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Arctic Canada: Beaufort Delta region gets creative with activities amid restrictions on gatherings

Mackenzie Scott, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at 10:41
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Organizations and communities across the Beaufort Delta region of the Northwest Territories are finding new ways to stay connected, amid

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COVID-19 shouldn’t overshadow ongoing fight against TB, Canadian Inuit leaders say

Olivia Stefanovich, CBC News
Posted: Monday, April 13, 2020 at 10:21
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Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Canada’s Inuit were already grappling with a much deadlier respiratory disease: tuberculosis. The TB rate

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Civil liberties in Arctic Canada need to be monitored amidst pandemic, experts say

Thomas Rohner, CBC News
Posted: Friday, April 10, 2020 at 10:03
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Civil liberties experts say governments across Canada, including in the North, need to be extra cautious when putting legally binding public health

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Canadian local leaders voice anger with N.W.T. policy on identifying communities with COVID-19

John Last, CBC North
Posted: Tuesday, April 7, 2020 at 10:14
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A pair of letters, sent from Fort Resolution Mayor Patrick Simon and Deninue K’ue First Nation Chief Louis Balsillie, are

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Amid pandemic, amateur radio societies in Northern Canada are seeking new recruits

Avery Zingel, CBC News
Posted: Monday, April 6, 2020 at 09:33
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Amateur radio enthusiast Ron Thompson has made contact with Russia from Yellowknife. He’s also used it to reach his wife

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Arctic Canada: Nunavut men left homeless after COVID-19 pushes court dates

Thomas Rohner, CBC News
Posted: Friday, March 27, 2020 at 10:31
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Three men from Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, say they were forced into homelessness after they were released on bail from the Baffin

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Arctic Canada: Aklak Air reduces flights to each community, due to ‘significant decrease’ in travel

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, March 26, 2020 at 10:42
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Aklak Air will reduce the number of scheduled flights to each community it services, because of a “significant decrease in

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Publisher in Arctic Canada putting Inuit-language books online amidst COVID-19 closures

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, March 26, 2020 at 10:19
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A publisher, in partnership with the organization that represents Inuit in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut, are making Inuit-language

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Canada Society Society (Canada) 

Arctic Canada: Nunavut mining companies confirm no COVID-19 cases, as concerns rise

Thomas Rohner, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 at 11:53
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There are no suspected or confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, at the Meliadine Mine outside of Rankin Inlet,

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Inuit gov. in Atlantic Canada calls for people to stop travel to and from their region

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, March 19, 2020 at 16:46
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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the government of Nunatsiavut, the Inuit region in the Atlantic Canadian province of Newfoundland

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Non-profits say struggling Arctic cruise company offered them thousands, but didn’t deliver

Katie Toth, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at 16:42 — Last Updated: Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at 16:43
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As cruise company One Ocean Expeditions fights to solve its financial problems, two polar non-profits say they are out thousands

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Here’s a list of what’s cancelled or postponed across the Canadian North

CBC News
Posted: Friday, March 13, 2020 at 14:21
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On the advice of health officials, numerous events planned for the coming weeks in all three territories are being cancelled or

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Arctic Canada: Yukon tourism operators brace for impact of COVID-19 this summer

CBC News
Posted: Friday, March 13, 2020 at 11:31 — Last Updated: Friday, March 13, 2020 at 11:46
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Tourism operators in Yukon are bracing for a bad season this summer because of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, and

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Arctic Winter Games: ‘We will sell everything as best we can,’ say organizers after cancellation

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, March 12, 2020 at 14:12
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It’s like cleaning up after a party — but without the lingering buzz of a good time. “We’re doing it two

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Arctic Canada: what are the Northwest Territories and its residents doing about COVID-19?

Sara Minogue, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at 14:24
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Sir John Franklin High School in Yellowknife has cancelled a class trip to Europe. About 20 students and several adults

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The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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