Weasel ‘discovery’ in Nunavik highlights gap between local knowledge and research
Residents of Salluit, Que., regularly see weasels. But you wouldn’t know it from the science journals. A researcher has, for
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There’s a risk of people dying’ says Clyde River SAO as nursing shortage in Nunavut, Canada continues
8 health centres run by nurses expected to temporarily shut their doors if staff aren’t found A nursing shortage is
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Ottawa apologizes to Inuit of Nunavut’s Baffin Island for sled dog killings, forced relocations
Canadian Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Carolyn Bennett gave wide-ranging apology to Inuit of Baffin Island in Iqaluit, in Canada’s eastern
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Marine protected area in Canada’s eastern Arctic comes with $55M for Inuit communities, PM announces
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in Iqaluit, Nunavut, in Canada’s eastern Arctic on Thursday to announce $54.8 million for Inuit
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Canada’s PM announces new marine conservation area in eastern Arctic
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced plans to create a new protected area off of Nunavut coast, in the Canadian
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Glacier melt in Arctic Canada exposes plants frozen under ice for 40,000 years
Melting ice caps are exposing plants on Baffin Island, Nunavut that have been frozen for more than 40,000 years, according
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Lack of teachers causes school year delays in Northern Canadian territory
A teacher shortage has meant classes in at least one community in Nunavut (east-Canadian Arctic) have seen the start of
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Canadian Arctic park runs igloo building workshop
Igloos, the dome-like structures built out of blocks of packed snow, have become one of the most iconic images of
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Arctic rocks yield answers to billion-year-old mystery
A billion-year-old fossilized algae found in sediment rock deposits in the Canadian Arctic is believed to be the oldest known
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Promoting Inuit history through kayaks
Centuries before Europeans ever ventured into the Arctic with their large ungainly sailing ships, the Inuit had devised a simply,
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Cleanup complete on radar site in Nunavut, Canada
It’s a place few people will ever see. But workers say they’re proud of their cleanup work at the remote
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Residents in Nunavut, Canada community upset with water delivery changes
Some residents of Pond Inlet, a community of 1500 people in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut, are not happy
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