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Notable book recommendations from across northern Canada

16 November 2018 16 h 06 min Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Arctic, children's books, First Nations, Inuit, literature, Nunavut, NWT, publishing, residential schools, Yukon

The First Nations Book Fair (Kwahiatonhk: Salon du livre des Premières Nations) gets underway in the Canadian province of Quebec November

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NATO wants to keep tensions low in the High North, says Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg

30 October 2018 17 h 07 min — 2 November 2018 10 h 32 min Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments Arctic, NATO, Russia, security, Trident Juncture

Even as NATO is conducting its largest military exercise since the end of the Cold War close to the Arctic

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Inuit hail Arctic-focused restructuring at DFO and Canadian Coast Guard

24 October 2018 13 h 40 min — 25 October 2018 9 h 33 min Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments Arctic, Canadian Coast Guard, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Inuit, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami

As climate change opens up the Canadian Arctic to more shipping, fishing and resource development the federal government is reorganizing

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Environmental and Indigenous groups call on Canada to commit to dirty fuel ban in the Arctic

23 October 2018 12 h 46 min — 23 October 2018 13 h 49 min Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments Arctic, Clean Arctic Alliance, heavy fuel oil, IMO, indigenous, Inuit, MEPC73, shipping, WWF

As the world’s maritime body gathers this week in London, a coalition of environmental and Indigenous groups is calling on

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Indigenous Cultural Tourism: How the North is learning from community success in southern Canada

5 October 2018 16 h 33 min — 5 October 2018 18 h 24 min Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Arctic, British Columbia, business, economy, hunting, travel, Wendake

The successes of cultural tourism in Canada’s southern Aboriginal communities are providing an important roadmap for development of Indigenous cultural

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Quebec Elections: Centre-right CAQ takes province including Arctic Ungava riding

2 October 2018 9 h 37 min — 2 October 2018 11 h 04 min Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Arctic, elections, Inuit, Nunavik, Ungava

The Coalition Avenir Quebec (CAQ) party swept provincial elections on Monday winning its first ever majority, including the Arctic riding of

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Canada’s first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship to be launched Saturday

14 September 2018 16 h 21 min — 17 September 2018 8 h 48 min Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments AOPS, Arctic, Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship, HMCS Harry DeWolf

Shipbuilders at Halifax Shipyard are set to launch Canada’s first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS) on Saturday to get

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Russia flexes its military muscles with Arctic component of Vostok 2018 war games

12 September 2018 17 h 44 min — 17 September 2018 8 h 48 min Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments Arctic, Chukotka, military, Northern Fleet, Russia, Vostok-2018

The Russian military is conducting a series of exercises designed to test and showcase its ability to mount large-scale joint

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Communities wrestle with shark-bite mystery off Alaskan coast

24 July 2018 15 h 31 min — 27 July 2018 15 h 52 min Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Arctic, Barrow, Bering Strait, climate change, food security, hunting, indigenous, Nome, North Slope, oceans, sea lions, seals

Sometimes it’s seals with amputated flippers. Or even a sea lion snatched seemingly out of thin air. But for at

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Arctic and Antarctic waters breed more new species than tropics: study

9 July 2018 15 h 44 min — 13 July 2018 9 h 28 min Allison Chandler, CBC News 0 Comments animals, Antarctic, Arctic, Biodiversity, fauna, flora, nature, plants, species, vegetation, wildlife

Think life is easier in the tropics? A new study published in the journal Nature suggests Arctic and Antarctic waters,

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Norway to build three large Coast Guard ships for Arctic

28 June 2018 13 h 41 min — 29 June 2018 12 h 06 min Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic, Arctic Ocean, Barents Sea, Coast Guard, Norway, sea ice, ships

With a length of 136 meters, the three will be the largest Coast Guard vessels sailing the European Arctic. Norway’s

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Police lift lockdown of Nunavut community

19 June 2018 16 h 32 min — 19 June 2018 17 h 33 min Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments Arctic, Nunavut, RCMP, Sanikiluaq

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Nunavut said Thursday afternoon that they have lifted the lockdown in the Arctic territory’s