To vote or not to vote? Aboriginal people in northern Quebec to decide
– By Caroline Nepton, CBC News To vote or not to vote – that is the question for many Quebecers caught up
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Mine training program in Canada’s Northwest Territories accepted unqualified students
A course with a price tag of over half a million dollars of federal money began with participants the Mine
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Voters head to the polls on self-government deal in Northern Canadian community
The Deline First Nation in Canada’s Northwest Territories is voting this week on a deal that could create the first
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Benefits of mine training program in Canada’s N.W.T. questioned
Three participants remain in in half-million dollar drilling training program in Hay River in Canada’s Northwest Territories Some members of
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Inuit language celebration underway in Nunavut, Canada
An Inuit Language celebration is now underway in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut. The annual event is held to promote and
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Canada: Dene elder refuses to pay fine for caribou hunt
A Dene elder in Canada’s Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) who had his caribou meat and rifle confiscated has no plans to
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Peel plan protesters rally across Yukon and N.W.T.
Protesters gathered across the northern Canadian territories of Yukon and the Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) on Wednesday to show their opposition
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Yukon to build first new campground in 30 years
The government in Canada’s Yukon territory has given final approval for a new campground on Atlin Lake. The Taku River
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Restoring the Tagish role in the Klondike gold rush
An author from Anchorage, Alaska is getting set to release a new biography that restores the reputation of some of
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BLOG: The elephant in the room – Mental health in Arctic communities
It probably won’t surprise many readers to learn that northern Canada has one of the highest rates of suicide in
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Get tough with U.S. on salmon: chief
Preliminary data indicates the 2012 Chinook salmon run on the Yukon River was the worst ever. The International Yukon River
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Aging Aboriginal Canadians have harder time staying healthy
First Nations, Metis and Inuit of advancing years often have poorer health than their non-aboriginal counterparts but don’t receive the
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Study: Suicide rates increase as Alaska community sizes get smaller, farther North
The higher the latitude, the higher the prevalence of suicide in Alaska, said a study that analyzed state records from
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Canada: More children sniffing gas says chief of Innu community
Officials in the Innu community of Natuashish, located in the northern region of the Atlantic Canadian province of Newfoundland and
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Public input sought on highway plan in Canada’s N.W.T.
People who live along the Mackenzie Valley in Canada’s Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) will get a chance to share their
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