Arctic cruise operators brace for coronavirus uncertainty
While the Arctic cruise ship season is still months away, the expedition cruise industry is closely following the outbreak of
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Indigenous government secures $2M to conserve traditional lands in northwestern Canada
The government of Canada announced Friday it will inject $2 million into the Canada Nature Fund to help conserve Indigenous
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Stop signs in northern Canadian town to include Indigenous languages
A new multilingual stop sign project in Inuvik, N.W.T., is hoping to highlight the importance of Indigenous language preservation. The community-based
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Arctic Winter Games ‘in good shape’ with COVID-19 precautions
Officials with the Arctic Winter Games (AWG) say the risk is low, but they’re taking all necessary precautions to avoid
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Q&A: How the International Inuit Business Association wants to transform commerce in the Arctic
As interest in the Arctic ramps up in the global community, Inuit business leaders from across the Arctic want to
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Archeologists create digital blueprints of historic sites on Canadian Arctic island
The impacts of climate change can be hard to notice on an incremental basis, but when archeologist Peter Dawson stepped off
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Where are the wolves? Satellite collaring planned for wolves on caribou winter range in northwestern Canada
Biologists in the N.W.T. are asking: where are the wolves? That’s the question a proposed wolf collaring project aims to
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Arctic Canada: why on-site hemodialysis is available in N.W.T. but not Yukon health centres
Yukon needs more than 50 people requiring hemodialysis to warrant offering the treatment at a health facility, according to the
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This greenhouse in a sea can in Arctic Canada is powered by wind and solar energy
In a sea can outside Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, there are rows of ripening cherry tomatoes working to grow from green
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No confirmed cases of coronavirus in Canadian Arctic, but here’s how they’re preparing
There are no confirmed cases of coronavirus in Yukon, Northwest Territories or Nunavut, but health officials say they’re taking precautions
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Canadian mining company Baffinland faces millions in liens over stalled expansion project in Arctic
Construction companies are taking steps to make sure they’ll get paid for work they did for Baffinland’s Mary River Mine.
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Chinese tourists cancel trips to Canada’s Northwest Territories amid coronavirus outbreak
Tour operators and hotels in Yellowknife are being hit with a number of cancellations from Chinese tourists in the wake
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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 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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