Child and family health-care centre expands to better serve Cree and Inuit in northern Quebec
By Vanna Blacksmith A child and family health-care facility in Quebec’s far north opened the doors of a new building
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Hudson Bay
In the gateway to the Arctic, fat, ice and polar bears are crucial. All three are in trouble
Searching for polar bears where the Churchill River dumps into Canada’s massive Hudson Bay, biologist Geoff York scans a region
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Report predicts Hudson Bay polar bears could disappear in a few decades
N.W.T. hunter says local bear population doing well, but has noticed reasons for worry Two subpopulations of polar bear in
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New study reveals link between climate change and polar bear lactation
A new study out of Canada has revealed a link between climate change and polar bear lactation and raising future
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Hunters in Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, still waiting for decision on exporting polar bear hides
Hunters in Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, are still waiting to hear the final word on when they can resume exporting polar bear hides
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Summit tackles environmental protection in Canada’s Hudson Bay region
A summit on the unique situation of the Hudson Bay area in eastern Canada wrapped up on Thursday after three
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National Geographic expedition teaming up with Inuit to visit Nunavik on conservation mission
Ossie Michelin’s childhood dream of working with the National Geographic Society became a reality last month, when he was invited
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There’s a risk of people dying’ says Clyde River SAO as nursing shortage in Nunavut, Canada continues
8 health centres run by nurses expected to temporarily shut their doors if staff aren’t found A nursing shortage is
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Seabirds & their vulnerability to a warming climate: Q&A with researcher Emily Choy
A study released this month found that as the climate changes in the North, some cold-adapted arctic birds are especially
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‘Sensitive clay’ behind massive northern Quebec landslide
A landslide expert says a massive slide along the Great Whale River in northern Quebec was not caused by the
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April 22 landslide in northern Quebec second largest in 150 years, say experts
Experts from the provincial government are expected in northern Quebec next week to survey the April 22 landslide that officials
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Landslides deemed “significant” but pose no danger to village in Arctic Quebec
Two landslides near the village of Kuujjuaraapik in Arctic Quebec have been deemed “significant” by authorities but pose no immediate
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COVID-19: Arctic Canada’s family sails 12 hours amid ice to visit relatives
A family from Nunavik sailed 12 hours amid ice in southeastern Hudson Bay last weekend to get to Nunavut. But officials
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Research mission aims to better understand climate change in Arctic Canada
Scientists are loading a converted crab fishing boat in Dartmouth, N.S., in Atlantic Canada, with sophisticated instruments for a mission
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Scientists find hundreds of new toxins in blood of Canadian polar bears
Hundreds of previously unknown contaminants were found in a new study of polar bear blood, published in a German chemical
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