Canadian-style reconciliation commissions draw mixed reaction across Scandinavia
It began with a funding announcement — and a modest one at that. Last week, the Swedish government announced $175,000
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Canada
N.W.T. entrepreneur wants to help Canadian communities build their own internet networks
Eight years ago, Lyle Fabian laid down his first kilometre of fibre optic cable in his home community of K’atl’odeeche
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From mobile concerts to virtual fireworks on your phone: Canada Day in the North COVID-19 style
If Canada Day in the North normally means fun under the midnight sun, parades, street vendors and large crowds of friends,
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Meet 3 Indigenous health-care workers helping keep Canadian Northern communities safe
Through the month of June CBC Indigenous has been sharing stories from Indigenous health-care workers across the country about their
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Yukon advocates want moratorium on grizzly bear hunting in Canada
A group of advocates wants a moratorium on grizzly bear hunting in Yukon until the decades-old bear population estimate is updated, but
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What ancient earthquakes along the Denali fault in Yukon can tell us about what could come in Canada
New findings of earthquake recurrence on the Denali Fault line in southwest Yukon are helping researchers get closer to pinpointing when
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Nı̨̀ı̨̀kè! Yellowknife in Canada’s Northwest Territories introduces stop signs in English and Wiliideh
At some Yellowknife intersections, drivers might linger a little longer. If they do, it may be because the city has
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Cotton fibres, microplastics pervade Eastern Arctic, study finds
Chelsea Rochman wasn’t surprised when her research cruise through Canada’s Eastern Arctic showed tiny plastic shards and other human debris
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Canada’s Yukon First Nation turns to farming to help ensure food security
A refurbished farm in central Yukon is becoming part of the Na-Cho Nyak Dun First Nation’s effort to improve food
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Alaska Highway travellers might be in for rough ride this summer
Travellers on the Alaska Highway between Haines Junction and the United States border may be in for a rough ride
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2021 Yukon Quest to split in two: one race in Alaska, one in Yukon
Citing the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Yukon Quest’s organizers announced Wednesday that next year’s race will be split
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Canada’s Northwest Territories: Former Métis leader says day school settlement forms ‘misleading’
A former N.W.T. Métis Council president alleges that day school settlement forms are “misleading” survivors away from the rightful money they deserve.
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Blog – Summer 2020: When the unprecedented becomes the precedent
It’s raining. I’m delighted. A strange response from a Scot who has fled the damp British climate. I write this
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Arctic Canada : Lawyer wants man in violent Kinngait arrest video to join his class action
A lawyer is trying to get in touch with the Kinngait man who, earlier this month, was captured on video
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Canadian coast guard crew await COVID-19 tests before Arctic season
The Canadian Coast Guard starts its Arctic season in about two weeks, and it’s still not sure where COVID-19 tests
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