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Internet now same speed across Canada’s Nunavut territory

Sara Frizzell, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, September 26, 2019 at 14:23
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Northwestel announced at the Nunavut Trade Show that all 25 of the territory’s communities are now connected with the same

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Business Business (Canada) Canada General 

Canada’s telecom regulator asks Northwestel to detail outages across the North

Gabriela Panza-Beltrandi, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 at 14:23 — Last Updated: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 at 15:36
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Northwestel has been forced to explain some of the outages northern communities have endured over the last year. The Canadian

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Business Business (Canada) Canada General 

Company aims to give the Arctic ‘fibre-like’ internet through satellites

Mackenzie Scott, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, September 11, 2019 at 11:24 — Last Updated: Thursday, September 12, 2019 at 11:18
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A UK-based telecommunications company is planning to launch hundreds of satellites in an effort to provide worldwide broadband internet service,

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Business Business (Canada) Canada General 

From wolves to ‘idiots’ with backhoes, threats to fibre lines in Northern Canada are many

Randi Beers, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 6, 2019 at 09:49 — Last Updated: Tuesday, August 6, 2019 at 15:51
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Residents of Yellowknife, in Canada’s Northwest Territories, are learning how fragile their internet connection can be after suffering two major

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Optic fibre cable in Arctic Canada was cut in ‘rare’ weekend telecom outage, says Northwestel

Kate Kyle, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, July 17, 2019 at 09:38 — Last Updated: Thursday, July 18, 2019 at 12:12
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Northwestel says a major communications disruption in the Yellowknife area, northwestern Canada, over the weekend resulted from a severed fibre

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Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

Community in Arctic Canada frustrated by months-long internet and cell service issues

Priscilla Hwang, CBC News
Posted: Monday, July 8, 2019 at 15:50
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After what residents describe as months of spotty internet and cell services in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, in the Canadian Arctic,

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General Norway Politics (Norway) Science 

New satellites to boost communications in Arctic Norway

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at 09:49 — Last Updated: Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at 09:51
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The Nordic country cooperates with the U.S and other allies over the development of a new broadband communication network in

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Business Business (USA) General USA 

Alaska’s first wireless 5G network to be built in Anchorage

Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Wednesday, June 19, 2019 at 12:00
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The state’s largest telecommunications company announced it’s building the first 5G wireless network in the state’s largest city. GCI will

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Business Business (Norway) General Norway 

Major step towards a Europe-Asia Arctic cable link

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, June 6, 2019 at 13:54 — Last Updated: Friday, June 7, 2019 at 14:37
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Japanese and Nordic partners team up with Russia’s telecom giant MegaFon taking the proposed Arctic fiber optic project a major

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Canada’s Northwest Territories to launch 911 emergency service in November

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, June 5, 2019 at 10:53
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The Northwest Territories’ long-promised 911 service will be functional starting in November, says the territory’s minister of municipal and community

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The lack of high-speed internet in Canada’s Arctic communities has long been flagged as a major hurdle to economic and business development in the region.
Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

$125.2 million announced for high-speed internet in Inuit region of Arctic Quebec

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, August 24, 2018 at 13:57 — Last Updated: Friday, August 24, 2018 at 14:01
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Ottawa and the province of Quebec announced $125.2 million this week to help improve high-speed internet in Nunavik, the Inuit

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Business Business (Canada) Canada General News 

Telecom company serving Northern Canada accuses competitor of blocking calls

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at 15:01 — Last Updated: Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at 15:16
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The CEO and president of Ice Wireless is claiming Telus (a large telecom company based in southwestern Canada) has been

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

SpaceX rocket launch will mean faster internet for Canada’s Nunavut

Emily Blake, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at 12:29 — Last Updated: Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at 12:30
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The successful launch of a rocket in Florida on Sunday will mean faster internet service for people in Nunavut (eastern

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

New fibre optic line to ensure reliable internet access in Northern Canada

CBC News
Posted: Friday, June 22, 2018 at 14:02 — Last Updated: Friday, June 22, 2018 at 14:12
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A nearly 800-kilometre fibre optic network will be built to connect Inuvik, N.W.T. and Dawson City, Yukon, which the federal

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General News Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Healthcare facilities in rural Alaska struggle to pay internet bills

Lori Townsend, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Thursday, June 14, 2018 at 11:50
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A program that provides millions of dollars in federal subsidies to help pay rural Alaska healthcare facilities’ high internet bills

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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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