Canada announces new COVID-19 funding for Inuit communities
The federal government is making an additional $650 million available for Indigenous communities to deal with current COVID-19 needs and
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Investigating alcohol smuggling in Arctic Quebec Inuit communities
Alcool is seriously harming many Inuit of Nunavik. Exaggeration or reality? Bootleggers ship cases of alcohol to villages where their
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Arctic Canada: Nunavut arts and crafts industry enduring … for now
Nunavut’s Inuit art scene is still in decent shape in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, but those who help
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COVID-19 shouldn’t overshadow ongoing fight against TB, Canadian Inuit leaders say
Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Canada’s Inuit were already grappling with a much deadlier respiratory disease: tuberculosis. The TB rate
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Arctic Canada: here’s why Nunavut will name a small community with a COVID-19 case
Nunavut’s chief public health officer says officials in the territory will be identifying a specific community if someone there is
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Canada’s PM OKs use of local reserve forces in Arctic Quebec during COVID-19 pandemic
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accepted Quebec’s request on Friday to use the Canadian Rangers, local reserve forces, to assist
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Region-wide curfew in Arctic Quebec after first confirmed case of COVID-19
A region-wide curfew was put in place across the Inuit region of Arctic Quebec Sunday night after the first case
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Publisher in Arctic Canada putting Inuit-language books online amidst COVID-19 closures
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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Inuit gov. in Atlantic Canada calls for people to stop travel to and from their region
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the government of Nunatsiavut, the Inuit region in the Atlantic Canadian province of Newfoundland
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Exemptions to possible Arctic HFO ban denounced by Indigenous orgs, environmental groups
The International Maritime Organization’s sub-committee on Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR) meeting wound up in London on Friday, with agreement
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IMO to tackle possible Arctic heavy fuel oil ban starting Monday
The International Maritime Organization will be tackling the thorny question of a heavy fuel oil ban in the Arctic when
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Renewable energy must be community tailored, Arctic conference hears
As communities across the polar region of North America work to get off diesel, renewable energy projects must be tailored
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Canada honours Arctic’s last known WW II bone collector
In late May 1940, 20-year-old Qapik Attagutsiak voluntarily picked up a burlap bag, put her one-year-old son in her amauti — a
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Arctic Canada: Nunavut’s government and Inuit organization renew promise to work together
Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI) and the government of Nunavut have renewed their commitment to work together with the signing of
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Eliminating tuberculosis among Canada’s Inuit stalled due to lack of funding
Nearly two years after the federal government committed to eliminating tuberculosis among Inuit by 2030, progress is stalled and the
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