Community in northern Quebec to make the jump from diesel to hydroelectricity
The Inuit community of Inukjuak, in northern Quebec, is looking at making the jump to hydroelectric power in the next
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Youth in Canada’s eastern Arctic speak up about lack of mental health services
Youth in Nunavut, in Canada’s eastern Arctic, say they don’t know how to access mental health services, or what services
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Canadian Heritage to contribute funding to travelling Kenojuak Ashevak exhibition
The federal Department of Canadian Heritage is contributing $464,000 to help fund a travelling exhibition featuring the work of Kenojuak
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Arctic Canada: Agnico Eagle’s mine training program has its critics
A worker at Agnico Eagle’s Meadowbank Mine in Nunavut (Canadian eastern Arctic) says a training program designed to train Nunavummiut
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Canada: Opponents to proposed Indian day school settlement make voices heard
First Nations lawyers who object to the proposed federal Indian day school settlement held a rally Wednesday outside the Winnipeg,
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Pizza with a northern twist: Inuktitut cookbook offers new spin on Inuit cooking
Its pages feature a smorgasbord of delectable dishes, including ramen, tartare, pizza and stroganoff, but the recipes feature Arctic char,
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Inuk chef sharing Arctic food at Ottawa culinary event
The last thing Sheila Flaherty had to do to get ready for A Taste of the Arctic, before flying south
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Inuit in Canada’s eastern Arctic speak out about skin grafts done without consent in 1970s
After years of keeping silent, Inuit from Igloolik, Nunavut, say they want answers about medical tests performed on them in
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Facebook rejects ads for traditional Inuit knives, calling them ‘weapons’
An artist in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories says Facebook is culturally discriminating against Inuit after the site rejected his ads selling
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‘Inuit space explorer, exploring alternate worlds’ in sealskin space suit art project
When he was a kid, Jesse Tungilik’s mom used to sew him hunting clothes out of caribou hide. The artist
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Canadian eastern Arctic: 2 Inuit artists share Nunavut Commissioner’s Arts Award
Susan Avinngaq of Igloolik and Jaco Ishulutaq from Pangnirtung are the winners of the 2018 Nunavut Commissioner’s Arts Award. Both
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Inuk woman from Arctic Canada wins $25K national STEAM Horizon award
Tyra Cockney-Goose is the first Inuk, and the only woman this year, to win the prestigious STEAM Horizon award. The
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Canadian gov holds off on Nutrition North changes to gather more input from Inuit
The federal government is holding off on cutting Nutrition North subsidies to nearly three dozen food items, CBC News has
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Territorial governments in Arctic Canada plan more rigorous caribou management
Nunavut Premier Joe Savikataaq and N.W.T. Environment Minister Robert C. McLeod met with officials and hunters in Kugluktuk, Nunavut, earlier
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Effects on narwhal must be clarified before expanding iron ore mine in Arctic Canada
The Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation wants to expand production at its iron ore mine on northern Baffin Island, in Canada’s
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