Arctic Canadian community plans $100 tax per passenger for cruise ships this season
So far, there have been ‘no quibbles,’ with the requested payment, says economic development officer When a giant cruise ship
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Cambridge Bay
Part of Dempster highway closed due to blizzard, June snow showers hit the North
Fort McPherson, N.W.T., got a cool surprise Wednesday morning. Resident Mary Teya said just the other day the hamlet was
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Arctic research station in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, reopens after pandemic closure
Closure gave researchers extra time to fine-tune the facility COVID-19 pandemic restrictions kept the doors of the Canadian High Arctic
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Arctic Canadian community celebrates muskox-themed festival
Umingmak Frolics spring festival is back this year with snowmobile races, bingo, parade and more The 2,000 or so residents
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Cambridge Bay’s 1st transition home for women set to open soon in Eastern Canadian Arctic
The Kitikmeot Friendship Society announced its latest pilot project — a transitional home for women in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. It’s
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“It’s a scary situation we’re living in today” – Arctic Tourism & the Pandemic Podcast: Ep 2
Prior to the pandemic, Arctic regions and chambers of commerce around the world had increasingly touted tourism as a key
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How a group of grandmothers is reconnecting youth with Inuit culture in Arctic Canada
Bessie Pihoak Omilgoetok’s worn fingers delicately tease pieces of white Arctic cotton before placing them in her qulliq — an
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Mother from Arctic Canada wants investigation after medical travel debacle
A mother from Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, in Arctic Canada, says she was recently forced to choose between attending a medical
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Hybrid-powered electric cruise ship navigates Northwest Passage
A Norwegian company says it has navigated the first hybrid-powered cruise ship through the Northwest Passage using a combination of
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Camp in Nunavut, Arctic Canada helping teens make new connections and gain new skills
A summer camp aimed at helping young people, including some considered at-risk, in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, is helping them make
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Research project seeks to understand climate change impacts in North American Arctic
A group of Canadian and U.S. scientists backed by a NASA aircraft packed with sophisticated remote sensing equipment have converged
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Japan scopes out future Arctic research in Cambridge Bay, Northern Canada
A Japanese research institute is seeking to deepen its collaboration with Canadian scientists and Inuit to further research in the
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Barge season in Canada’s Northwest Territories to get ‘early start’
An official with the Northwest Territories’ Marine Transportation Services (MTS) says they will be getting an “early start” to this
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Exhibit in Arctic Canada to showcase evolution of parkas
Mary Avalak deftly threads a needle with caribou sinew and makes a couple of stitches in a caribou-skin parka. Picking
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Satellite imagery illuminates ice conditions around communities in Canada’s east-Arctic
Inuit in Cambridge Bay, Kugluktuk and Gjoa Haven, in the territory of Nunavut, are getting a clearer picture of sea-ice
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