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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Yukon Arctic Ultra competitors wary of cold-weather risks
The temperature in Whitehorse, Yukon has dipped, just as competitors are doing final preparations for the Yukon Arctic Ultra this
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Finland’s elder care needs funding boost to meet Nordic standards: researcher
Finland’s elder care system has been underfunded for a long time, according to the head of the Centre for Excellence
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Northern Canada: new funds to help fight opioid addiction in Northwest Territories
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
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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Arctic Council experts gather in Helsinki for black carbon meeting
The Arctic Council’s expert group on black carbon and methane will gather in Helsinki on Wednesday for a two-day meeting
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Most teens in Canada’s Northwest Territories not practising safe sex, survey says
Most sexually active teenagers in the Northwest Territories report not using condoms regularly. That’s one of the findings of a
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Nurses in Arctic Canadian village ‘exhausted’ by flu season and staff shortage, patient says
Patients in Arviat, Nunavut (Canadian east-Arctic), say nurses in the community are overworked and overwhelmed as they deal with a
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10 years sober: Indigenous woman in northern Quebec shares impacts of alcohol in video
Some of Carol-Ann Tanoush’s earliest memories of growing up in northern Quebec revolve around alcohol. “[It was] loud music, screaming
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