, 2026 at 11:43
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Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Thursday called an early general election for March 24, as the country digests a

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Trump’s Greenland threats cast shadow on Finland’s icebreaker deals

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, February 24, 2026 at 10:27
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US designs on Greenland risk putting Finland in an uncomfortable position. Questions are emerging as to whether Finnish-built icebreakers could double

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Resource extraction projects, dwindling sea ice power Arctic shipping surge

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:44
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Arctic ship traffic distances have doubled over the last 12 years as sea ice continues to decline said a new

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Canada bets on ‘Build at Home’ defence strategy to reclaim sovereignty — and revive readiness

Murray Brewster, CBC News
Posted: Monday, February 16, 2026 at 14:01
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Plan aims to award 70% of federal defence contracts to Canadian firms within a decade Canada’s new defence industrial strategy

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Alaska’s ‘Superbowl’ of dog mushing, the Iditarod, set to run its normal northern route

Alaska Public Media
Posted: Monday, February 16, 2026 at 11:39
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By Ava White The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is less than a month away and set to run on its

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The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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