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Exemptions to possible Arctic HFO ban denounced by Indigenous orgs, environmental groups

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Friday, February 21, 2020 at 15:51
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The International Maritime Organization’s sub-committee on Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR) meeting wound up in London on Friday, with agreement

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Inuit orgs welcome Canada’s support of heavy fuel oil ban in Arctic waters

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at 14:08 — Last Updated: Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at 14:09
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Canada’s support of an international ban of heavy fuel oil (HFO) in Arctic waters is an important step to safeguard

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Canada comes out in favour of heavy fuel oil ban in Arctic

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at 15:21 — Last Updated: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at 15:25
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Canada announced its support of an international heavy fuel oil (HFO) ban in the Arctic on Tuesday, saying it favours

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Canada’s Northwest Territories releases plan to hit 22 priorities in 4 years

Alyssa Mosher, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at 09:31
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The government of Canada’s Northwest Territories has released its 2019-23 mandate, which includes details about how and when the government plans

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Water reservoir in Iqaluit, Northern Canada almost full as winter nears

Meagan Deuling, CBC News
Posted: Monday, September 30, 2019 at 14:34
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Finally some good news for Iqaluit residents regarding their water supply. An emergency project to pump water from Unnamed Lake

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Northerners welcome changes to Canada’s Nutrition North program, but wish for more

Angela Hill, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at 11:58
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People across the North are pleased to see changes to Nutrition North, the federal program that aims to make food

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Sealifted goods, tampons added to Canada’s Nutrition North subsidy program

Sara Frizzell, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, August 22, 2019 at 13:56 — Last Updated: Friday, August 23, 2019 at 09:28
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Nutrition North will begin subsidizing non-perishable food items and products like diapers when they are shipped via sealift to remote

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Canadian gov grants $15M for agriculture projects in North

Dave Croft, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, July 9, 2019 at 15:07
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The Canadian government is spending $15 million to increase food security in the North, according to Marie-Claude Bibeau, the Minister

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Canada’s Nunavut territory to get large slice of $40 million federal harvester support program

Nick Murray, CBC News
Posted: Monday, June 17, 2019 at 09:51
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A national Inuit organization is pushing for Inuit to get a significant chunk of Ottawa’s promised $40 million for a

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Indigenous participation key to Arctic development, Inuit activist tells Economic Forum of the Americas

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Thursday, June 13, 2019 at 15:38 — Last Updated: Friday, June 14, 2019 at 13:54
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Full Inuit participation will be key to long-term sustainable development in the Arctic as well as helping the world confront

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Food insecurity rising in Canada’s eastern Arctic since launch of federal subsidy program

Nick Murray, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, May 21, 2019 at 09:40 — Last Updated: Tuesday, May 21, 2019 at 15:37
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Food insecurity in Nunavut (Canadian eastern Arctic) has gotten worse since the introduction of the Nutrition North program in 2011,

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Community in Arctic Canada finding new ways to produce food

Jackie McKay, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at 14:26 — Last Updated: Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at 14:30
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Kugluktuk, Nunavut, in Canada’s central Arctic, is finding new ways to provide the community with fresh produce. In April the

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Canadian gov holds off on Nutrition North changes to gather more input from Inuit

Nick Murray, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 14:19
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The federal government is holding off on cutting Nutrition North subsidies to nearly three dozen food items, CBC News has

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Millions of dollars in grocery subsidies haven’t lessened food insecurity in Canada’s North

Katie Pedersen, CBC News
Posted: Friday, March 29, 2019 at 10:44
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There’s a boil-water advisory in Iqaluit, Nunavut and Jo Ellen Pameolik, a mother of four, has just purchased a 24-pack

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Canada’s Inuit make voices heard on Arctic shipping routes

Jackie McKay, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at 10:00 — Last Updated: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at 13:31
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For the first time, Inuit communities are making recommendations to the Canadian government about how they want ships to move

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