Inuit in Nunavut, Canada suffer significant infrastructure inequality, report finds
The infrastructure gap puts Inuit in Nunavut at a serious disadvantage, says Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated Inuit in Nunavut have far less
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What northern Canadians want from the upcoming throne speech
Next week, Governor General Julie Payette will take to the throne in Canada’s Senate chamber to deliver the Liberal government’s
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After decade of lobbying, Canadian First Nation in Northwest Territories getting $16.8M for infrastructure
After a decade of lobbying, the Salt River First Nation was finally granted $16.8 million worth of funding toward a
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Archeologists create digital blueprints of historic sites on Canadian Arctic island
The impacts of climate change can be hard to notice on an incremental basis, but when archeologist Peter Dawson stepped off
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ANALYSIS: Finances in Canada’s Northwest Territories leave little wiggle room ahead of budget
Caroline Wawzonek has promised to be creative as numbers paint a grim picture Finance Minister Caroline Wawzonek has a challenge
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Canada’s Northwest Territories releases plan to hit 22 priorities in 4 years
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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Canada’s social-democratic party leader promises to push for climate action in Nunavut’s capital
Nunavut’s new MP toured the leader of the NDP around Iqaluit this weekend. MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq and NDP leader Jagmeet
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‘This is a crisis’: Canadian Northwest Territories survey shows worsening housing conditions
Housing in every community throughout the Northwest Territories is getting worse. The 2019 NWT Housing Survey says 42 per cent
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Housing facility for homeless opens in Whitehorse, northwestern Canada
A new facility in downtown Whitehorse, Yukon, which will house the city’s most chronically homeless, officially opened Tuesday. The Yukon
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MLAs in Canada’s Nunavut territory delay approving housing corp’s draft budget
In the legislature Monday, MLAs chose to delay approval of the Nunavut government’s proposed 2020-2021 capital estimates for its housing
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North a low priority in Canada’s federal elections
Lawrence Ruben sighs as he wraps his hands around his coffee mug. He takes his time to think about what
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Housing in Canada’s Nunavut territory: a federal election explainer
Housing is high on the platform lists of all of Nunavut’s federal election candidates, but officials say they have yet
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Health care, housing and infrastructure: 3 election issues to watch in Arctic Canadian community
Many issues facing candidates for MLA in Hay River, northwestern Canada, this election mirror those facing communities across the North
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Abandoned properties a challenge for rural Sweden
Many properties in rural Sweden are simply abandoned as more people move to the towns and cities. This is becoming
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Justin Trudeau rehashes old federal funding in housing announcement for Nunavut territory
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rehashed the existing federal funding streams for housing in Nunavut in an announcement Friday morning in
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