Greta Thunberg look-alike in Yukon gold rush photo sparks online frenzy
No, Greta Thunberg is not a time traveller. But a historic photo from the Yukon Klondike Gold Rush in northwestern
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Nunavut government in Arctic Canada reformatting 2,000 computers after ransomware attack
The government of Canada’s Nunavut territory is checking every individual computer in the city of Iqaluit for the ransomware virus.
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Non-profit to set up local, community-run internet service provider in Arctic Canada
The days of the internet monopoly in Ulukhaktok, N.W.T., in Arctic Canada, are numbered. A $20,000 investment by a non-profit
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Canada’s Nunavut government hit by ransomware attack
The government of Nunavut’s communications system was the victim of a ransomware attack early Saturday morning, and as of Sunday
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Canadian eastern Arctic: Nunavut-Greenland fibre cable to cost $80M more than planned
The GN’s plan to boost internet in the Qikiqtaaluk region, in Canada’s eastern Arctic, through an undersea fibre link between
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Northwestel looking to build fibre line under Great Slave Lake in Northern Canada
Northwestel Inc. is looking to build a fibre line under Great Slave Lake, following several telecommunication outages that left Yellowknife
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Internet now same speed across Canada’s Nunavut territory
Northwestel announced at the Nunavut Trade Show that all 25 of the territory’s communities are now connected with the same
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Canada’s telecom regulator asks Northwestel to detail outages across the North
Northwestel has been forced to explain some of the outages northern communities have endured over the last year. The Canadian
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Company aims to give the Arctic ‘fibre-like’ internet through satellites
A UK-based telecommunications company is planning to launch hundreds of satellites in an effort to provide worldwide broadband internet service,
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Northern Canada: Telecom outages cost Yellowknife economy $10M, chamber says
Two telecommunications outages in Yellowknife, Northern Canada over the summer have cost the local economy close to $10 million, estimates
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Police continue investigation into fibre line cut in Canada’s Northwest Territories
RCMP, Canada’s federal police, are asking for the public’s help as they investigate two incidents of suspected vandalism that disrupted
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Hear Indigenous language speakers from around the globe through Google Earth
Users of Google Earth are now able to hear over 50 Indigenous language speakers from across the globe saying words
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From wolves to ‘idiots’ with backhoes, threats to fibre lines in Northern Canada are many
Residents of Yellowknife, in Canada’s Northwest Territories, are learning how fragile their internet connection can be after suffering two major
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Canada’s northwestern territory to be Alaska’s new gateway to fast broadband
Northwestel is building a new fibre optic line from Haines Junction to Beaver Creek, in Canada’s Yukon territory. It should
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Optic fibre cable in Arctic Canada was cut in ‘rare’ weekend telecom outage, says Northwestel
Northwestel says a major communications disruption in the Yellowknife area, northwestern Canada, over the weekend resulted from a severed fibre
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