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Arctic Canada: Federal funding to pay for new water reservoir in Iqaluit, Nunavut

April Hudson, CBC News
Posted: Friday, April 1, 2022 at 14:41
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A new water reservoir system for Iqaluit and upgrades to the city’s water distribution system will be built over the

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Covid-19 no longer classified a ‘danger to society’ in Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, April 1, 2022 at 09:30 — Last Updated: Friday, April 1, 2022 at 10:18
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After two years, from today, Covid-19 is no longer categorised as ‘a danger to society and a threat to public

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Arctic Canada: Nunavut set to stop posting weekly COVID-19 case counts

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 14:47 — Last Updated: Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 14:50
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Public updates to Nunavut’s COVID-19 case counts aren’t coming as frequently as they once did, and the territory plans to

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Arctic Canada: Nunavut to ease public health measures in 15 communities

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 10:05
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Fifteen Nunavut communities will be under less-restrictive public health measures starting Monday as their COVID-19 case counts subside. Chief Public

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Northern Quebec communities concerned about impact of burning garbage on health, environment

Frédérik-Xavier Duhamel, CBC news
Posted: Monday, February 14, 2022 at 12:06
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In the village of Inukjuak on the northeast shore of the Hudson Bay, trash isn’t something that vanishes to some

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Indigenous northerners less likely to be vaccinated, more likely to be hesitant: survey

John Last, CBC North
Posted: Tuesday, June 8, 2021 at 14:55
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StatCan survey in mid-April found 20% gap in vaccine uptake between Indigenous and non-Indigenous northerners.  New data from a Statistics

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Canada’s northern territories could get millions in top-up transfers for health care, infrastructure

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, March 30, 2021 at 11:39
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It’s part of a proposed $7.2 billion nation-wide package for ‘urgent health care needs’ across Canada A federal bill making its

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Change to Canada’s assisted dying law overlooks Nunavut’s mental health crisis, say advocates

Beth Brown, CBC News
Posted: Monday, March 22, 2021 at 10:11
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Senator calls it ‘unfair’ to offer assisted death and not mental health treatment Nunavut wellness advocates say Canada needs to

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Nunavut, Canada gets last doses needed to vaccinate 75% of adults

Beth Brown, CBC News
Posted: Friday, March 19, 2021 at 13:27
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Herd immunity isn’t possible in Nunavut without a vaccine for children, top doc says Nunavut now has enough doses of

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“It’s a scary situation we’re living in today” – Arctic Tourism & the Pandemic Podcast: Ep 2

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at 15:29 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 13:28
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Prior to the pandemic, Arctic regions and chambers of commerce around the world had increasingly touted tourism as a key

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Chamber of Commerce in Canada’s Northwest Territories says tourism threatened by COVID-19 border restrictions

Anna Desmarais, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at 10:36 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 13:25
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Travel restrictions will likely stay in place during the 2021 tourism season, Dr. Kandola says The N.W.T. Chamber of Commerce

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Sweden keeps 50-person limit on public events, proposes new COVID-19 restrictions

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, October 9, 2020 at 15:11
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Sweden’s government held off on changing its 50-person limit on public events and gatherings after it had previously signalled a possible easing

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Inuit region of Arctic Quebec to start double testing travellers for COVID-19

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, October 8, 2020 at 16:10 — Last Updated: Friday, October 9, 2020 at 14:55
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The regional health board in Nunavik, the Inuit region of Arctic Quebec, will require travellers from the South to be

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Norwegians with Swedish property threaten legal action over travel restrictions

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at 10:08
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A group of Norwegians are threatening a lawsuit against their home country over its Covid-19 travel restrictions that they say

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Reykjavik, Iceland. The Arctic Circle Assembly was held in the city this week. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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Iceland extends bar, nightclub COVID-19 closures in capital area until September 27

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 at 01:37
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Iceland has extended its closure of bars and nightclubs until September 27 in an effort to tamp down ballooning COVID-19

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