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How one man has made a place for struggling ivory carvers in Anchorage, Alaska

Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Monday, November 4, 2019 at 11:44
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In a cluttered downtown Anchorage, Alaska workshop, Leon Misak Kinneeveauk pondered what to do with small walrus skull on an

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Online cannabis sales won’t ‘dent’ illegal market, says minister in Northern Canadian territory

Beth Brown, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at 16:30 — Last Updated: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at 16:41
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The Nunavut government, in Canada’s eastern Arctic, says it can’t undercut black market cannabis sales without a physical retail store.

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Operation uncovers flood of painkillers reaching rural Alaska by mail

Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Monday, September 23, 2019 at 15:21 — Last Updated: Monday, September 23, 2019 at 15:24
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An operation by the Drug Enforcement Administration and other federal agencies has turned up a previously undocumented drug problem spread

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New addictions centre in Northern Quebec to focus on treating whole family

Sara Frizzell, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 at 14:50
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The Isuarsivik Regional Recovery Centre is breaking ground on a new addictions treatment centre in Nunavik this month. The official

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Canada’s Northwest Territories to overhaul smoking laws, raise minimum age to buy tobacco

Alex Brockman, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 at 10:46 — Last Updated: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 at 10:38
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The Northwest Territories, in Northern Canada, is set to raise minimum age to buy tobacco to 19 as part of

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Alaska capital budget vetoes to hit homelessness, addiction treatment

Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Monday, August 12, 2019 at 12:05 — Last Updated: Monday, August 12, 2019 at 12:08
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The capital budget signed into law Thursday by Governor Mike Dunleavy puts well over $100 million to work around the

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Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

Camp in Nunavut, Arctic Canada helping teens make new connections and gain new skills

Kate Kyle, CBC News
Posted: Monday, August 5, 2019 at 15:42 — Last Updated: Monday, August 5, 2019 at 15:49
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A summer camp aimed at helping young people, including some considered at-risk, in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, is helping them make

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

New bylaw in Inuvik, Arctic Canada bans cannabis stores in ‘downtown corridor’

Mackenzie Scott, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, July 3, 2019 at 14:32
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If a cannabis retail store eventually opens in Inuvik, N.W.T., it won’t be in the town’s main downtown retail sector.

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Youth workshop in Arctic Canadian community to focus on safe partying

Mackenzie Scott, CBC News
Posted: Monday, February 25, 2019 at 14:40 — Last Updated: Monday, February 25, 2019 at 14:42
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A Yukon organization is headed to Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories (central Arctic), on Tuesday to put on a workshop for young

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Northern Canada: new funds to help fight opioid addiction in Northwest Territories

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 at 11:34
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The federal and Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) governments are teaming up to make it easier for people to access opioid addictions

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No opioid crisis in Canada’s eastern Arctic

Sara Frizzell, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, January 17, 2019 at 15:20
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Fentanyl has made it to Nunavut, but officials say that unlike the rest of Canada, it’s nowhere near a crisis.

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Alaska’s suicide rates jump 13 percent, report shows

Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Thursday, January 3, 2019 at 11:33
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A new report by state public health officials shows an increase in the number of suicides across Alaska. Researchers also looked into

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Canada’s substance use costs per person highest in Northern territories, study shows

Jamie Malbeuf, CBC News
Posted: Friday, November 16, 2018 at 13:19 — Last Updated: Friday, November 16, 2018 at 14:36
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Canada’s northern territories are spending the most per capita on costs related to substance use, according to a report released

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Northern Canadian city’s retail store for legal cannabis runs out of product on first day

Sara Frizzell, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, October 18, 2018 at 10:39
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Stores across Canada’s Northwest Territories began selling legal cannabis for the first time Wednesday, and the demand was high, with

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Officials in Canada’s east-Arctic say cannabis legalization is start of longer conversation

Sara Frizzell, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, October 17, 2018 at 16:15 — Last Updated: Friday, October 19, 2018 at 12:43
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Wednesday marked the start of legal cannabis in Canada and a larger conversation about its pros and cons, according to

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