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Canada to help small airlines deliver essential services to remote northern communities

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, August 6, 2020 at 15:43
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The federal government says it will help support small airlines that bring essential services and goods to remote communities. In

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Geopolitics Geopolitics (USA) Politics USA 

U.S. wants to keep the Arctic an area of low tensions, top official

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Thursday, August 6, 2020 at 11:35 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 6, 2020 at 11:49
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The United States wants to keep the Arctic an area of low tensions, Washington’s newly appointed Arctic coordinator said Wednesday

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Business Business (Norway) Norway 

A Norwegian port offers a new transport route for Chinese shippers

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 14:39
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The shipping container was in mid-July loaded on a train in the Chinese city of Hefei. Less than two weeks

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Canada Geopolitics Geopolitics (Canada) Politics RCI 

Allies testing naval readiness in Canada’s Arctic

Murray Brewster, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 09:48
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Operation Nanook, the Canadian military’s annual northern sovereignty exercise, is taking on a distinct NATO look this year with the

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Canada Culture Culture (Canada) RCI 

A film shows how Canadian Indigenous paddled over 500 km in a handmade mooseskin boat

CBC Radio
Posted: Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at 13:13 — Last Updated: Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at 13:15
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Lawrence Nayally had never been in a mooseskin boat himself, but he grew up hearing about his grandfather’s adventures in

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Business Business (Canada) Canada RCI 

Quebec shipyard sets up an Arctic icebreaking research centre in Eastern Canada

Murray Brewster, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at 10:40
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Describing itself as Canada’s polar partner, the Chantier Davie Shipyard in Quebec plans to announce the creation of a national

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

How a Canadian interpreter is keeping Inuktut speakers safe through COVID-19

Beth Brown, CBC News
Posted: Monday, August 3, 2020 at 16:09
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Nunavummiut have gotten used to hearing from their health minister and chief public health officer since pandemic precautions were put

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) RCI 

How these weird round rocks came to be on Canada’s Arctic shoreline

CBC News
Posted: Monday, August 3, 2020 at 14:21
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They’re perfectly round and hard as, well, rock — and they’re littering Canada’s Arctic shore. Eerily round rocks can be

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Canada Geopolitics Geopolitics (Canada) Politics 

COVID-19 blamed as work on Canadian Arctic military port first promised in 2007 sees new delay

The Canadian Press
Posted: Monday, August 3, 2020 at 12:52
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The construction of a new military refuelling station in the Arctic is facing yet another delay more than 13 years

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) RCI 

Yukon resident captures ‘first record’ of ghost moth

Philippe Morin, CBC News
Posted: Monday, August 3, 2020 at 11:49 — Last Updated: Monday, August 3, 2020 at 11:54
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A longtime resident of Watson Lake, Yukon, has contributed to the world of science — simply by taking a picture. This

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) RCI 

Peat fires, like those raging in Siberia, will become more common in Canada

CBC Radio
Posted: Monday, August 3, 2020 at 10:22
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Listen to the full episode of What on Earth (27:00) Among the most unsettling images of 2020 — next to the

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Art Art (Canada) Canada Culture RCI 

Campaign underway to name Ottawa park after renowned Canadian Inuk artist

Idil Mussa, CBC
Posted: Friday, July 31, 2020 at 10:24
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An Ottawa woman is campaigning to have a park in Sandy Hill named after internationally renowned Inuk artist Annie Pootoogook.

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Canada Environment RCI Society (Canada) 

Presumptive case of COVID-19 reported at Diavik mine in Canadian Northwest Territories

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, July 30, 2020 at 15:15 — Last Updated: Thursday, July 30, 2020 at 15:58
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There’s a presumptive case of COVID-19 at Diavik Diamond Mine in the Northwest Territories, according to the N.W.T. government. An

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Canada Politics Politics (Canada) RCI 

Arctic Canada’s city votes to temporarily stop people from building cabins on its land

Jackie McKay, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, July 30, 2020 at 11:22
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Iqaluit city council will temporarily stop the building of all new cabins on municipal land. At a meeting Tuesday, council

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Canada RCI Science Science (Canada) 

Moose on the Mediterranean? Research sheds new light on where moose once roamed

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, July 29, 2020 at 12:46
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If you’re trying to survive an ice age — why not decamp to Italy? That’s what moose seem to have done thousands

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