Canada honours Arctic’s last known WW II bone collector
In late May 1940, 20-year-old Qapik Attagutsiak voluntarily picked up a burlap bag, put her one-year-old son in her amauti — a
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Eliminating tuberculosis among Canada’s Inuit stalled due to lack of funding
Nearly two years after the federal government committed to eliminating tuberculosis among Inuit by 2030, progress is stalled and the
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New phone program in Canadian northwestern Arctic territory will help parents, kids with mental health
Northern families dealing with anxiety, child behavioural difficulties and other challenges got good news on Wednesday — soon, they may be
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New Quebec audio guide shows how to correctly pronounce Inuktitut place names in part of Arctic Canada
The Quebec government department responsible for authorizing place names, the Commission de toponymie du Québec, has launched a new online audio guide to
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Northwestern Canadian territory sending 4 people to Australia to aid with devastating wildfires
Four people from the Northwest Territories are being deployed to Australia this week to help out efforts to contain its
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Arctic Canada: Nunavut government asks to lower caribou hunt, which could impact local communities
The Government of Nunavut is asking to lower the annual harvest limits of two declining caribou herds in western Nunavut,
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Canadian Arctic territory sees 29 name changes after waiving fees to reclaim Indigenous names
Ashley Lennie was a teenager when she found out the name on her birth certificate, Inglangasuk, was a different surname than
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Trump, Greenland & the black carbon debate: Arctic stories to watch for in 2020 with Cryopolitics’ Mia Bennett
As 2020 gets underway, Eye on the Arctic is checking in with northern experts for their take on what to
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Iceland most gender-equal country says World Economic Forum 2020 report, Canada comes in 19th
Iceland has been named the world’s most gender-equal country by the World Economic Forum. It’s the 11th year in a
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Meteorologists should watch the tropics rather than the Arctic to predict extreme cold in North America, study says
Meteorologists often look at the behaviour of the polar vortex to predict extreme cold events in North America, but the
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Kelly Fraser, Canadian Inuk singer-songwriter, dead at 26
Kelly Fraser, an acclaimed Inuk singer-songwriter born in Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, who had been living in Winnipeg, has died at age 26. Fraser’s advocacy
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Canadian chef invites whole Northwest Territories capital to Christmas feast
Yellowknife chef Robin Wasicuna doesn’t like the idea of people eating alone at Christmas. So with a crew of volunteers
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Arctic Canada: He takes down a Christmas tree with a rifle and ends up with a needleless one
Earlier this fall, when Nooks Lindell of Arviat, Nunavut, was building a new wooden sled to haul behind his snowmobile, he
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64 years tracking Santa with the North American Aerospace Defense Command
Did you know that you can follow Santa Claus on his long journey around the world? For the 64th time,
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Earth’s north magnetic pole is heading for Russia at an unprecedented rate, scientists say
The direction indicated by our compasses, the magnetic north pole, is not fixed, unlike the geographic north. In fact, it
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