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$30.3 million grant announced to build up high-speed internet in rural Alaska

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Monday, October 31, 2022 at 15:21
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The Indigenous non-profit corporation responsible for health and social services for the majority of Alaska’s interior will receive $30.3 million

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New subsea cable to connect Asia, Europe, and North America through the Arctic

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 11:30
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After Finnish state-owned operator Cinia and Russian MegaFon earlier this year put on hold plans to lay telecom cable from

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Western Arctic hamlet left without reliable internet for 8 days, worst residents have seen

Mackenzie Scott, CBC News
Posted: Friday, March 5, 2021 at 11:31
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Residents of Ulukhaktok, a small Inuit community in Canada’s Northwest Territories (N.W.T.), say they’ve never experienced anything like this before —

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Canada, the HFO ban & great power competition in the North – Arctic news roundup 2020 with Mathieu Landriault

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, December 31, 2020 at 09:00
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The end of the year is often a time to take stock and here at Eye on the Arctic, we’re no

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Business Business (Canada) Canada RCI 

Unlimited internet to come to seven Northern Canadian communities by Nov. 1

CBC News
Posted: Monday, August 31, 2020 at 15:48
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The North’s largest telecommunications provider says unlimited internet is coming to seven communities on Nov. 1, according to a press

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Canadian Telecom businesses say recent federal funding solidifies Northwestel monopoly

Anna Desmarais, CBC News
Posted: Friday, August 14, 2020 at 13:34
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Smaller players in the Northwest Territories’ telecom industry say the money given to Northwestel to help improve internet speeds only

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Northern Canada celebrates Nunavut Day virtually

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, July 9, 2020 at 10:15 — Last Updated: Thursday, July 9, 2020 at 10:18
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Nunavut Day will look different this year as the COVID-19 pandemic shifts the typically outdoor event to virtual activities. It’s also the

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Company completes 1st overland fibre-optic cable connecting Alaska to continental U.S.

The Associated Press
Posted: Thursday, May 28, 2020 at 11:39
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An Alaska company has completed construction of the first overland fibre-optic cable connecting the state to the continental U.S. The

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Finland joins other Nordic countries in virtual tourism due to pandemic

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, May 28, 2020 at 10:39
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Finnish tourism destinations are turning to virtual tourism to get around travel restrictions imposed by the coronavirus pandemic. The first

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Canada’s Northern MPs say virtual parliament is opportunity to tackle broadband challenges

Anna Desmarais, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at 10:34
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Some of Canada’s northernmost MPs are hoping the virtual House of Commons sessions starting Tuesday can lead to more discussions

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Publisher in Arctic Canada putting Inuit-language books online amidst COVID-19 closures

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, March 26, 2020 at 10:19
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A publisher, in partnership with the organization that represents Inuit in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut, are making Inuit-language

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Greta Thunberg look-alike in Yukon gold rush photo sparks online frenzy

CBC News
Posted: Friday, November 22, 2019 at 16:23
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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

CBC News
Posted: Friday, November 8, 2019 at 10:26
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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

John Last, CBC North
Posted: Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at 16:55 — Last Updated: Thursday, November 7, 2019 at 08:57
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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

CBC News
Posted: Monday, November 4, 2019 at 10:13 — Last Updated: Monday, November 4, 2019 at 10:19
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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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