Northwestern Canada not prepared for aging population, doctor says
Yukon is not doing enough to prepare for an older population, according to the territory’s top doctor. Brendan Hanley, Yukon’s
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Longread – How an Inuit community in Atlantic Canada fought a tuberculosis outbreak
Gussie Bennett, a popular and outgoing teenager in Nain, Newfoundland, used to run down to the community rink every day
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Finland still the happiest country in the world, UN report says
Finland has once again been ranked as the happiest country in the world. The Nordic nation received the accolade for
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Laptop with health data stolen from Northern Canadian gov was unencrypted
This is the final story on the stolen laptop files. Here’s Part 1 and Part 2. The Northwest Territories government’s
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Canada’s PM apologizes to Inuit for ‘colonial’ mistreatment of tuberculosis patients
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today apologized in Iqaluit, Nunavut for the federal policy on tuberculosis in the mid-20th century,
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Why are the tuberculosis rates in the Canadian Arctic 290 times those in the rest of the country?
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today apologized in Iqaluit, Nunavut for the way the Canadian government treated Inuit patients with tuberculosis
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Northern gov employee given privacy training weeks before laptop with health data stolen
This is part 2 of three stories on the stolen laptop files. Here’s part 1. Part 3 is scheduled for next
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Alaska’s Murkowski a no-show at Senate vote on abortion bill
The stage was set in the U.S. Senate Monday for a divisive vote related to late-term abortion, and one open
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Youth workshop in Arctic Canadian community to focus on safe partying
A Yukon organization is headed to Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories (central Arctic), on Tuesday to put on a workshop for young
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Thousands of people’s health data on laptop stolen from Canadian territorial gov last year
This story is Part 1 of 3 on the stolen laptop files. Part 2 is scheduled for Tuesday and Part
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Study gives Canada’s northern territories failing grades on curbing alcohol harms
When marked on their efforts to bring down alcohol-related harms, the territories got dismal grades. Two studies released Wednesday from
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Community in Canada’s eastern Arctic dealing with hepatitis A outbreak
A hepatitis A outbreak in Chesterfield Inlet is not over. In fact, Nunavut’s Department of Health now suspects there are
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What Permanent Fund Dividend checks do for jobs, crime and health in Alaska
The checks qualified Alaskans receive each year give residents some extra cash. But the Permanent Fund Dividend, or PFD, could
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Researchers collect blood, hair samples to study contaminants in northwestern Canada
Caribou is a dietary staple for people in Old Crow, northern Yukon, and that’s prompted researchers to take a closer
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Arctic Canada: Wrongful death lawsuit settled in case of Nunavut’s Baby Makibi
A settlement has been reached in the wrongful death lawsuit against the government of Nunavut and a former nurse in
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