Atlantic Canada: Dene elders visit Nain to teach traditional moosehide techniques to Inuit
It’s never too late to make new traditions, as the Inuit people of northern Labrador, Atlantic Canada are proving this
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Trial starts for man charged with ‘unlawfully’ killing polar bear in northwestern Canada
A man facing charges for allegedly hunting a polar bear in the Beaufort Delta region without tags is on trial
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Alaskans push for acceptance of walrus ivory, but there’s an elephant in the room
U.S. federal law prohibits sales of African elephant ivory, but six states have now banned the sale of ivory more
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Canada’s Nunavut territory to get large slice of $40 million federal harvester support program
A national Inuit organization is pushing for Inuit to get a significant chunk of Ottawa’s promised $40 million for a
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Indigenous participation key to Arctic development, Inuit activist tells Economic Forum of the Americas
Full Inuit participation will be key to long-term sustainable development in the Arctic as well as helping the world confront
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Territorial governments in Arctic Canada plan more rigorous caribou management
Nunavut Premier Joe Savikataaq and N.W.T. Environment Minister Robert C. McLeod met with officials and hunters in Kugluktuk, Nunavut, earlier
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Effects on narwhal must be clarified before expanding iron ore mine in Arctic Canada
The Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation wants to expand production at its iron ore mine on northern Baffin Island, in Canada’s
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The garbage polar bears get into is getting into them
Aluminum foil. Car keys. Candy wrappers. Half a towel. If there was a Canada Food Guide for bears, none of
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Sweden’s wolf numbers slide, illegal hunting blamed
The number of wolves has been reduced from 355 last winter to 305. Marcus Öhman, the head of wildlife management
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Nunavik gun-owners will have support to comply with registration legislation, says provincial rep for Arctic Quebec
Gun owners in Nunavik, the Inuit region of Quebec, will receive the support necessary to comply with the province’s gun
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Northern Canadian gov tweaks hunting permit lottery to fix system errors
The Yukon government (northwestern Canada) says its lottery system for hunting permits has been fixed, after problems in 2018. The
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Inuit org wants working group with Quebec gov on firearms legislation
Makivik Corporation, the land claims organization that represents the political interests of Quebec Inuit, wants to revisit Quebec’s firearms legislation
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Caribou and drilling in ANWR: Canadian research critical of U.S. report
As Canada prepares its final submissions to the U.S. about Porcupine caribou and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, two pieces
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No charges against elder in Arctic Canada for killing polar bear and cub
Nunavut’s Department of Environment won’t be charging an elder from Igloolik after he shot and killed a mother polar bear
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Authorities in northwest Russia move to protect wild reindeer
Murmansk regional authorities want a permanent ban on hunting. Wild reindeer on the central and eastern part of the Kola
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