ANALYSIS: Perils of Prohibition – Alaska’s failed war on booze
Alaska’s war on alcohol, a costly and painful crusade waged for decades in remote villages across the rural vastness of
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Sahtu region in Canada’s N.W.T. sees self-gov’t progress
Twenty years after the government of Canada agreed the people of the Sahtu region in the Northwest Territories should be
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Elder in Canada’s N.W.T. fined for wasting caribou meat
A Tlicho elder in Canada’s Northwest Territories has paid a $575 fine for wasting meat stemming from a recent incident
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Sick babies cost Nunavut, Canada millions, study finds
A new study says Inuit children’s hospital admissions for respiratory illnesses such as RSV, pneumonia or bronchitis are costing Northern
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Residential schools: Health Canada records to be examined
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC), a commission tasked with uncovering the full story of the residential school
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Yukon, Canada First Nation votes against fracking
The Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation in the community of Old Crow in Canada’s northwestern Yukon territory is giving its leaders
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Proposed mine in Canada’s N.W.T. needs $1.6B to operate
The fate of a proposed rare earth minerals mine in Canada’s Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) is now in the hands of
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Think tank calls for Arctic cruise ship code of conduct
A non-governmental think tank is calling for a rigorous code of conduct for cruise ships and private boats which enter
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BLOG: The exceptionality of Inuit diplomacy
This month marked the 20th anniversary of the passing of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, the largest land claim
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Chilkat and Ravenstail weaving renewed in Yukon, Canada
Chilkat and Ravenstail weaving is a skill and an artform that was almost abandoned in northwestern Canada. Now it is
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Contract axed for only treatment centre in Canada’s N.W.T.
The government of Canada’s Northwest Territories announced Thursday that it will not renew the contract for the only addictions treatment
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Canada’s North Slave Métis sign on to mine project
The North Slave Métis Alliance is now the first aboriginal group to sign an Impact Benefit Agreement for the Gahcho
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Land claim anniversary in Nunavut, Canada
Communities across Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut are celebrating Nunavut Day today, and this year marks the 20th anniversary
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Yukon First Nations declare territory is ‘frack free’
The Council of Yukon First Nations, in Canada’s northwestern Yukon territory, says it is opposed to all hydraulic fracturing, a
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Arctic Canadian community concerned after ravens shot
A wounded raven from the Arctic community of Old Crow in Canada’s northwestern Yukon territory, is recovering at the Yukon
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