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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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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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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Canada’s new Arctic patrol ships could be tasked with hurricane relief
The Canadian navy will take possession of two Arctic Offshore Patrol Ships in the new year — and it looks like
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Compilation: Mining and drilling in the Arctic
Arctic countries are showing a growing interest in the region’s natural resources. While some states are cancelling their plans for
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Inuit leaders applaud UN move to designate International Decade of Indigenous Languages
International Inuit leaders applauded the UN move on Wednesday to proclaim 2022-2032 as the International Decade of Indigenous Languages. “We,
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Goldman Sachs will no longer fund drilling in Arctic refuge sacred to First Nations
In the wake of a U.S. banking giant’s announcement that it will no longer invest in new oil projects in
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Canadian feds return $430M to oil and gas companies ahead of Arctic offshore exploration ban
The federal government returned $430 million in security deposits to oil and gas companies that committed to spend billions exploring
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Canada’s Yukon territory has highest per capita pot sales in country, study says
Yukoners led Canadians in buying the most legal pot per capita from retail stores in the first year of legalization, according to a study released
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