Contaminated sites in northwestern Canada now mapped online
The Yukon government has published a new map that marks contaminated sites throughout the territory. It includes everything from relatively
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Why a man from Northern Canada created a Twitter bot that monitors temperature trends
Will Gagnon says it was a vulnerable moment that led him to eventually create a Twitter bot to raise more
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Norwegian aluminium giant Norsk Hydro hit by ransomware attack
Norwegian aluminium giant Norsk Hydro announced Tuesday that it was crippled by “an extensive cyber-attack” on its servers, forcing it
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Russian military to get fast, secure internet through trans-Arctic cable
A several thousand-kilometer-long fiber optic cable is to be laid along the Russian Arctic coast as part of the Armed
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Northwestel wants to improve broadband to small communities in northwestern Canada
Northwestel is promising better phone service and faster internet for communities along the north Alaska Highway, in northwestern Canada, as
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Canada: Northerners’ hopes of sponsoring family members dashed
Younes Oudghough says he went on the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada website an hour before applications opened Monday in
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For the first time, all communities in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut have cell service
All 25 of Nunavut’s communities have access to cell service for the first time, now that SSi Micro has completed
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Russian bill would restrict soldiers’ social media activity
State Duma lawmakers are preparing a law punishing soldiers for publishing any information about themselves on social media. Aimed at
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City in Canadian Arctic to get data centre thanks to arrival of faster internet
Iqaluit, Nunavut’s capital city, is preparing to build a data hub, as a new higher-speed broadband network is set to
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High-speed Internet service coming soon to east-Arctic Canada
Iqaluit residents can expect to check their emails, tweet and do everything else online three times faster beginning next month.
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Mobile technology helps conservation officers in Northern Canada monitor bear traps
Yukon conservation officers can now get photos of bears entering live traps sent to their mobile phones. “It’s basically like
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10,000 pages of Indigenous language material published online in Northwestern Canada
A collection of Yukon Indigenous language books has been scanned, organized and made freely available online. There’s at least 10,000
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SpaceX rocket launch will mean faster internet for Canada’s Nunavut
The successful launch of a rocket in Florida on Sunday will mean faster internet service for people in Nunavut (eastern
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Video game based on “Kursk” submarine disaster to be released this fall
To be released in October, Kursk will be the “first ever” fully fledged adventure-documentary game. It is August 2000 and
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Canadian Inuit language settings coming soon to Facebook
Facebook users could be clicking “piugijara” instead of the “like” button to show they support someone’s post by next year.
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