Elder in Arctic Canada wants to teach about cannabis using simple language
Ellen Smith says Fort McPherson, in Canada’s Northwest Territories, isn’t ready for cannabis. That’s not to say it’s bad or
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Territorial government and western Inuit want to develop their own gas resources in Arctic Canada
The Northwest Territories government is supporting the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation’s future plans to develop gas resources in the Beaufort Delta
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Binding agreement on Arctic fisheries moratorium officially signed by EU and nine countries
Canada, the European Union and eight other countries signed Wednesday a legally binding international accord that will protect nearly three
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Nine countries and EU set to sign ‘historic’ agreement to protect Central Arctic Ocean
Officials from five Arctic countries and five major distant fishing powers are meeting in Greenland Wednesday to sign a legally
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Northern Canada: Five things to watch in the Yukon Legislature this fall
Yukon’s Liberals, under Premier Sandy Silver, headed to the government benches on Monday to begin the fall sitting of the
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Saami Council says planned Arctic railway threatens reindeer herders
A railway will affect the income and existence of the reindeer herding communities in the entire area from Rovaniemi in
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Canada: This caribou herd’s population has dropped 99 % since 2001
The George River caribou herd is in a critical state, according to biologists from Newfoundland and Labrador (Atlantic Canada) and
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U.S. Supreme Court: What’s Alaska senator Murkowski’s stance on the allegations against Kavanaugh?
The allegation that U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh may have sexually assaulted a girl in high school has created
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Canada: no help available for children in northern Quebec scarred by mother’s murder, court hears
Nellie Angutiguluk’s three children are in dire need of counselling in the wake of their mother’s murder — something which
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Gold mining in northern Finland hurts reindeer, says Natural Resources Institute
Gold mining in Lapland (northern Finland) is causing more ecological problems than a local association has reported, according to the
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Residents of Lower Post, Northern Canada clean up after wildfires
More than a week after returning to their community, residents of Lower Post, in northern British Columbia (Western Canada), are
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Mining and energy projects near Indigenous communities undermine womens’ safety, experts tell Canada’s inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women
Energy and mining projects in remote parts of Canada jeopardize the safety of Indigenous women and their families living there,
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Greenland joins push to ban heavy fuel oil in the Arctic
Environmental and northern Indigenous communities are welcoming the decision by Greenland to push for a ban on the use of
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Indigenous man in Northern Canada waiting for territorial government to waive name change fees
The Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) government is delaying waiving fees for Indigenous people that want to legally change their names back
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Gwich’in council in Arctic Canada strikes out on its own self-government negotiations
The Gwich’in Tribal Council is changing its approach to ongoing self-government negotiations with the federal and Northwest Territories governments. The
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