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Northern Canada: Telecom outages cost Yellowknife economy $10M, chamber says

Gabriela Panza-Beltrandi, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, September 4, 2019 at 10:16 — Last Updated: Wednesday, September 4, 2019 at 12:30
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Two telecommunications outages in Yellowknife, Northern Canada over the summer have cost the local economy close to $10 million, estimates

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Police continue investigation into fibre line cut in Canada’s Northwest Territories

Laura Busch, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, August 15, 2019 at 16:37 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 15, 2019 at 16:41
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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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Canada Culture Culture (Canada) General 

Hear Indigenous language speakers from around the globe through Google Earth

Rhiannon Johnson, CBC News
Posted: Friday, August 9, 2019 at 13:26 — Last Updated: Friday, August 9, 2019 at 13:44
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Users of Google Earth are now able to hear over 50 Indigenous language speakers from across the globe saying words

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Business Business (Canada) Canada General 

From wolves to ‘idiots’ with backhoes, threats to fibre lines in Northern Canada are many

Randi Beers, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 6, 2019 at 09:49 — Last Updated: Tuesday, August 6, 2019 at 15:51
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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 General News Society Society (Canada) 

Canada’s northwestern territory to be Alaska’s new gateway to fast broadband

Mike Rudyk, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, August 1, 2019 at 14:59
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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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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Optic fibre cable in Arctic Canada was cut in ‘rare’ weekend telecom outage, says Northwestel

Kate Kyle, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, July 17, 2019 at 09:38 — Last Updated: Thursday, July 18, 2019 at 12:12
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Northwestel says a major communications disruption in the Yellowknife area, northwestern Canada, over the weekend resulted from a severed fibre

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Online security experts warn against online voting in territorial elections in Northern Canada

Hilary Bird, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, July 11, 2019 at 14:59
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Security experts have a message for election officials in the Northwest Territories: don’t use online voting. Officials recently announced online

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Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

Community in Arctic Canada frustrated by months-long internet and cell service issues

Priscilla Hwang, CBC News
Posted: Monday, July 8, 2019 at 15:50
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After what residents describe as months of spotty internet and cell services in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, in the Canadian Arctic,

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Canada’s Northwest Territories to use online voting in general election

Hilary Bird, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, July 4, 2019 at 10:05
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In a move to increase voter turnout, the Northwest Territories will soon become the first jurisdiction in Canada to use

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General Norway Politics (Norway) Science 

New satellites to boost communications in Arctic Norway

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at 09:49 — Last Updated: Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at 09:51
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The Nordic country cooperates with the U.S and other allies over the development of a new broadband communication network in

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Business Business (USA) General USA 

Alaska’s first wireless 5G network to be built in Anchorage

Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Wednesday, June 19, 2019 at 12:00
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The state’s largest telecommunications company announced it’s building the first 5G wireless network in the state’s largest city. GCI will

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General Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Have Alaska’s federal lawmakers read the Mueller report?

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Thursday, June 6, 2019 at 14:32
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The Mueller Report has been available for seven weeks now. You can buy it in paperback. You can read it

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Business Business (Norway) General Norway 

Major step towards a Europe-Asia Arctic cable link

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, June 6, 2019 at 13:54 — Last Updated: Friday, June 7, 2019 at 14:37
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Japanese and Nordic partners team up with Russia’s telecom giant MegaFon taking the proposed Arctic fiber optic project a major

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Business Business (USA) General News USA 

Fibre optic network to connect Alaska with rest of United States

Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Thursday, May 2, 2019 at 13:39 — Last Updated: Thursday, May 2, 2019 at 13:43
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Alaska-based communications company MTA announced Wednesday it is constructing a terrestrial fiber optic network that would connect Alaska to the

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Business Business (Finland) Finland General News 

Could telecommuting keep Finland’s small towns viable?

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 15:07 — Last Updated: Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 15:08
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Heli Siirilä had long dreamed of living in the countryside. Now she does. A project chief living in the west-coast

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The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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